Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago.Police records that were
studied for five years from over 2400 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 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(夜盗) 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? May —except for one strange statistic.More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.
Apparently 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 book, attend scientific meetings, make the highest scores on examinations, and propose the most changes to patents (专利).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!
6.Which of the following is the best title for this article?()
A.A Time for Murder
B.Summer Crime
C.Crime Cycles Throughout the Year
D.Criminal Tendencies in Different Months
7.According to Paragraph 2, a murder would most likely occur ____.
A.on a weekend night in winter
B.on a weekday afternoon in summer
C.on a weekend morning in winter
D.on a weekday night in summer
8.In which of the following months are crimes least seen?()
A.April
B.May
C.June
D.October
9.In Paragraph 4, why is an exclamation mark (感叹号“!”) used at the end of the last sentence?()
A.Because the author is surprised that so many people marry in June.
B.Because the author is surprised that the marriage peak occurs in the same month as the peak for suicides and admissions to mental hospitals.
C.Because the author doesn’t understand why the peaks for suicides and marriage are in the same month.
D.Because the author lays emphasis on this sentence.
10.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?()
A.Prof.Huntington found seasonal crime cycles.
B.Spring and autumn are intellectual seasons when people work efficiently.
C.June is the peak month for suicides.
D.Spring and autumn are crime peaks.