单选题 Questions 14-17 are based on the following dialogue.
单选题 How many kinds of shoplifters are mentioned in the dialogue?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[听力原文]14-17
W: Is there such a thing as a typical shoplifter?
M: Uh, not really... But there are certain types most shoplifters fall into. Three types, I would say.
W: Tell me more about these three types.
M: Well... uh... people in the first type are what I call "the sudden impulse type". Doctors and psychologists call such people kleptomaniacs. They see something and just can't ... uh... help stealing it. The strange thing about this first type is that the people in it are often well off and could easily afford to buy the thing. Sometimes they don't even need it... and often they're emotionally disturbed in some way.., middle-aged women, for example, whose husbands have left them, or perhaps older men whose wives have recently died.
W: What about the second type?
M: Well, those are people who are really... "little thieves" They work alone, and know exactly what they want before they go into the store. These days a lot of them, but by no means all, are teenagers who steal things they can't afford. Leather jackets, watches, expensive cosmetics, things like that.
W: And the third type.'? What kind of people do you find in the third type?
M: Ah, yes, they're what I call "the experts".
W: Why?
M: Well, first of all, because they're highly organized. And secondly because they do it for a living. They usually operate in groups of three or sometimes four, and they're extremely difficult to catch.
W: Can they make a lot of money that way?
M: Oh, yes. They're very well off, believe me... much better off than a store detective..., or even a journalist!
商店扒手有三种,这三种分别是impulsive shoplifters,little shoplifters,expert shoplifters.所以答案是[B]。
单选题 What is the character of the first kind of the shoplifters?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从对话中我们可以了解第一种shoplifter往往并不是因为钱财而偷盗,他们往往因为情绪或情感方面的原因。[B]选项是描述第二类的,[C]和[D]选项是描述第三类的,根据排除法也可做对这一题。
单选题 Why do the “little thieves” steal?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】正确选项为对话中原句,不难作出选择。本题中的其它选项在对话中都出现过,或间接的表达了,但都不是对第二类小偷的描述,[A]指第一类,[C]和[D]则完全是描述第三类的。
单选题 Among the three types of shoplifters, who can be found out most difficultly?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文中结尾部分在谈论第三类商店小偷的时候说他们是专业小偷,很难抓到。故可作出选择。本题在于抓住关键句,但也可通过文章意思得出结论。