Crime is a very serious problem in Britain. One sort of crime which particularly worri

第1题

听力原文：Crime is a serious problem in Britain. One sort of crime which particularly worri

听力原文： Crime is a serious problem in Britain. One sort of crime which particularly worries people is [29] juvenile delinquency—that is, crimes committed by young people. For some years, juvenile delinquency has been increasing. There are two main sorts of juvenile crime, stealing and violence. Most people do not understand why young people commit these crimes. There are, I think, a large number of different reasons.

These crimes are not usually committed by people who are poor or in need. Young people often dislike and resent the adult world. [30] They will do things to show that they are rebels. Also in Britain today it is easier for young people to commit crimes because they have more freedom to go where they like and more money to do what they like.

There are two other possible causes which are worth mentioning. More and more people in Britain live in large towns. [30] In a large town no one knows who anyone else is or where they live. But in the village I come from crimes are rare because everybody knows everyone else.

Although it is difficult to explain, I think the last cause is very important. Perhaps there is something wrong with our society which encourages violence and crime. It is a fact that all the time children are exposed to films and reports about crime and violence. Many people do not agree that this influences young people, but I think that young people are very much influenced by the society they grow up in. I feel that [31] the fault may be as much with our whole society as with these young people.

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A．Crimes committed by young people.

B．Crimes committed by needy people.

C．Influence on young people.

D．Stealing and violence.

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第2题

Cyber crime is likely to bring about as much destruction as the credit crisis in the c

oming years if international regulation is not improved, some of the world’s top crime experts said. Damage caused by cyber crime is estimated at $100 billion annually, said Kilian Strauss, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). “These criminals outsmart us ten, or a hundred to one,” Strauss told Reuters, adding more Internet experts were needed to investigate and tackle cyber crime.

C、riminal organizations are exploiting a regulatory vacuum to commit Internet crimes such as computer spying, money-laundering and theft of personal information, and the scope for damage is vast, experts told a European Economic Crime conference in Frankfurt. “We need multilateral understanding, account and oversight to avoid, in the years to come, a cyber crisis equivalent to the current financial crisis,” Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, said.

Internet crime is also a threat to national security, they said. Several countries, including the United States, have voiced concern over some hackers’ abilities to electronically spy on them and disrupt computer networks.

C、alls for greater regulation of the Internet come at a time of regulatory renaissance, with policymakers looking to support the powers of financial sector watchdogs in the wake of the global financial crisis. “Because of the transnational nature of identity-related crime, and especially of cyber-crime, if we do not tackle the crime everywhere we will not solve it anywhere,” Costa said.

The President of Interpol, Khoo Boon Hui, said increasingly highly technological gangs from Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa were coming up with ever more sophisticated ways of swindling money from vulnerable people. He also said there was a trend of company bosses being bribed by fraudsters claiming to have guilty evidence about their firms.

Strauss, who works as Senior Program Officer at the Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental activities, said Internet crime watchdogs could learn a lot from criminals willing to switch sides.

(1)、The main idea for the passage is that ___________.

A、cyber crime is as destructive as the credit crisis in the coming years

B、damage caused by cyber-crime is very serious and will get worse

C、to fight cyber crime requires enhanced international regulation

D、international organizations should be established to crush cyber-crime

(2)、Criminal organizations can commit internet crimes because ___________.

A、there is no effective regulation

B、they can exploit the present regulations

C、no country has paid enough attention to them

D、the current financial crisis has put the authorities at a loss

(3)、To win the war against cyber crime, __________.

A、policymakers should support their governments financially

B、each country should solve its own problems effectively

C、the United States should play a very important role

D、international cooperation is crucial

(4)、The underlined word swindling (in Para. 5) is closest in meaning to “__________”.

A、bribing

B、cheating

C、corrupting

D、robbing

(5)、Strauss believes that ___________.

A、Internet security experts can learn a lot from cyber criminals

B、if cyber criminals will cooperate with the policy, they can be helpful

C、Internet crime watchdogs will make cyber criminals shift grounds

D、international organizations can solve the problems of cyber crime

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第3题

SERI中S代表着（)

A.Simple简单

B.Sofija明智

C.Sprague敏捷

D.Safety安全

E.Salient显著

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第4题

听力原文：Many expressions in English use colors. These expressions show how people feel ab

听力原文： Many expressions in English use colors. These expressions show how people feel about the colors. Different colors can describe different feelings of people. For example, people associate red with a strong feeling like anger. When someone is very angry, people say that he or she sees red. Red is an active color. A red-letter day is a lucky day. When criminals are caught in the middle of a crime, people say that they were caught red-handed. Green is the color of grass and leaves. When someone grows plants well, people say he has a green thumb. Blue is a sad, thoughtful color. When someone is very sad, she says she is blue. The blues is a kind of jazz that is usually very sad and slow.

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A．Blue.

B．Black.

C．Green.

D．Red.

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第5题

听力原文：Crime has its own cycles，a magazine reported some years ago. Police records show

听力原文： Crime has its own cycles，a magazine reported some years ago. Police records show a surprising relation between changes in the season and crime patterns.

The pattern of crime has changed very little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August，as do other violent attacks. Murder，in addition，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. One is most likely to be robbed between 6 P. m. and 2 a. m. on a Saturday night in December，January，or February. Except for one strange statistic，May is the least criminal month of all.

Apparently our intellectual season cycles are completely different from our criminal patterns. Professor Huntington made a lot of studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books，attend scientific meetings，and make the highest scores on examinations. In all examples，he found a spring peak and an autumn peak separated by a summer low. On the other hand，Professor Huntington's studies showed that June is the peak month for suicides and for admitting patients to mental hospital. June is also a peak month for marriages!

Possibly，high temperature and humidity bring on our strange and surprising summer actions，but police officers are not so sure. “There are，of course，no proof of a relation between humidity and murder”，they say. “Why murder's high time should come in the summer time we really don't know”.

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A．Different kinds of crimes。

B．Increasingly high crime rate in the U.S.

C．Seasonal changes in the natural environment．

D．The relations between changes in the season and crime patterns．

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第6题

听力原文：In Britain, if you are found guilty of a crime, you can be sent to prison or be f

听力原文： In Britain, if you are found guilty of a crime, you can be sent to prison or be fined or be ordered to do community work such as tidying public places and helping the old. You may also be sent to special centers when you learn special skills like cooking, writing and car maintenance. About 5 percent of the present population are women. Many prisons were built over one hundred years ago. But the government will have built 11 new prisons by next year. There are two sorts of prisons. The open sort and the closed sort. In the closed sort, prisoners are given very little freedom. They spend three to ten hours outside their cells when they exercise, eat, study, learn skills, watch TV and talk to other prisoners. All prisoners are expected to work. Most of them are paid for what they do, whether it is doing maintenance or cooking and cleaning. Prisoners in open prisons are locked up at night, but for the rest of the time, they are free within the prison grounds. They can exercise, have visitors, or study. And some are allowed out of the ground to study or to do community work.

Which of the following is NOT a way to punish the one who commits a crime？

A．To be sent to a prison.

B．To be tortured physically.

C．To be ordered to do community work.

D．To be fined.

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第7题

听力原文：Why do so many people live to a healthy old age in certain parts of the world？ [3

听力原文： Why do so many people live to a healthy old age in certain parts of the world？ [31] What is the secret of their long lives？ Three things seem to be very important: [29] fresh air, fresh food and a simple way of life. People work near their homes in the clean, mountain air instead of traveling long distances to work by car, bus or train. They do not sit all day in busy offices or factories, but work hard outdoors in the fields. They take more exercise and eat less food than people in the cities of the West. For years the Hunzas of the Himalayas did not need policemen, lawyers or doctors. There was no crime, no divorce and not much illness in their society. [30] They were a happy, peaceful people, famous all over India for their long, healthy lives.

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A．Clean air, much food and more exercise.

B．Clean air, fresh food and less exercise.

C．Clean air, fresh food and simple life.

D．Hard work, much food and simple life.

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第8题

Crime has his own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were stu

died for five years from over 2,400 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 other violent attacks. Murder, moreover, is more than seasonal, it is a weekend crime. It is also a night-crime 62 percent of murders are committed(干，犯) between 6 p. m. and 6 Am.

Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, robbing has a different cycle. You are most likely to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2am. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. The month with least crimes of all is in May except for one strange fact. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.

Clearly our seasonal cycles of knowledge are completely different from our tendencies for crimes. Professor Huntington made extensive studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meetings and get highest results on examinations. In all cases, he found a spring high and autumn high separated by a summer low.

Possibly, high temperature and high humidity(湿度)cause our strange and violent summer actions, but police officials are not sure. "There is, of course, no proof of a connection between humidity and murder," they say," Why murder's high time should come in the summer time we really don't know."

A good title of the passage would be ______.

A．Crime Cycles

B．Summer Crimes

C．A Time for Murder

D．The Most Peaceful Month

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第9题

Recent【B1】show that more than half of the heroin addicts are less than 30 years of age.Nar

Recent【B1】show that more than half of the heroin addicts are less than 30 years of age.

Narcotic(麻醉剂) addiction in the United States is not limited【B2】heroin users. Some middle-aged and older persons who take narcotic drugs【B3】to relieve pain can also become addicted.【B4】do some people who can get drugs easily, such as doctors, nurses and【B5】Studies show that this type of addict has personality and emotional problems very similar【B6】those of other regular narcotic users.

Many addicts admit that getting a continued【B7】is the main objective of their lives. His concentration on getting drugs often【B8】the addict from continuing his education or his job. His health is often poor. He may be sick one day from effects of withdrawal and sick the next from an overdose. Statistics show that his life【B9】may be shortened by 15 to 20 years. He is usually in【B10】with his family and almost always in trouble with the law.

Some studies suggest that many of the known narcotic addicts had some trouble with the law before they became addicted. Once addicted, they may even become more【B11】in crime because it【B12】so much to support the heroin habit.

Most【B13】agree that the addict's involvement with crime is not a direct effect of the【B14】itself. Turning to crime is usually the only way he has of getting that much money. His【B15】are always thefts or other crimes against property.

Federal penalties for illegal usage were established under the Harrison Act of 1914. The Act【B16】that illegal possession of narcotics is punished by imprisonment. Sentences can【B17】from 2 to 10 years for further offences.

Illegal sale of narcotics can mean a【B18】of $20,000 and a sentence from 20 to 40 years for later offences. A person who sells narcotics to someone【B19】18 is refused parole and probation, even for the first offence. If the drug is heroin, he can be【B20】to life imprisonment or to death.

【B1】

A．amounts

B．statistic

C．figures

D．numbers

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第10题

American cities are similar to other cities around the world. In every country, cities ref

lect the【B1】of the culture. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society: opportunities for education,【B2】, welfare, and entertainment. They also【B3】the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial【B4】, and poverty. American cities are changing, just【B5】American society.

After World War Ⅱ, the【B6】of most large American cities decreased;【B7】, the population in many Sun Belt cities increased. Los Angeles and Houston are cities【B8】population increased. These population shifts to and from the city reflect the changing values of American society.

During this time, in the【B9】1940s and early 1950s, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had mare children. They needed more【B10】. They moved out of their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the【B11】, areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories.

Now things are changing. The children of the people who【B12】the cities in the 1950s are now【B13】. They, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities.【B14】continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are【B15】and the population is increasing in【B16】states as Texas, Florida, and California. Others are moving to more【B17】cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago.

Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and executives are moving back into the city. They prefer the city【B18】the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just【B19】the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities—a wealthier,【B20】mobile class.

【B1】

A．values

B．attitudes

C．ideas

D．expenses

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第11题

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.

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