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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #3022 Crime
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Other criminologists, political scientists and similarly learned forecasters laid out the same horrible future as did President Clinton. We know we've got about six years to turn this juvenile crime thing around, Clinton said, "or our country is going to be living with chaos." The smart money was plainly on the criminals. And then instead of going up and up and up, crime began to fall, and fall and fall and fall some more. The crime drop was startling in several aspects. It was ubiquitous, with every category of crime falling in every part of country. It was persistent, with incremental decreases year after year. And it was entirely unanticipated- especially by the very experts who had been predicting the opposite.

Why was the fall in crime rate particularly surprising?

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Option 3: "it occurred in all criminal categories and persisted for a number of years."

Explanation: This option is correct because the text emphasizes that the crime drop was 'ubiquitous' and 'persistent,' meaning it affected all categories of crime and continued over several years. This widespread and sustained decline was unexpected, especially by experts who had predicted otherwise.

Option 1: "it was interspersed with six years of steeply rising rates of crime."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text states that crime began to fall instead of continuing to rise. The phrase 'interspersed with six years of steeply rising rates of crime' contradicts the main idea of the text, which highlights the unexpected decline in crime rates.

Option 2: "it occurred despite fewer people expressing an interest in crime and justice policies."

Explanation: This option is incorrect as the text does not mention anything about public interest in crime and justice policies. Therefore, it does not provide relevant information to explain why the fall in crime rate was surprising.

Option 4: "it had been predicted by the then US president, Bill Clinton."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text indicates that President Clinton and other experts predicted a rise in crime, not a fall. Therefore, stating that the fall in crime was predicted by Clinton contradicts the text's assertion that the decline was unanticipated.

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