Most respondents of the Wall Street Journal poll______.A．are pessimistic about America"s g

The best title for the text may be______.

A．America"s Crime Rate And Teenage Birthrate: Surprisingly Down

B．America"s Crime Rate Drops While Teen-pregnancy Rate Increases

C．Will Crime Rate And Teenage Birthrate Remain Low in the Future

D．Decline of Crime Rate in the US: Something That Has Been Predicted

What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Birthrates, including for children born to college girls, are slipping all the time.

B．Few people have predicted the drop of teen-pregnancy rates a generation ago.

C．Based on the latest available data, teen-pregnancy rates have dropped 43 % .

D．Fewer women above 24 become pregnant than a generation ago.

Which one is NOT the possible reason of the dropping crime rates?

A．Better policing.

B．Better education.

C．Aging societies.

D．Declining use of drugs.

We can conclude from the second paragraph that______.

A．property crime has also been increasing like violent crime

B．the number of violent crimes has fallen 36% in the biggest cities

C．in New York City, car thefts have dropped to 94% in the past two decades

D．the violent crimes have become fewer in America, especially in big cities

What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．The crime rates in America remained 13% since 2007.

B．The crime rates have declined in America and other countries.

C．The crime rates in America reached its highest level in the year 1991.

D．During the recession and the top level of unemployment crime rates rose.

What can we learn from the last sentence?

A．It is not suitable to go fishing.

B．Many corpses are still floating in the sea.

C．Some flatfish are as big as human beings.

D．Some bodies have been eaten by the fish.

The triple calamities include all EXCEPT______.

A．earthshock

B．nuclear leakage

C．seismic sea wave

D．maritime contamination

Which of the following is NOT the dreadful fact caused by the tsunami?

A．Thousands of people went missing.

B．A bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.

C．The tsunami wave washed away the whole towns.

D．The reactor meltdown caused the worst ocean pollution.

We know from the second paragraph that______.

A．the stretch of coastline was once beautiful

B．the coastline can not be seen by human eyes now

C．Ms Ehrlich walked 1,300 kilometres to seek survivors

D．Basho wrote down the stories of the survivors of the disaster

It can be inferred from the first paragraph that______.

A．Honshu lies to the north-east of Japan

B．the earthquake was caused by the tsunami

C．an American writer wrote a book about the disaster

D．many people have witnessed the devastation through their own eyes