| For more than 10 years there has been a
bigger rise in car crime than in most other types of crime. An average of more
than two cars a minute are broken into, vandalized (破坏) or stolen in the UK. Car
crime accounts for almost a third of all reported offences with no signs that
the trend is slowing down. Although there are highly professional criminals involved in car theft, almost 90 percent of car crime is committed by the opportunist. Amateur thieves are aided by our carelessness. When the Automobile Association (AA) engineers surveyed one town centre car park last year, 10 percent of cars checked were unlocked, a figure backed up by a Home Office national survey that found 12 percent of drivers sometimes left their cars unlocked. The vehicles are sitting in petrol stations while drivers pay for their fuel. The AA has dis A. leaving documents showing one’s home address in the car B. locking one’s car in a parking lot at any time C. not leaving the car unattended for longer than necessary D. not leaving a sunroof or window partially open [单项选择]Sleeping
People who sleep for more than eight hours a night do not live as long as those who sleep for six hours，according to the biggest study yet into sleep patterns and mortality(死亡率)．
Scientists have no explanation for the findings and do not know if they mean people who like a lie．in(睡懒觉)Can extend their lives by sleeping less． ．
Although it is a common belief that sleeping for at least eight hours a night is vital for health and well—being．the six．year study involving more than 1．1 million Americans older than 30 found that those who slept for 1ess than eight hours were far from doing themselves any long—term harm。
“Individuals who now average 6．5 hours of sleep a night Can be reassured that this is a safe amount of sleep．From a health standpoint。there is no reason to sleep longer,” said Daniel Kripke ，a professor of psychiatry(精神病学)at the University of California，San Diego．
Dr．Kripke said．“We don’t know if long sleep periods lead to death．Additional stu
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