Research by Scotland Yard published in a London newspaper, has proven that knife crime in London is a serious non – white phenomenon, with 165 of the 225 under- 18s accused of knife crime in the past three months being from the black or other non – white groups．

According to Scotland Yard, only 60 of the 225 crimes were white．Despite being a small minority of the knife holding criminals, whites did, however, make up the single largest group of victims of knife crime．

According to the Scotland Yard report, whites made up 222 of the 637 victims of knife crime over the last three months．This number could probably be higher, as 292 victims were not identified by race．

This month Scotland Yard Deputy Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson suggested knife crime has replaced drug selling as the top concern for London police．

Sir Paul said so as he announced a specialist knife crime unit to deal with teenagers carrying knives in the capital．It will use a team of 75 specialist officers to find criminal group members and their supporters．

Detective Inspector, George Rhoden, president of the National Organisation of Black Law Enforcement Executives said, “In the black community we have all noticed that there is major concern about gun and knife crime．Clearly we are not the only part of the community affected by the problem of children who have no fathers, but parental responsibility should be of major concern.”

Around 59 percent of black Caribbean children and 54 percent of mixed – race youngsters are looked after by a lone parent．In the white British population, the number is 22 percent．

1.From the above, we can see that       in knife crimes in London．

A．there are more whites than blacks as victims

B．there are more blacks than whites as victims

C．blacks make up the smallest group of criminals

D．blacks make up the second largest group of criminals

2.What Sir Paul Stephenson said suggests that      ．

A．drug selling has replaced knife crime as the top concern for London police

B．drug selling had been the top concern for London police in the past

C．knife crime used to be the top concern for London police

D．London police now pay no attention to drug selling

3.What measure has the government taken to deal with the problem of knife crime?

A．Punishing the parents of teenagers carrying knives．

B．Arresting the teenagers carrying knives．

C．Forming a specialist knife crime unit．

D．Fining the teenagers carrying knives．

4.According to George Rhoden, which of the following factors contributes to so many young blacks turning to crime?

A．That they are poorly educated．

B．That they are influenced by their fathers．

C．That many of them come from incomplete families．

D．That their parents are too busy to take care of them．

John Smith was a writer, who wrote detective stories for magazines, though he never dealt with criminals（罪犯）. One evening he could not finish an end for a story. He sat in his study（书房）, but he had no ideas. So he decided to go to the cinema.

When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor. Someone had broken into his house. The visitor had had a drink, smoked several of his cigarettes and had read his story. The visitor left him a note.

“I have read your story and I don’t think it is very good. Please read my suggestions and you can finish it. By the way, I am a thief. I’m not going to steal anything tonight. But if you become a successful writer, I will return.”

John read the thief’s suggestions. Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story. He is still not a successful writer, and he is waiting for his “visitor” to return. Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story in his study.

56. Detective stories are stories about      .

  A. science        B. children      C. the future      D. the police

57. John went to the cinema because                    .

  A. he was too tired

  B. he wanted to look for a thief

  C. he could not finish his story and hoped to get some ideas

  D. he wanted to enjoy himself in the cinema

58. The visitor came to John’s house in order to              .

  A. steal something  B. read the story  C. have a drink  D. visit the writer

59 The visitor                   .

  A. stayed in John’s house for a night    B. took some of John’s things away

  C. left John some advice              D. was a good friend of John’s

60. John would like to                    .

  A. have a talk with his visitor

B. get more ideas from the visitor

  C. make friends with the visitor

 D. catch the visitor and take him to the police

DCAC

JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, has signed a deal with Little, Brown and Company, to publish her first ever novel for adults, which is set to become one of the most anticipated (期望的) book in years.
The deal means that Rowling’s long-standing relationship with Bloomsbury, the London-based publisher that launched (发行) the Harry Potter books, has come to an end, at least in terms of new works by the author.
Rowling is keeping her fans guessing about the characters and plot of her new book. She only said that the new novel will be nothing like the Harry Potter series, which was sold over 30 million copies in the UK alone. She thought that with the move from children’s to adult fiction, a switch to a new publisher seemed like a natural and reasonable step.
She said, "Although I've enjoyed writing it every bit as much, this book will be very different from the Harry Potter series. The freedom to explore a new field is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me."
Ian Rankin, the Edinburgh-based author whose highly-successful detective novels are also set in the city, suggested Rowling’s book will be a crime novel.
"Wouldn’t it be funny if JK Rowling’s first novel for adults turned out to be a crime story set in Edinburgh?" he said.
Industry insiders guessed that the deal is worth more than ￡5 million and the new book is expected to come out later this year.
A spokesman said, "JK Rowling’s audience is vast and her position is unique. Harry Potter books were a global success and her fans are very loyal. Children that were eight, nine, or ten when the books first came out in the 1990s are now in their 20s. Plenty of adults, loved the books regardless of whether they had children, so the potential market for her is huge."
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【小题2】As you can see, my __________(计划、时间表) is full and I cannot manage a trip to London.
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【小题4】In our school, there are 90 classes a__________.
【小题5】It is very necessary for us to think more of others. Only in this way can we build a _________(和谐的) society.
【小题6】For the time being(暂时), we cannot move into the house, for it is under c__________.
【小题7】When it came to going abroad for further education, she seemed less __________(热情的) about it.
【小题8】He has few friends, because nobody can t    his rudeness.
【小题9】Our school came into e__________ in 1923. Next year will be its ninetieth birthday.
【小题10】The newly-built library will not be opened __________(正式地) until next Tuesday.
【小题11】Those who w__________ the traffic accident should go to the police station and tell the police officer what had happened.
【小题12】Detective Sam Peterson was asked about the _______(可能性) that Justin was taken by aliens.
【小题13】He was __________(攻击) by a Yeti, but luckily he was only slightly injured.
【小题14】After her dead body was found in the office, not far away from her home, the police still felt amazed at her __________(无法解释的) death.
【小题15】Now that you are a college student, you should learn to be             （独立的）of your parents’ help.

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I    36    that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,    37   he knew me. The man had a newspaper     38   in front of him, which he was   39    to read, but I could   40    that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my    41   the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the    42    way in which the waiter and I    43    each other. He seemed even more puzzled as     44   went on and it became    45 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the    46   . When he came out, he paid his bill and    47 without another glance in my direction .
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had    48   . "Well," he said , "that man was a detective (侦探) . He    49    you here because he thought you were the man he     50  ." "What ?" I said, showing my     51  . The owner continued, "He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I   52     say he looked very much like you ! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a     53  ." "Well , it's really    54    I came to a restaurant where I'm known ," I said . "   55    , I might have been in trouble ."