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Queuse are long. Life is short. So why waste time waiting when you can pay someone to do it for you? In Washington D. C. — a cit

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问题     Queuse are long. Life is short. So why waste time waiting when you can pay someone to do it for you? In Washington D. C. — a city that struggles with more than its share of bureaucratic practices — a small industry is emerging that will queue for you to get everything from a driver’s license to a seat in a congressional hearing.
    Michael Dbrsey, one of the pioneering"service expediters", began going to traffic courts for other people back in 1988. Today his fees start at $ 20 and can go into the thousands to plead individual cases at the Bureau of Traffic Adjudication (his former employer). Mr. Dorsey knows what a properly written parking ticket looks like, and often gets fines invalidated on its failures in formality. His clients include congressmen and diplomats, as well as firms for which tickets are an occupational hazard, such as taxi operators and television broadcasters.
    Service expediters are not universally loved. Non-tax income, like fines and fees, makes up a-bout 7% of local-government revenue in Washington. Mr. Dorsey alone relieves that fund of $ 150, 000 a year. Meanwhile, citizen advocacy groups keep complaining about expediters such as the Congressional Services Company and CVK Group that specialise in saving places for congressional hearings. Committees hearing hot topics such as energy regulation often do not have enough seats. Why should a well-heeled lobbyist who has paid $ 30 an hour to a professional place-holder grab the place? Critics say this perpetuates a two-layered system;the rich get good government service, but the poor still have to wait.
    This seems a little harsh. Service expeditors can hardly be blamed for creating the unfair system they profit from. Anyway, it’s not only rich corporate types who benefit from their services. Poor foreigners with little English hire expediters to navigate the ticket-fighting process; so do elderly anddisabled people who want to save time on errands that require long hours standing in line.
    And, who knows, the service expediters might even shame the bureaucrats into pulling their socks up. Back in 1999, Washington’s mayor, Tony Williams, promised to liberate citizens from the tyranny of the government queue. Things have gotten a bit better, but the 20-minute task of renewing a driver’s license can still take days. Hiring an expert to confront the bureaucratic beast on your behalf takes care of that.
Which of the following is true according to the text?
选项 A、The fines for offenders range from $20 to $ 1000 or more.
B、Television broadcasters are liable to receive parking tickets.
C、Fines are sometimes cancelled when tickets are well written.
D、Michael Dorsey’s working experience helped with his new business.
答案D
解析 该题为细节题。根据第二段第二句“Today his fees start at $20 and can go into the thousands to plead individual cases at the Bureau of Traffic Adjudication(his former employer)．”可知，麦克·多斯在交通审判局(他以前的工作单位)为顾客申辩交通案件的收费从20美元起价，最高能达到几千美元，而A项认为对违反交通规则的人的罚金是从20美元到1000美元，不符合文意；根据第二段第四句“His clients include congressmen and diplomats，as well as firms for which tickets are an occupational hazard．such as taxi operators and television broadcasters．”可知，麦克·多斯的委托人包括收到违规停车罚单将会面临职业风险的公司，比如出租车公司和电视广播公司，而B项认为电视广播公司很有可能收到违规停车罚单，不符合文意；根据第二段第三句“Mr．Dorsey knows what a properly written parking ticket looks like，and often gets fines invalidated on its failures in formality．”可知，麦克·多斯知道罚单正确的填写格式，因此很多罚单都由于格式不正确而变得无效，而c项意思与文意相反；根据第二段第二句和第三句可知，由于麦克·多斯以前在交通审判局工作过，因此，他知道罚单正确的填写格式，他经常使罚单因为格式不正确而变得无效，由此可知，麦克·多斯的工作经验帮助了他完成新的工作，故选D。
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