When Prince Georges County States Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks joined the county prosecutors office in 1997 , she was the first full-time attorney to handle cases of domestic violence. So【B1】______family violence has always been a priority for her. But the【B2】______in recent years in homicides linked to domestic matters—【B3】______those involving children—has raised her attention. Her latest initiative:【B4】______of a special unit within her office【B5】______to cases of domestic abuse and violence. "This unit, will go a long way【B6】______helping us identify victims earlier in the criminal justice process and link the family members with necessary services.【B7】______, for example, when handling a case of a woman who has been beaten, if they discover there is also abuse involving a child, investigators dont have to【B8】______the case to another team but can【B9】______both prosecution and provision of services. The drop in Prince Georges of stranger-on-stranger crime has brought into focus the【B10】______of domestic violence. Particularly horrific in driving home the【B11】______of this issue was last summers murder of 3 -year-old Laila Miller. Authorities said she was shot and stabbed by her father after he took a photo of the two of them; he then【B12】______in a gun battle with police in which he was killed. Such crimes【B13】______the states attorneys office to this year hold a training session aimed【B14】______educating church leaders on how to【B15】______domestic violence issues before they escalate.【B16】______also undertook a public information campaign targeting【B17】______abusers and letting children know about the need to report violence in the home. In October, the Circuit Court for Prince Georges is set to open a Family Justice Center that will【B18】______the public and private services for victims of domestic violence. Making it easier for families to get the help they need has proven to be【B19】______in preventing violence, so good for Prince Georges for taking these steps in the right【B20】______
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A. undertaking
B. dealing
C. tackling
D. opposing
According to the author, deforestation would end if the government of Brazil______.
A. stops relocating small holder farmers to the Amazon rainforests
B. offers straining of scientific farming methods to the resettled farmers
C. permits settlers to turn rainforest into farmland in their own way
D. relocates the settlers to degraded pastures instead of forests