Crime has its own cycles， a magazine reported

some years before. Police records that were studied 1.__________

for five years from over 2400 cities and towns show

a surprised link between changes in the season and 2.__________

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 does rape and other violent 3.__________

attacks. Murder， however， is more than seasonal： it is a 4.__________

weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime： 62 percent

of members are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm，

burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely

to being robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday 5.__________

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 an other month of the year. 6.__________

Apparent our intellectual seasonal cycles are 7.__________

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 books， attend scientific

meetings， make the highest scores on examinations，

and to propose the most changes to patents. In all 8.__________

instances， he found a spring peak and an autumn peak

separated by a summer low. On other hand， Professor 9.__________

Huntington’s studies indicated that June is the peak

month for suicides and admissions in mental hospitals. 10.__________

June is also a peak month for marriages！

参考答案

1. before → ago

2. surprised → surprising

3. does → do

4. however → moreover

5. being → be

6. an → any

7. apparent → apparently

8. to（1） → /

9. On ∧ other → the

10. in → to