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
Every year thousands of people are arrested and taken to court for shop-lifting. In Britain alone, about HK $ 3,000,000 worth of
Every year thousands of people are arrested and taken to court for shop-lifting. In Britain alone, about HK $ 3,000,000 worth of
admin
2014-01-13
24
问题
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.
Shop-lifters can be divided into three main categories: the professionals, the deliberate amateur, 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, 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.
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.
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.
In order to prevent the quite incredible 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 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!
The third group of people steal things because they______.
选项
A、are mentally ill
B、are quite absent-minded
C、can not resist the temptation
D、can not afford to pay for goods
答案
C
解析
细节推理题。根据题干关键词The third group of people steal things定位到原文第四段。第四段首句中的gives way to和a sudden temptation分别与选项C中的can not resist和temptation(诱惑)对应。故答案为C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OvhO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
ManycountrieswillnotallowcigaretteadvertisingintheirnewspapersoronTV——especiallysincetheadvertisementsareusuall
OnecountrythatiscertainoftheeffectoffilmsontourismisAustralia.TheTouristOfficeofQueenslandsaythatCrocodile
Itisdifficulttoimaginewhatlifewouldbelikewithoutmemory.Themeaningsofthousandsofeverydayperceptions,thebases【
Mostofthepeoplewhoappearmostoftenandmostgloriouslyinthehistoryhooksaregreatconquerorsandgeneralsandsoldiers
Mostofthepeoplewhoappearmostoftenandmostgloriouslyinthehistoryhooksaregreatconquerorsandgeneralsandsoldiers
Mostofthepeoplewhoappearmostoftenandmostgloriouslyinthehistoryhooksaregreatconquerorsandgeneralsandsoldiers
Animportantpointinthedevelopmentofagovernmentalagencyisthecodificationofitscontrollingpractices.Thestudyofl
Inbringingupchildren,everyparentwatcheseagerlythechild’sacquisition(学会)ofeachnewskill--thefirstspokenwords,th
Becausethedetailsoftheprojectwereratherhazy,wedecidedtorejecttheproposal.
Astheartistwas______topollen,heseldomwentintothecountrytosketchthenaturalbeautyinspring.
随机试题
注水井反注洗井时应先开套管阀门,然后()井口生产阀门。
腹部损伤时作诊断性腹腔穿刺,抽出不凝固血液,最可能的诊断为
A.吕氏血清斜面B.SS琼脂平板C.亚碲酸钾血琼脂平板D.庖肉培养基E.罗氏培养基分离培养粪便标本中肠道致病菌常用
最可能的诊断是对该患者进行治疗,下列治疗措施中最重要的是
恶性高血压病的病理特点是
甲、乙两人在机械厂的同一车间工作,某日上班时,甲因疏忽大意,操作不当,致乙右臂伤残。有关该事件的下列表述哪个是正确的?()
下列选项中,属于初步设计文件的组成的是()。
设平面区域D是由坐标为(0,0),(0,1),(1,0),(1,1)的四个点围成的正方形.今向D内随机地投入10个点,求这10个点中至少有2个点落在曲线y=x2与直线y=x所围成的区域D1内的概率.
Thenexttrain______thestationat11o’clock.
A、Itisanationalnewspaper.B、Ithasmanyamateurjournalists.C、Itoffersverylittlespaceforbaseballstats.D、Itaimsto
最新回复
(
0
)