Directions: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Crime has its own cycle, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2,400 cities and towns show a surprising 50 between changes in the season and crime patterns.
The pattern of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder 51 its high during July and August, as do rape and other 52 attacks. Murder, 53 , is more than seasonal: it is a weekend crime. It is also a high time crime: 62 percent of murders are 54 between 6 pm and 6 am.
Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary has a(n) 55 cycle. You are most 56 to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. 57 a Saturday night in December, January or February. The most uncriminal month of all? May – except for one strange statistic. 58 dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.
Apparently our intellectual seasonal cycles are 59 different from our criminal tendencies. Professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, made extensive 60 to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meetings, make 61 scores on examinations and propose the most changes to parents. In all instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak 62 by a summer low. On the other hand, Professor Huntington’s studies indicated that June is the 63 month for suicides (自杀) and 64 to mental hospitals. June is also a peak month for marriages!
50.A.difference B.link C.coincidence D.similarity
51.A.reaches B.increases C.kills D.falls
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53.A.while B.therefore C.otherwise D.however
54.A.admitted B.committed C.accused D.connected
55.A.strange B.unexpected C.different D.serious
56.A.likely B.unlucky C.ready D.possible
57.A.in B.on C.at D.for
58.A.Easier B.Fewer C.More D.No
59.A.slightly B.typically C.specially D.completely
60.A.experiment B.test C.studies D.requests
61.A.average B.high C.poor D.unsatisfactory
62.A.divided B.separated C.dropped D.shortened
63.A.only B.common C.peak D.rare
64.A.management B.admissions C.explosion D.explanations
Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. There is one extra word.
A. beliefs
B. sharply C.
average D.
competing E.
recognize F. reduced G. equipment H. medical I. increasingly J. hesitate |
Last year’s US Census (人口普查) showed that the 41 age of American citizens is rising. Since 1970 when the last American census was completed, the birth rate has continued to fall 42 in the United States, and the number of Americans over age 65 has risen by 28%. Experts believe that 43 progress will permit more and more Americans to live longer in the years ahead. This means that as a group, older citizens will play an 44 important part in American life.
The influence of many of these older Americans already can be seen. Today, those over 65 are healthier, better educated and more active than at any other time in American history. And they are rapidly changing traditional 45 that to be old is to be sick, or weak, or helpless. Today men in their 70s are 46 in long distance running races. Motion picture films now have leading parts for actors and actresses in their 80s.
Today’s older Americans also are spending large amounts of money for everything from study to long distance travel. More and more businesses now 47 their economic importance. Travel service, restaurant, stores and transportation systems are offering 48 prices for those over 65. Special sports 49 and beauty products are being designed for older citizens.
40. how successful you’re in life, don't forget those who helped you along the way.
A.No doubt B.No matter
C.No wonder D.No sooner
39.The little boy is often told someone unknown comes to pick him up, he should turn to the teacher for help.
A.that B.that when
C.whichever D.whether
38.Attracted by the advertisement, many people have high expectations of the musical
next month.
A.being put on B.put on
C.to be put on D.having been put on
37.It is the communication between the teacher and students makes classroom learning a more enjoyable process.
A.which B.that C.who D./
36. in China for five years, Melanie learned that chicken feet were not necessarily something to be thrown away.
A.Staying B.Having stayed C.To stay D.Stayed
35.Katie and her best friend have the same name, cause a lot of confusion in her class.
A.as B.what C.it D.which
34.Because of climate change, the ice that polar bears depend on for survival .
A.are slowly disappearing B.is slowly disappearing
C.are slowly disappeared D.have slowly disappeared
33.There is little hope that you’ll get the job you have five years’ teaching experience.
A.if B.on condition that
C.as if D.unless
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