Which of the following best states the author’s point of view?
A. Watching movies encourages criminal behavior in children.

B. Violent movies may help reduce crime rates.

C. Violent children find movies to be very entertaining.

D. Crime rates in our country are decreasing.

Which sentence or phrase from the passage best supports your answer?
A. Opponents of movie violence claim that crime is on the rise.

B. According to the U. S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, crime rates have dropped steadily since 1993, when 80 of every 1,000 people reported being victims of violent crime.

C. The homicide rate declined 48% from 1993 to 2011.

D. According to Gordon Dahl and Stefano DellaVigna, research associates of the National Bureau of Economic Research, “estimates suggest that in the short-run violent movies deter almost 1,000 assaults on an average weekend.”

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the three (3) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. your sister has a new boyfriend. the first time you meet him, he corners you and talks to you for an hour about football, a subject in which you have no interest at all. you come away with the impression that he is an inconsiderate bore. the next two times you see him, however, he says not a word about football. he participates in the general conversation and makes some witty and intelligent remarks. what is your impression of him now? do you find him likable and interesting on the basis of the last two encounters? do you average out the early minus and the later plus and come out with a neutral zero? neither is likely. what is likely is that you still think of him as an inconsiderate bore. psychological research suggests that first impressions, as our mothers and fathers told us, are quite lasting. 1. the words “neutral zero” refer to an impression that is positive. 2. the words “neutral zero” refer to an impression that is neither positivenor negative. 3. the selection suggests that it’s a good idea to make good firstimpressions. 4. the selection suggests that it can be difficult to remain objective aboutothers. 5. first impressions tend to be fair and balance