2010年中国人民大学考博英语真题

Passage Four

`I just couldn't do it. I don't know what it is. It's notembarrassment. No that's not it. You see, you're putting your head in a noose;that's what it seems to me.' Derek am armed robber with a long record of bankjobs, was talking about hoisting (shop-lifting). `No I just couldn't do it. Imean just going in there.' He paused to try to fund a more exact way of fixing;his antipathy. `I tell you what. It's too blatant for my liking.'

It seemed a fanny way to put it. Pushing a couple of ties in yourpocket at a shop was hardly the last word in extroversion, and even a bit on thediscreet side when compared to all that firing of shotguns and vaulting over counterswhich made up the typical bank raid.

But my ideas of shop-lifting were still bound up with teenagememories of nicking packets of chewing gum from the local newsagents. A lot ofguilt and not much loot_ After a few conversations with professional holsters, Irealised that `blatant' was just about right.

Nobody took a couple of ties they took the whole rack. The fastmember of the gang would walk in nice and purposefully. Their job was to set upthe goods: perhaps put an elastic bawd round the ends of a few dozen silkscarves; move the valuable pieces of jewellery nearer the edge of the counter;slide the ties on the rack into a compact bunch. Then, wine somebody elsediverts the assistant or provides some fort of masking, the third member liftsthe lot

If the walk to the door is a little long, then there mm be someoneelse to take over for the last stretch. No one is in possession for more than afew seconds, and there's always a couple of spare bodies to obstruct any onewho seems to be getting too near the carrier.

Store detectives who move forward with well-founded suspicions maystill find themselves clutching empty air. Store detectives watch for threemain give-sways: am- sort of loitering which looks different from the usual hangingaround and dithering that characterises the real customer; any covert contactbetween individuals %N-ho %v shown no other sign of knowing each other, anyover-friendliness towards sales staff which might be acting as a distraction. 'There'sone other little angle', said one detective. 'l often pop round the backstairs; that's where you'll occasionally find one of them; trying to relax andget themselves in the right mood before starting the next job.'

86. The bank robber wouldn't considershop-lifting because

A) it was beneath his dignity B)the penalties were too high

C) it wasn't challenging enough D)the risks were too great

87. The writer's experience led rum tothink that most shop-lifters

A) were I their teens B)stole modest amounts

C) used violent methods D) stole for excitement

88. The; role of the first member of thegang is to

A) convince the staff he's a seriousshopper B) remove die goods from the shelves

C) establish the easiest goods to steal D)smooth the. path for his accomplice .

89. Professional shop-lifters avoid beingcaught in the act by

A) passing goods from one to another B) hiding behind ordinary shoppers

C) racing for the nearest exit D)concealing goods in ordinary bath

90. Potential shop-lifters may beidentified when the:

.A) seem unable to decide what to buy B) openly signal to apparent strangers

C) are unusually chatty to assistants D) setoff towards emergency exits

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