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Used D.C. cop guns linked to crimes

　　RELLEY, WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 (AP) — More than 100 crimes, including eight killings, have been linked to guns once used by police in the nation’s capital, The Washington Post reported Friday. Most of the guns — mainly Smith & Wesson revolver — went into the market as part of two major trade-ins, in 1989 and 1994, for 9mm semiautomatic pistols. The newspaper used the Freedom of Information Act to get the serial numbers of the recycled police guns and then traced them to 107 crimes through databases maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Virginia State Police.

　　1. The report shows that the police _____.
　　　A) abused the Freedom of Information Act.
　　　B) committed more than 100 crimes
　　　C) were careless in disposing of their guns
　　　D) bought used guns from criminals

　　2. According to the news, how many people have been possibly injured by the used guns?
　　　A) 100.
　　　B) 107.
　　　C) 7.
　　　D) 99.

　　3. The word “recycled” in the news means _____.
　　　A) reused
　　　B) returned
　　　C) repaired
　　　D) regained

　　4. According to the news, we can reasonably infer that _____.
　　　A) the government should have more control over police used guns
　　　B) the Bureau of Alcohol was partially responsible for the crimes
　　　C) police misused their guns
　　　D) the citizens in the U.S. misused their guns

　　5. The newspaper went to get the serial number of the police guns because it wanted to know _____.
　　　A) how many guns there were
　　　B) what kinds of guns they were
　　　C) how many crimes had been caused by these guns
　　　D) how these guns were obtained by the criminals

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