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The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures. No search of a person’s home or personal effects may be conducted without a written search warrant issued on probable cause. This means that a neutral judge must approve the factual basis justifying a search before it can be conducted.

1：This paragraph best supports the statement that the police cannot search a person’s home or private papers unless they have
A：legal authorization.
B：direct evidence of a crime.
C：read the person his or her constitutional rights.
D：a reasonable belief that a crime has occurred.
E：requested that a judge be present.

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Mathematics allows us to expand our consciousness.Mathematics tells us about economic trends, patterns of disease, and the growth of populations. Math is good at exposing the truth, but it can also perpetuate misunderstandings and untruths. Figures have the power to mislead people.

2：This paragraph best supports the statement that
A：the study of mathematics is dangerous.
B：words are more truthful than figures.
C：the study of mathematics is more important than other disciplines.
D：the power of numbers is that they cannot lie.
E：figures are sometimes used to deceive people.

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阅 读：D E