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 成人英语三级考试模拟试题——阅读理解

Passage Three

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 in UK.

The pattern of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August, as do rape and other violent attacks. Murder, moreover, is more than seasonal: it is a weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent of murders are committed between 6 p. m. and 6 a. m.

Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary 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 most uncriminal month of all is May; however, more dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.

On the other hand, our intellectual seasonal cycles are completely different from our criminal tendencies. Professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, made extensive studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meetings, make the highest scores on examinations, and propose the most changes to patents. In all instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak separated by a summer low. On the other hand, Professor Huntington's studies indicated that June is the peak month for suicides and admissions to mental hospitals. June is also a peak month for marriages!

1. The seasonal cycle of crime patterns is proved by_________.

A. the figures in police records

B. 2,400 cities and towns

C. a magazine report

D. the studies by police officers

2. According to paragraph 2, a murder would most possibly occur on _________.

A. a weekday morning in spring

B. a weekday morning in autumn

C. a weekend night in summer

D. a weekend night in winter

3. What makes May a special month of the year?

A. All types of crimes happen in May.

B. There is no crime happened in May.

C. Criminals increase in number in May.

D. Dog attacks are most frequent in May.

4. Which behavior is NOT an example of human intellectual activities?

A. Reading books on philosophy.

B. Attending wedding ceremony.

C. Working on mathematics questions.

D. Innovating engineering machinery.

5. According to Professor Huntington’s study, June is the peak month when people _________.

A. get divorced

B. recover from mental illness

C. try to kill themselves

D. climb high and low mountains

参考答案：

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C

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