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　　One of every 10,000 Americans will be murdered this year. More Americans were murdered from 1970 through 1974 than were killed in Vietnam (越南). Since 1990, more than 800,000 American civilians (平民) have been killed by gunfire—more than the total number of casualties (傷亡) in U.S. wars from the Revolution to Indochina.

　　Two-thirds of all murders in the United States are committed (犯罪) with guns, 92 percent of them handguns. Murder rates are highest in these parts of America with the largest percentage of gun owners, lowest in those with the smallest. Since 1968, the murder rate in the United States has more than doubled.

　　These statistics (統計數字) were culled (揀選) from Dr. Donald T. Lunder's recent monograph (專論), Murder and Madness (available) from the Stamford, Calif.. Much of what he reports has been noted before by others, but rarely if ever has anyone probed so comprehensively (綜合性地) the American way of killing.

　　As a psychiatrist (精神病學家) who has worked in the police-court-prison system, Lunder notes that the average murderer today is only 20 years old, that 94 percent of all murders are intra-racial, that when they are not, blacks are more often the victims (受害人) of whites, that less than 30 percent of murder victims are strangers to their killers, that the South has the highest murder rate (3.6 per 100,000 that same year), that most murders are committed with little or no planning, that most murderers are easily apprehended (逮捕) and readily confess. (承認)

　　In the majority of homicides (殺人者) the killers had been drinking before hand. Since most homicides arise in the context of a quarrel and involve the most readily available weapon, it is worth surmising (猜測) what would happen if guns were not readily available. Knives—now the second most common weapon-would presumably (大概) become the most likely weapon in the typical assault (襲擊) between spouses, lovers, neighbors, etc. In fact the death rate for all victims assaulted with guns is as much as five times that of those assaulted with knives.

1．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

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A．In the United States, the civilians murdered from 1970 through 1974 were more than those died in the wars.

B．In the United States, two-thirds of the murders occurred between different races.

C．In more than half of the murders in the United States, handguns are used.

D．In most of the cases, the murderers knew their victims.

2．According to the writer, which of the following statements is NOT the features of the murders occurred in the United States?

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A．Guns are used more often than knives.

B．Most murders were planned beforehand.

C．Blacks are murdered more often than whites.

D．The average age of the murderers is 20．

3．In most cases, the murder happened in the context of ________.

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A．mind illness

B．a intra-racial conflict

C．a quarrel between strangers

D．a quarrel with a weapon at hand

4．Which is the discovery of Dr. Lunder?

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A．The murder rate in the United States has risen.

B．The murder rates are highest in those parts of America where the owning percent age of guns are highest.

C．Besides guns, knives are the most common weapons for murders.

D．It's not very difficult to catch a murderer and have him tell the truth.

5．What can we infer from the passage?

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A．A lot of Americans died in the Wars in Indochina.

B．If the possession of guns are controlled, the murder rate will fall down.

C．As a psychiatrist, Dr. Lunder can do much to help those murderers to confess their guilt.

D．Without guns at hand, no murders will happen in a family.

Answer 1

答案：B;B;D;D;B