单选题. During the Christmas shopping rush in London, a story was reported of a tramp (流浪者) who, apparently through no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well-known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with last-minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home. Presumably all the proper security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three-day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last-minute Christmas presents. However that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it. There was food, drink, bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios. Though it was not reported if he took advantage of these facilities, when the shop re-opened, he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humor and philosophic temperament—as indeed tramps very commonly are. Everyone else was enjoying Christmas, so he saw no good reason why he should not do the same. He submitted (屈服), cheerful enough, to being taken away by the police. Perhaps he had had a better Christmas than usual. He was sent to prison for seven days. The judge awarded no compensation to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television.1. The tramp was locked in the store ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】 事实细节题 文章中说这个流浪者在购物高峰期时被锁在商店里。文章第一句中“...who, apparently through no fault of his own...”,即是选项C的意思。 [参考译文] 在伦敦圣诞购物的高峰期,据说一个流浪汉,在圣诞前夜发现自己被锁在一家著名的连锁店内,这显然不是因为他自己的错误。毫无疑问,当时商店里挤满了圣诞节最后疯狂购物的顾客,服务员也已筋疲力尽并渴望下班回家。大概在商店锁门前也适当的进行了安全检查,于是他们就离开了,开始享受无忧无虑的三天假期,而疲于应付急于最后时刻购买圣诞礼物的顾客了。 不管怎样,当这位流浪汉发现自己独自一人在店里时,他决定要充分利用这个机会。这里有吃的、喝的、床上用品和宿营设备,他都可以好好的使用。商店里也一定有电视和收音机。虽然没有报道他是否利用了这些设施,但当商店再次开张时,人们发现他躺在一张床上,身边有很多空瓶子。他显示出流浪汉常有的那种神情悠闲的好心情。大家都在欢度圣诞,所以他也没有理由不好好地欢度一下这个节日。他向警察屈服了并且似乎很乐意被带走。也许他今年过了一个比以往都好的圣诞节。他被判入狱七天,法官却没判他赔偿连锁店的食物和饮料。在他看来,连锁店已从报纸和电视对此事的报道中得到了有价值的免费广告宣传。