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 season and crime patterns.
The pattern of crime has varied little over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high during July and August, as do rape(强奸) 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 pm. and 6 am.
Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely be robbed between 6 pm. and 2 am. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. Which is the most un-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.
Possibly, soaring thermometers(温度计) and high humidity(湿度) bring on our strange and terrifying actions, but police officials are not sure. “There is, of course, no proof(证据) of a connection between humidity and murder,” they say. “Why murder’s high time should come in the summertime we really don’t know.”
68. The passage is about
A. police records.
B. crime patterns.
C. the links between seasonal changes and the crime patterns.
D. the summer high in crimes.
69. For many years, which of the following does not reach its high during the summer?
A. Rape. B. Burglary.
C. Murder. D. Other violent attacks.
70. In which month(s) are more dog bites reported?
A. May. B. January.
C. December. D. June and July.
71. The word “soaring” in the last paragraph means
A. flying B. blowing C. rising D. dropping