[单项选择]Just as robbery is a kind of crime, ______ gambling.


A. as it is
B. so is
C. the same as
D. and so is

[单项选择]Just as robbery is a kind of crime, ______ gambling.


A. as it is
B. so is
C. the same as
D. and so is

[单项选择]Just as robbery is a kind of crime, gambling______.

[单项选择]She's always been kind to me—I can't just turn ______ on her now that she needs my help.
A. my back
B. my head
C. my eye
D. my shoulder

[单项选择]The two men were found guilty of armed robbery and ____________ to four years imprisonment.


A. judged
B. condemned
C. convicted
D. testified

[单项选择]MISDEMEANOR: CRIME::
A. neophyte : master
B. inkling : knowledge
C. surfeit : aspiration
D. position : location
E. reason : assumption

[单项选择]Where was the man when the robbery happened

[单项选择]After the robbery, the shop installed a sophisticated alarm system as an insurance______ further losses.


A. for
B. from
C. against
D. towards

[单项选择]Miss Green saw the robbery and she reported it to the police.
A. robbery
B. she
C. it
D. to

[单项选择]He was______with attempted robbery and held in custody.
A. accused
B. prosecuted
C. charged
D. arrested

[单项选择]We can learn from the passage that in the robbery,


A. the robber killed the two women by giving them overdose of sleeping pills
B. the victims trusted the telephone dating service would find them a partner
C. the man succeeded in robbing two women, but failed in his third attempt
D. the robber and the victims encountered because they used the Lovegetty

[单项选择]What crime is William Sampson charged with


A. Bombing.
B. Arson.
C. Rape.
D. Burglary.

[单项选择]Which crime is NOT mentioned in the passage


A. Stealing.
B. Robbery.
C. Murder.
D. Tax dodging.

[单项选择]______ about the robbery, the policemen rushed out in their cars to catch the robbers.
A. Having been informed
B. Having informed
C. Informing
D. Be informed

[单项选择]

Crime is significantly higher in the US than anywhere else in the developed world. Thanks to the political power of the National Rifle Association, Americans have access to deadly weapons, and use them, to a degree that astonishes observers abroad. Americans possess an estimated 60 million hand-guns. Since 1960 the rate of murder crime per capita has grown by 35 percent, a truly horrible statistic. Violent death rates per capita are four or five times higher than in Western Europe (while rape rates are seven times higher, and forcible robbery rates some four to ten times higher). Experts suggest that this violence has cultural roots, and cannot simply be linked to poverty. New York’s murder rate is far larger than that in the slums of Calcutta, for example, and in prosperous Seattle --recently rated the number one city in the United States for "live ability" the murder rate is seven times of Birmingham, England. Nor is violence owing to lack of police efforts and
A. no parties can win
B. nobody plays his role seriously
C. one side gains in proportion to what the other side loses
D. the result will mean nothing to both sides

[单项选择]He was ______ with attempted robbery and held in custody.
A. accused
B. prosecuted
C. charged
D. arrested