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1、2022年考博英语-上海交通大学考前模拟强化练习题（附答案详解）1. 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 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
2、.Shop-lifters can be divided into three main categories: the professionals, the deliberate amateur, and the people who just cant help themselves. The professionals do not pose much of a problem for the store detectives, who, assisted by closed circuit television, can usually cope with them. The prof
3、essionals 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, so to speak, a professional in training. Most of
4、 them get caught sooner or later, and they are dealt with severely by the courts.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
5、 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.In order to prevent the quite incredib
6、le growth in 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, perhaps, that it is yet another instance of the innocent major
7、ity 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 d
8、elays. 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!1.Why does the honest public have to pay higher prices when they go to the shops?2.The third group of people steal things bec
9、ause they （ ） .3.According to the passage, law-abiding citizens（ ） .4.Which of the following statements is NOT true about the main types of shop-lifting?5.The aircraft hijack situation is used in order to show that （ ） .问题1选项A.There is a shrinkage in market values.B.Many goods are not available.C.Go
10、ods in many shops lack variety.D.There are many cases of shop-lifting.问题2选项A.are mentally illB.are quite absent-mindedC.can not resist the temptationD.can not afford to pay for goods问题3选项A.can possibly steal things because of their povertyB.can possibly take away goods without payingC.have never sto
11、len goods from the supermarketsD.are difficult to be caught when they steal things问题4选项A.A big percentage of the total losses are caused by the professionals.B.The deliberate amateurs will be punished severely if they get caught.C.People would expect that those who cant help themselves are poor.D.Th
12、e professionals dont cause a lot of trouble to the store detectives.问题5选项A.the professionals do not pose much of a problem for the storesB.some people simply forget to pay for what they take from the shopsC.the honest public has to pay higher pricesD.the third type of shop-lifters are dangerous peop
13、le【答案】第1题:D第2题:C第3题:B第4题:A第5题:C【解析】1.细节判断题。根据关键词the honest public定位到第一段的最后一句As a result of this shrinkage as the shops call it, the honest public has to pay higher prices.由于商家所谓的由偷窃造成的损失, 诚实的公众因此而付出了更高的代价。结合上文可知shrinkage指店内行窃案件, 所以选项D更准确。2.细节判断题。根据第二段的首句Shop-lifters can be divided into three main ca
14、tegories: the professionals, the deliberate amateurs, and the people who just cant help themselves.商店行窃者可分为三大类:专业扒手、蓄意的业余扒手和控制不了盗窃冲动的扒手。所以第三类人就是无法抵挡诱惑的人, 选项C符合原文。3.细节推断题。根据关键词law-abiding定位到第四段。根据本段内容可知：那些禁受不住诱惑的人, 往往在其他方面是遵纪守法的好公民, 他们很少是家境贫困的。他们偷东西不是因为付不起钱, 而是心不在焉拿走东西忘记付钱了。所以选项A表述错误, 他们并不贫穷;选项C也表述错误
15、;选项D在文中没有提及;所以只有选项B符合原文句意。4.细节推断题。根据笫二段的最后一句they（the professional） account for only a small percentage of the total losses due to shop-lifting可知选项A错误, 而选项D正确;根据第三段Most of them get caught sooner or later, and they are dealt with severely by the courts.可知选项B正确;根据四段的第二句Contrary to what one would expect
16、, this kind of ship-lifter is rarely poor.这类盗贼并不贫穷, 那么言下之意就是人们认为盗贼应该是贫穷的。所以选项C也正确。只有选项A表述错误。5.细节推断题。根据原文上一句it is yet another instance of the innocent majority being penalized and inconvenienced because of the actions of a small minority.这是由于一小部分人的做法给大多数无辜的人带来了惩罚和不便的又一个例子。也就是第一段所说的：公众因此而付出了更高的代价。所以选项C
