[单项选择]Crime experts predict that in the near future crime rates will first decrease in
A. South and Southwest.
B. North and Northeast.
C. Southwest and Midwest.
D. Northeast and Midwest.

[单项选择]In near future people relying on battery-powered devices to get around and do their work don't need to give up space in their packs to lots of extra batteries because ______.
A. their heavy packs can make electricity
B. battery-powered devices will be improved a lot
C. they typically carry heavy backpacks
D. global positioning system (GPS) receivers and night-vision goggles work themselves

[单项选择]In the near future we can {{U}}look for{{/U}} more women in leadership roles.
A. observe
B. engage
C. choose
D. expect

[单项选择]How many countries are the Nigerian organized criminals active in


A. more than 60.
B. Less than 60.
C. More than 70.
D. Less than 50.

[单项选择]I don't ______his idea about how to catch the criminal; I think it's dangerous.

[单项选择]MISDEMEANOR: CRIME::
A. (A) neophyte : master
B. (B) inkling : knowledge
C. (C) surfeit : aspiration
D. (D) position : location
E. (E) reason : assumption

[单项选择]That was an awful crime.
A. a terrible
B. a poor
C. an extreme
D. an amazing

[单项选择]What crime is William Sampson charged with


A. Bombing.
B. Arson.
C. Rape.
D. Burglary.

[单项选择]The crime novel may be regarded as
A. a not quite respectable form of the conventional novel.
B. not a tree novel at all.
C. related in some ways to the historical novel.
D. an independent development of the novel.

[单项选择]Most authorities believe that urban street crime _______ from a combination of poverty, poor edu- cation and a lack of opportunity:
A. rises
B. raises
C. arises
D. arouses

[单项选择]Most authorities believe that urban street crime from a combination of poverty, poor education and a lack of opportunity. ________.
A. rises
B. raises
C. arises
D. arouses

[单项选择]Police have planned a reconstruction of the crime tomorrow in the hope that this will ______ the memory of the passers-by.
A. keep
B. ease
C. jog
D. enhance

[单项选择]According to Jack Maple, to cut crime
A. the heads of police department should make more contact with the criminals.
B. the government should educate the residents more.
C. a computer system called Comstat should be adopted by the police.
D. the criminals should be severely punished.

[单项选择]Experts disagree as to why crime rates have continued to fall. Some say the U.S. _______ economy has made crime less attractive.


A. rotary
B. robust
C. rigorous
D. reckless

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Crime is significantly higher in the US than anywhere else in the developed world. Thanks to the political power of the National Rifle Association, Americans have access to deadly weapons, and use them, to a degree that astonishes observers abroad. Americans possess an estimated 60 million hand-guns. Since 1960 the rate of murder crime per capita has grown by 35 percent, a truly horrible statistic. Violent death rates per capita are four or five times higher than in Western Europe (while rape rates are seven times higher, and forcible robbery rates some four to ten times higher). Experts suggest that this violence has cultural roots, and cannot simply be linked to poverty. New York’s murder rate is far larger than that in the slums of Calcutta, for example, and in prosperous Seattle --recently rated the number one city in the United States for "live ability" the murder rate is seven times of Birmingham, England. Nor is violence owing to lack of police efforts and
A. no parties can win
B. nobody plays his role seriously
C. one side gains in proportion to what the other side loses
D. the result will mean nothing to both sides