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

[单项选择]MISDEMEANOR: CRIME::
A. animosity : malignity
B. renown: infamy
C. foible : fault
D. whim : concept
E. oath : deposition

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


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

[单项选择]Which crime is NOT mentioned in the passage


A. Stealing.
B. Robbery.
C. Murder.
D. Tax dodging.

[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

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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. The U. S. is a decentralized, libertarian society.
B. The U.S. is a rich country.
C. Middle--class Americans traditionally dislike paying taxes.
D. The poor in the U.S. have little political influence.

[单项选择]According to the passage, indictments for crime in Europe in the pre-industrial period______.


A. remained relatively constant over time
B. give information about the mental lives of the nonelite
C. do not exactly reveal the extent of actual crime
D. have been generally overestimated in their usefulness

[单项选择]The crime rate has continued to rise in American cities despite efforts on the part of both government and private citizens to curb （　）.
A. them
B. its
C. him
D. it

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Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2,400 cities and towns show a surprising link between changes in the season and crime patterns. The pattern of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August, as do other violent attacks. Murder, moreover, is more than seasonal: It is a weekend crime. It is also a night-time crime: 62 percent of murders are done between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m..
Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, robbing has a different cycle. You are most likely to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. The month with least crimes of all is May--except for one strange fact. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.
Obviously our seasonal cycles of knowledge are completely different from our tendencies for crimes. Prof
A. on a weekend night in summer
B. on a weekend afternoon in summer
C. on a weekend night in winter
D. on a weekday afternoon in spring

[单项选择]The rising crime rate has become major concern of______ society.
A. the, the
B. a, /
C. /, the
D. a, a

[单项选择]There is less crime now than there used to be. It seems that there is a （） in the crime rate.
A. slope
B. incline
C. descent
D. decline

[单项选择]The police don't know who committed the crime, but they ______ Jones.


A. doubt
B. suspect
C. regard
D. consider

[单项选择]It seems that there is a fall in the crime rate.
A. drop
B. rise
C. ability
D. increase