Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported 5 p5 h$ `- C+ R x
some years before. Police records that were studied 1.__________
- H7 e3 f6 ?) ?' O8 k Tfor five years from over 2400 cities and towns show ) v# i( n) `/ O6 G9 h
a surprised link between changes in the season and 2.__________ ( ~+ w: z6 K) P; p% D8 H
crime patterns.
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- T0 p# b9 m' ^8 [% y5 T" s FThe pattern of crime has varied very little 8 u% C' r- L3 ?; w
over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high 1 q: K3 V6 x: O3 W( [% O M
during July and August, as does rape and other violent 3.__________ ! h# T9 {" | z: F/ l8 Y4 ~; Y
attacks. Murder, however, is more than seasonal: it is a 4.__________
+ g% t8 E* M' T) S; Yweekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent
6 y$ I! g2 g& d. Dof members are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. $ t% o3 [# m4 f( z/ z8 `8 b
0 Y" ?# n+ K8 O$ {' f8 m% ZUnlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, + u) e! e# @- V8 G) O
burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely
! l# y* h0 |4 q1 yto being robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday 5.__________ ! @3 n6 M" l H) Z* L% x5 i0 m( H
night in December, January, or February. The most . U" l* M( K" w
uncriminal month of all? May--except for one strange $ A Z% |' r5 {" i
statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month
" ]0 }2 a; F9 _- a8 D0 ~, ]8 T8 Ythan in an other month of the year. 6.__________ 5 H }" P/ `/ ]* n' ~
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Apparent our intellectual seasonal cycles are 7.__________ 3 q1 s; H; U6 l% X" N
completely different from our criminal tendencies.
1 W9 N B+ d3 j+ B: t" Cprofessor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study * `# E) c& {5 y- c
of Cycles, made extensive studies to discover the
! e9 q0 w0 Q& u+ W, D* F5 Dseasons when people read serious books, attend scientific * J7 y. E/ r7 w2 ?7 N4 x
meetings, make the highest scores on examinations,
! ?) x; [- m" |0 ~' [; u6 i% @and to propose the most changes to patents. In all 8.__________ & @% F2 R0 i# N: Y6 T6 n. S, u
instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak
, O* d* f! |3 tseparated by a summer low. On other hand, Professor 9.__________ 2 l/ T7 `0 d: p1 t* A! B# Z
Huntington’s studies indicated that June is the peak ( ~# u- F2 `* m0 h9 X8 v
month for suicides and admissions in mental hospitals. 10.__________
4 g# f7 I6 U$ xJune is also a peak month for marriages!+ I, T- {0 |: M6 |* m
7 i3 a) b' E5 h! y. O参考答案 ! }" `4 C) ~5 W% C/ v" G: {
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