in the context of the passage， means which of the fol- lowing?

　　(A) The necessity to apprehend perpetrators.

　　(B) The responsibility to punish transgressors

　　(C) An obligation to prevent harm to another

　　(D) The assignment of punishment for harmful action

　　(E) A justification for punishing transgressions

　　25.According to the passage， Keasey‘s findings support which of the following conclusions about six-year-old children?

　　(A)They have the ability to make autonomous moral judgments.

　　(B)They regard moral absolutism as a threat to their moral autonomy.

　　(C)They do not understand the concept of public duty.

　　(D)They accept moral judgment made by their peers more easily than do older children.

　　(E)They make arbitrary moral judgments.

　　26.It can be inferred form the passage that Piaget would be likely to agree with which of the following state- ments about the punishment that children under seven assign to wrongdoing?

　　(A) The severity of the assigned punishment is deter- mined by the perceived magnitude of negative consequences more than by any other factor.

　　(B) The punishment is to be administered immediately following the transgression.

　　(C) The children assign punishment less arbitrarily than they do when they reach the age of moral autonomy.

　　(D) The punishment for acts of unintentional harm is less severe than it is for acts involving accidental harm.

　　(E) The more developmentally immature a child， the more severe the punishment that the child will assign.

　　27.According to the passage， the research of Nesdale and Rule suggests which of the following about five-year- old children?

　　(A) Their reactions to intentional and accidental harm determine the severity of the punishments they assign.

　　(B) They， as perpetrators of harmful acts， disregard the feelings of the children they harm.

　　(C) They take into account the motivations of actions when judging the behavior of other children.

　　(D) They view public duty as a justification for acci- dental， but not intentional， harm.

　　(E) They justify any action that protects them from harm.

　　28. DEBUT：

　　(A) collaboration

　　(B) monologue

　　(C) farewell performance

　　(D) repertoire standard

　　(E) starring role

　　29. WITHER：

　　(A) disagree

　　(B) shine

　　(C) plant

　　(D) adhere

　　(E) revive

　　30. BUCK：

　　(A) cover over

　　(B) assent to

　　(C) brag about

　　(D) improve

　　(E) repair

　　31. MEAN：

　　(A) trusting

　　(B) ardent

　　(C) clever

　　(D) incautious

　　(E) noble

　　32. ADJUNCT：

　　(A) expert appraisal

　　(B) generous donation

　　(C) essential element

　　(D) mild reproof

　　(E) impartial judgment

　　33. CANONICAL：

　　(A) imprecise

　　(B) ubiquitous

　　(C) superfluous

　　(D) nontraditional

　　(E) divisive

　　34. TICKLISH：

　　(A) heavy-handed

　　(B) significant

　　(C) tolerant

　　(D) impartial

　　(E) imperturbable

　　35. PREVALENT：

　　(A) invasive

　　(B) inconsistent

　　(C) indistinct

　　(D) unpalatable

　　(E) unusual

　　36. PENURY：

　　(A) approbation

　　(B) affluence

　　(C) objectivity

　　(D) compensation

　　(E) grandiosity

　　37. MINATORY：

　　(A) convenient

　　(B) nonthreatening

　　(C) straightforward

　　(D) fastidious

　　(E) rational

　　38. CALUMNIOUS：

　　(A) adept

　　(B) aloof

　　(C) quaint

　　(D) decorous

　　(E) flattering