单选题
Every year thousands of people are arrested and
taken to court for shop-lifting. In Britain alone, about HK$ 3,000,000's worth
of goods are stolen from shops every week. As a result of this "shrinkage" as
the shops call it, the honest public has to pay higher prices.
Shop-lifters can be divided into three main categories: the professionals, the
deliberate amateurs, and the people who just can't help themselves. The
professionals do not pose much of a problem for the store detectives, who,
assisted by closed circuit television and various other technological devices,
can usually cope with them. The professionals tend to go for high value goods in
parts of the shops where security measures are tightest. And, in any case, they
account for only a small percentage of the total losses due to
shop-lifting. The same applies to the deliberate amateur who is
to speak, a professional in training. Most of them get caught sooner or later,
and they are dealt with severely by the coups. The real problem
is the person who gives way to a sudden temptation and is in all other respects
an honest and law-abiding citizen. Contrary to what one would expect, this kind
of ship-lifter is rarely poor. He does not steal because he needs the goods and
cannot afford to pay for them. He steals because he simply cannot stop himself.
And there are countless others who, because of age sickness or plain
absentmindedness, simply forget to pay for what they take from the
shops. In order to prevent the growth on ship-lifting offences,
some stores, in fact are doing their best to separate the thieves from the
confused by prohibiting customers from taking bags into the store. However, what
is most worrying about the whole problem is that it is yet another instance of
the innocent majority being penalized and inconvenienced because of the actions
of a small minority. It is the aircraft hijack situation in anther form. Because
of the possibility of one passenger in a million boarding an aircraft with a
weapon, the other 999,999 passengers much Subject themselves to searches and
delays. Unless the situation in the shops improves, in ten years' time we may
all have to subject ourselves to a body search every time we go into a store to
buy a tin of beans!
单选题
Why does the honest public have to pay higher prices when they go to
the shops?
A. There is a "shrinkage" in market values.
B. Many goods are not available.
C. Goods in many shops lack variety.
D. There are many cases of shop-lifting.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：为什么诚实的市民去商店时要支付更高的价格?第一段“As a result of this "shrinkage" all the shops call it, the honest public has to pay higher prices.”通过这句话可知，由于商家所谓的“由偷窃造成的损失”，诚实的公众必须婴为此支付更高的价格。所以，答案是D。
单选题
The third group of people steal things because they ______.
A. are mentally ill
B. are quite absent-minded
C. can not resist the temptation
D. can not afford to Pay for the goods
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：第二类人偷窃的原因是什么?第二段”Shop-lifters can be divided into three main categories: the professionals, the deliberate amateurs, and the people who just can't help themselves.”通过这句话可知，商店行窃者可分为三大类：职业扒手，蓄意的业余扒手和控制不了盗窃冲动的人。所以，答案是C。
单选题
According to the passage law-abiding citizens ______.
A. can possibly steal things because of their poverty
B. can possibly take away goods without paying
C. have never stolen goods from the supermarkets
D. are difficult to be caught when they steal things
单选题
Which of the following is NOT true about the main types of
shop-lifting?
A. A big percentage of the total losses are caused by the
professional.
B. The deliberate amateurs will be punished severely if they get
caught.
C. People would expect that those who can't help themselves from stealing
are poor.
D. The professionals don't cause a lot of trouble to the store
detectives.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：关于人店行窃的主要类型，下列哪项叙述不正确?第二段“The professionals account for only a small percentage of the total losses due to shop-lifting，”通过这句话可知，职业扒手行窃造成的损失只占总损失的一小部分。所以，答案是A。
单选题
The aircraft hijack situation is used in order to show that ______.
A. the professionals do not pose much of problem for the stores
B. some people simply forget to pay for what take from the shops
C. the honest public has to pay higher prices
D. the third type of shop-lifters are dangerous people
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 题目问：用劫持飞机的情况是为了表明什么?最后一段“It is the aircraft hijack situation in another form. Because of the possibility of one passenger in a million boarding an aircraft with a weapon, the other 999 999 passengers much subject themselves to searches and delays.”通过这段话可知，这是劫持飞机情况的又一种表现形式。因为在100万乘客中，有一人可能携带武器登机，其他999 999名乘客都要接受搜查和拖延。所以，答案是C。