专四

单选题We can infer from the passage that __________.

A. most of the crimes are committed by blacks in America
B. the crime rate of black men is gradually decreasing in America
C. black men committed more serious crimes than women in America
D. the crime rate of black men is different from that of black women in America

参考答案:D进入在线模考
推断题。第二段第四句中,behind bars意为“在狱中服刑”,黑人男性服刑比例是九分之一,而女性是一百五十分之一,显然两者的犯罪率不同,故[D]为答案。文章只提到在适婚年龄段,黑人男女各自犯罪率的比例,不涉及美国整体犯罪数量的问题,[A]无依据;文章没有提到犯罪率是否逐步下降的问题,在第三段第二句还提到“As imprisonment rates exploded between l970 and 2007”,[B]与文章矛盾,排除;文章只笼统地提到服刑,并没有提到serious crimes(重罪),[C]无依据,排除。

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