2009年12月英语四级阅读考试训练(二五)

　　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 seasons 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 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. What is the most non-criminal month of all? May, except for one strange statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.
　　1.The main idea of paragraph 1 is ____.
　　A. crime is a serious social problem
　　B. there is a link between change in the seasons and crime patterns
　　C. crime is not linked to the change in season
　　D.2,400 towns were studied for five years
　　2.The subject of paragraph 2 is ____.
　　A. Summer crime
　　B. burglary
　　C murder
　　D. nighttime crime
　　3.According to the passage, a murder would most likely occur ____.
　　A. on a weekend night in winter
　　B. on a weekend afternoon in summer
　　C. on a Saturday night
　　D. on a weekend night in summer
　　4.In paragraph 2 “it is also a nighttime crime,” it refers to ____.
　　A.murder
　　B.62 percent
　　C. weekend crime
　　D. rape
　　5.In paragraph 3,what is the one strange statistic for May?
　　A. There are more dog bites in May.
　　B. There are more robberies in May.
　　C. There is the most crime in May.
　　D. There are more murders in May.