单选题 Questions 18 to 21 are based on the following passage.

单选题 What does the story tell us about the old woman?

A、 She was found stealing in a bookstore.
B、 She caught someone in the act of stealing.
C、 She admitted having stolen something.
D、 She said she was wrongly accused of stealing.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 题干问：“这则故事告诉了我们老妇人的什么情况?”该听力材料讲述的是一位老妇人被冤枉偷了百货商店的圣诞卡，她不服并要求百货公司赔偿的故事。所以本题的答案选D。

单选题 What was said to have been stolen?

A、 A book.
B、 $3,000.
C、 A handbag.
D、 A Christmas card.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 题干问：“什么被偷了?”材料第一句据说“An elderly woman yesterday made a legal claim against a department store because it had wrongly accused her of stealing a Christmas card.”所以本题答案选D，即圣诞卡被盗了。

单选题 What happened to Ms. White after she was taken back to the store?

A、 She was questioned by the police.
B、 She was shut in a small room for 20 minutes.
C、 She was insulted by the shoppers around her.
D、 She was body-searched by the store manager.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 题干问：“怀特女士被带回商店后发生了什么事?”材料中说“She was taken back to the store and shut in a small room in full view of shoppers for 20 minutes until the police arrived.”答案B与该句话的内容一致。所以答案选B。

单选题 What was now the attitude of the department store in this legal ease?

A、 They refused to apologize for having followed her through the town.
B、 They regretted having wrongly accused her of stealing.
C、 They still suspected that she was a thief.
D、 They agreed to pay her $3,000 damages.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 题干问：“在这个法律案件里，百货商店现在的态度是怎样的?”材料最后说“Her lawyer said the department store sent a letter in sincere apology but they insisted that she might have been stealing. The hearing continues today.”她的律师说百货商店送来了诚挚的道歉信，但是他们坚持认为她可能一直在行窃。答案C“他们仍然怀疑她是个小偷”和原文的意思一致。所以本题答案选C。