Question

A university graduate described as a “respectable and intelligent” woman is seeking professional help after being convicted of （證明有……罪）shoplifting for the second time in six months.

Ana Luz, recently studying for her Phd, has been told she could end up behind bars unless she can control the desire to steal from shops .

Luz ,who lives with her partner in Fitzwilliam Road ,Cambridge ,admitted stealing clothes worth ￡9.95 from John Lewis in Oxford Street ,London ,on March 9.

Phillip Lemoyne ,prosecuting（起訴）,said Luz selected some clothes from a display and took them to the ladies’ toilet in the store .When she came out again she was wearing one of the skirts she had selected ,having taken off the anti-theft security alarms（防盜警報(bào)裝置）.

She was stopped and caught after leaving the store without paying , Mr. Lemoyne said.

He added that she was upset on her arrest and apologized for her actions.

Luz,28, was said to have been convicted of shoplifting by Cambridge judges last October ,but Morag Duff, defending ,said she had never been in trouble with the police before that .

“She is ashamed and embarrassed but doesn’t really have any explanation why she did this ,” Miss Duff said . “She didn’t intend to steal when she went into the store .She is at a loss to explain it. She is otherwise a very respectable and intelligent young lady .She went to her doctor and asked for advice because she wants to know if there is anything in particular that caused her to do this.”

Judge David Azan fined Luz ￡ 50, and warned : “You’ve got a criminal record .If you carry on like this ,you will end up in prison ,which will ruin your bright future you may have.”

Luz achieved a degree in design at university in her native Spain ,went on to a famous university in Berlin , Germany for her master’s degree and is now studying for a PhD at Cambridge University ,UK.

1.What is Ana Luz’s nationality?

A．American. B．British.

C．Spanish. D．German.

2.What does the underlined sentence “She is at a loss to explain it” mean?

A．In her opinion it was a loss to the clothes shops where she stole things .

B．She doesn’t have any idea why she has the desire to steal from shops .

C．She thinks it is a loss for her to explain why she stole things from shops.

D．Personally she feels ashamed and embarrassed for her shoplifting actions.

3.Which of the following best explains the meaning of the word “shoplifting” used in the passage?

A．Carrying goods in a lift for a shop.

B．Taking goods to the ladies’ toilet .

C．Selecting some goods from a display.

D．Taking goods from a shop without paying.

4.From the passage we can learn that .

A．Ana Luz is already got her PhD at Cambridge University ,UK

B．Ana Luz is ashamed and embarrassed and knows why she often did so

C．the university graduate will be put in prison if she steals in shops once more

D．Phillip Lemoyne is the “respectable and intelligent” woman’s defense lawyer

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講了一個(gè)西班牙籍的大學(xué)生涉嫌在超市偷東西。如果再有一次這樣的行為，她就會(huì)被送進(jìn)監(jiān)獄。

1. 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Luz achieved a degree in design at university in her native Spain ,went on to a famous university in Berlin , Germany for her master’s degree and is now studying for a PhD at Cambridge University ,UK.可知Ana Luz的國(guó)籍是西班牙。

2. B 推理題：從文章第八段的句子：but doesn’t really have any explanation why she did this ,推斷出她是不知道怎么解釋。選B。

3. D 推理題：從文章的五段的句子：She was stopped and caught after leaving the store without paying,看出是拿了東西沒付錢，就是順手牽羊。

4. 推理題：從文章的倒數(shù)第二段的句子：Judge David Azan fined Luz ￡ 50, and warned : “You’ve got a criminal record .If you carry on like this ,you will end up in prison ,which will ruin your bright future you may have可知是再有一次這樣的行為，就會(huì)被送進(jìn)監(jiān)獄。

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