题目内容
They witnessed to ________ Tom cheat in the exam．They’d like to bear ________．
see; witness
seeing; witnessing
seeing; witness
see; witnessing
解析：
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witness to doing sth．是固定结构，意为“证明做过某事”；bear witness也是固定短语，意为“作证”。 |
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
For years, researchers have looked into a possible relationship between heat and violence. There are conflicting results over whether there is an actual connection between rising anger and rising temperature, but the murder rate constantly increases during the months of July and August, according to the FBI’s annual crime report.
Many police chiefs say they put more policemen on the streets when the heat rises. “Calls for service always increase from May, June, July and August,” said New Bedford’s Captain Richard Spiriet. “The longer period of time you have the heat, the worse it is. It’s just the opposite in the winter time.”
Craig Anderson, a professor and specialist in social psychology at Lowa State University, argues the evidence is clear. “As the temperature goes up, people become more uncomfortable. They become easier to get angry,” he said. “That increases the possibility that a small conflict will be interpreted as more major.” Anderson conducted a couple of studies looking at crime rates over the course of several years within the same area to see when most violent crimes occurred. He found that violent crimes were more likely to occur on hot days and hot months － even hot years had higher violent rates than cold years, according to his research.
Other research shows it is not so much the physical climate, but rather the social climate, that causes increased violence. “During the summer months, people stay up later. They talk with their neighbors. They party with their friends,” said Jack Levin, director of the Brudnick Centre on Violence at Northeastern University. “There are more likely to be large numbers of people interacting, and they are more likely to argue.”
Perhaps the realization that there is a link will help people in an argument step back and say, “Let’s cool off” － both literally (字面上地) and figuratively (比喻地).
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Title |
Heat and Violence |
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Theme |
Violence possibly has a 1.___________ with heat. |
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Facts |
☆July and August witness the2.____________ increase of murder rate. ☆More policemen are called in with the heat3.___________. ☆People get angry more4.___________ as the temperature goes up. |
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5._________ of the research |
☆Fewer violent crimes occur on 6.___________ days. ☆The7.___________ climate causes increased violence. ☆People usually go to8.___________ later during the summer months. ☆There are more likely to be9.____________ when people chat with each other. |
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Conclusion |
10.__________the link will help people in an argument cool off. |
When TV news
programs report wars or disasters, the editors rarely use the most horrifying
pictures of dead or wounded victims because they don’t want to upset their
viewers. Even so, viewers are usually crowded in advance that they may find
some of these scenes disturbing, so they can look away if they choose. But the
men and women whose job is to record those scenes—the TV cameramen—have no such
choice. It is their duty to witness the horrors of the world and record them,
no matter how terrible and unpleasant they may be. Consequently, it is one of
the most dangerous, exposed and emotionally taxing jobs the world has to offer.