首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
1 Every year thousands of people are arrested and taken to court for shop-lifting.In Britain alone, about HK $ 3,000,000’s wort
1 Every year thousands of people are arrested and taken to court for shop-lifting.In Britain alone, about HK $ 3,000,000’s wort
admin
2009-08-20
27
问题
1 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. This amounts to something like HK $150 million a year, and represents about 4 per cent of the shops’ total stock. As a result of this "shrinkage" as the shops call it, the honest public has to pay higher prices.
2 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, two way mirrors 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.
3 The same applies to the deliberate amateur who is, so to speak, a professional in training. Most of them get caught sooner or later, and they are dealt with severely by the courts.
4 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
shop-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 absent-mindedness, simply forget to pay for what they take from the shops. When caught, all are liable to prosecution, and the decision whether to send for the police or not is in the hands of the store manager.
5 In order to prevent the quite incredible growth in shop-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, perhaps, 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 another form. Because of the possibility of one passenger in a million boarding an aircraft with a weapon, the other 999,999 passengers must 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!
选项
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.
答案
D
解析
此题为一般推理题。由于发生许多商店扒窃事件,商店会采取严格的防范措施,这些措施同样给诚实的顾客带来麻烦。最后一段实际上就是对第1段最后1句作出的解释。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/pt5MFFFM
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Oneofthefirstthingsthatshouldstrikeanyhalfobservantparentisthespeedandapparentaccuracyinwhichachildproceed
HowtoBeRespectfulofYourParentsChangingyourthoughtsandfeelingsaboutyourparents-begrateful—showgratit
TherelationshipbetweenlanguagelearningstrategypreferencesandEnglishproficiencyamongstudentspuzzlesmanyEnglish
HowtoFightDepressionWithoutOutsideHelpDepressionisacommonfeeling,butsometimesitcanbecome【T1】______.【T1】____
HowtoCommunicateEffectivelyGeneralinformationoncommunication—It’saskillyoucanlearn.—Communicationsison
(1)Iremembermeetinghimoneeveningwithhispushcart.Ihadmanagedtosellallmypapersandwascominghomeinthesnow.It
Beijingiscontemplatingchargingcongestionfeesforcarsthatenterthecitycenterduringpeakhoursinabidtoeasethetra
Self-discipline:theFoundationofProductiveLivingI.Issuestobenoticedatthethoughtofself-disciplineA.Troublesf
PASSAGEONEAccordingtothesecondparagraph,whyarethetestsforanabolicsteroidsinconvincible?
Heplayedtennistothe______ofallothersports.
随机试题
10个月发育性髋关节脱位轻症患儿的治疗宜采用()
男性,11岁,因牙齿排列不齐要求正畸治疗.检查见前牙拥挤如果拍片时发现颌骨体内边缘清楚的卵圆形致密影,直径2~4mm.与牙根无关.应诊断为
患者四肢不温,口淡不渴,神疲乏力,少气懒言,自汗,食少纳呆。根据中医望诊理论,该患者舌形可能为()。
为了描述城市土地利用的情况,可以采用的空间数据方式为()
一般来说,在偿还贷款时,企业希望采用定期等额偿还方式,而银行希望采用到期一次偿还方式。()
要素禀赋论是对比较优势理论的进一步发展,它由经济学家()提出。
据《礼记.王制》记载,早在中国奴隶社会统治阶级在经济上就已经“量入以为出”,这实际是指财政的()。
转基因食物的安全问题,引起了社会的广泛争议,各方观点对立,难以达成基本的共识,公众面对转基因食品选择时常常________,期待政府规范转基因食品的风险评估和管理。填入划横线部分最恰当的一项是:
外控型人格:认为个人生活中的主导力量是外力。外控型的人常常将许多事情归结为外部的原因,认为人的快乐和痛苦是无法自主的,一切都在他人或是命运的主宰下。根据上述定义,下列体现外控型人格的是()。
InthedescriptionoftwoIndianairlinecompanies,whichstatementsisINCORRECT?
最新回复
(
0
)