A million motorists leave their cars filled up with petrol and with the keys in the ignition every day. The vehicles are sitting in petrol stations while drivers pay for their fuel. The Automobile Association (AA) has discovered that cars are left unattended for an average three minutes — and sometimes considerably longer as drivers buy drinks, sweets, cigarettes and other consumer items — and then pay at the cash till. With payment by credit card more and more common, it is not unusual for a driver to be out of his car for as long as six minutes, providing the car thief with a golden opportunity. In an exclusive AA survey, carried out at a busy garage on a main road out of London, 300 motorists were questioned over three days of the holiday period. Twenty four percent admitted that they “always” or “sometimes” leave the keys in their cars. This means that nationwide, a million cars daily become easy targets for the opportunist thief.
For more than ten years there has been a bigger rise in car crime than in most other types of crime. An average of more than two cars a minute are broken into, vandalized or stolen in the UK. Car crime accounts for almost a third of all reported offences with no signs that the trend is slowing down.
Although there are highly professional criminals involved in car theft, almost 90 percent of car crime is committed by the opportunist. Amateur thieves are aided by our own carelessness. When AA engineers surveyed on town center car park last year, ten percent of the cars checked were unlocked, a figure backed by a Home Office national survey that found 12 percent of drivers sometimes left their cars unlocked. The AA recommends locking up whenever you leave the car —and for however short a period. A partially open sun-roof or window is a further come-on to thieves.
There are many other traps to avoid. The Home Office has found little awareness among drivers about safe parking. Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots away from street lights—just the places thieves love. The AA advises drivers to park in places with people around—thieves don’t like audiences. Leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminals. A Manchester probationary service research project, which interviewed almost 100 car thieves last year, found many would investigate a coat thrown on a seat. Never leave any documents showing your home address in the car. If you have a garage, use it and lock it—a garaged car is at substantially less risk.
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
2. Where in the passage docs the author mention leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminals?
3. Car theft is due to all of the following EXCEPT ______.
4. In order to prevent car theft, people are recommended to______.
5. The main purpose of this passage is to ______.
问题1选项
A.The use of credit cards may increase the risk of car theft.
B.It is advised that the drivers take car keys with them.
C.Most cars are stolen by professional thieves.
D.The AA advises that motorists leave their cars locked.
问题2选项
A.The first paragraph.
B.The second paragraph.
C.The third paragraph.
D.The last paragraph.
问题3选项
A.people’s carelessness
B.unawareness of safe parking
C.coat left on the car seat
D.poor quality of a car lock
问题4选项
A.park cars in quiet places
B.use a garage and lock it
C.leave a spare car key at home
D.become a member of AA
问题5选项
A.analyze the rise of car theft in Britain
B.report the survey results by AA
C.suggest the ways to investigate car theft
D.compare car crime with other types of crime
第1题:C
第2题:D
第3题:D
第4题:B
第5题:B
第1题:
【选项释义】
Which of the following statements is NOT true? 以下哪项陈述不是正确的？
A. The use of credit cards may increase the risk of car theft. A. 使用信用卡可能会增加汽车被盗的风险。
B. It is advised that the drivers take car keys with them. B. 建议司机随身携带汽车钥匙。
C. Most cars are stolen by professional thieves. C. 大多数汽车都是被职业小偷偷走的。
D. The AA advises that motorists leave their cars locked. D. 汽车协会建议驾驶者锁好车。
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据选项关键词“professional thieves”定位到第三段第一句“虽然有非常专业的犯罪分子参与汽车盗窃（professional criminals involved in car theft），但几乎90%的汽车犯罪都是机会主义者所为（almost 90 percent of car crime is committed by the opportunist）。”根据“committed by the opportunist”可知，大多数汽车不是被职业小偷偷走的，C选项表述与原文不相符，故正确答案是C选项。
【干扰项排除】
A选项定位到第一段第四句“随着信用卡支付越来越普遍，司机离开汽车长达六分钟也是常有的事，这给偷车贼提供了绝好的机会。”由此可知，该选项“使用信用卡可能会增加汽车被盗的风险”表述正确，属于答非所问；
B选项定位到第一段最后两句“24%的人承认他们‘总是’或‘有时’把钥匙留在车里。这意味着，在全国范围内，每天有一百万辆汽车成为机会主义小偷的容易目标。”由此可知，司机应该随身携带汽车钥匙，避免成为机会主义小偷的目标，故该选项表述正确，属于答非所问；
D选项定位到第三段倒数第二句“美国汽车协会建议，无论何时离开汽车，无论时间有多短，都要锁好车门。”由此可知，该选项表述正确，属于答非所问。
第2题:
【选项释义】
Where in the passage does the author mention “leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminals”? 在文章中，作者在哪里提到了“将贵重物品放在看得见的地方是对罪犯的一种诱导”？
A. The first paragraph. A. 第一段。
B. The second paragraph. B. 第二段。
C. The third paragraph. C. 第三段。
D. The last paragraph. D. 最后一段。
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据“leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminals”可定位到最后一段第五句，由此可知，D选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、C选项均没有提及到“leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminals”，属于答非所问。
第3题:
【选项释义】
Car theft is due to all of the following EXCEPT ____. 汽车被盗是由于以下所有原因除了____。
A. people’s carelessness A. 人们的粗心大意
B. unawareness of safe parking B. 不注意安全停车
C. coat left on the car seat C. 外套落在汽车座椅上
D. poor quality of a car lock D. 车锁质量差
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据A选项关键词“carelessness”定位到第三段第二句“我们自己的粗心大意也助长了业余窃贼的气焰（Amateur thieves are aided by our own carelessness.）。”由此可知，人们粗心大意是造成汽车被盗的原因之一；B选项根据关键词“safe parking”定位到最后一段第二、三句“内政部发现，驾驶员对安全停车的意识很薄弱。大多数被调查的驾车者没有努力避免把车停在远离路灯的安静的地方，而这些地方正是小偷喜欢的地方。”由此可知，不注意安全停车也是造成汽车被盗的原因之一；C选项根据关键词“coat”定位到最后一段倒数第三句“去年，曼彻斯特的一个缓刑服务研究项目采访了近100名偷车贼，发现他们会翻看扔在座位上的外套。”由此可知，将外套落在汽车座椅上也是造成汽车被盗的原因之一。综上可知，只有D选项“车锁质量差”文章没有提及，故不属于汽车遭盗窃的原因。
【干扰项排除】
根据以上分析可知，A、B、C选项均属于汽车被盗的原因，属于答非所问。
第4题:
【选项释义】
In order to prevent car theft, people are recommended to ____. 为了防止汽车被盗，建议人们____。
A. park cars in quiet places A. 把车停在安静的地方
B. use a garage and lock it B. 使用车库并上锁
C. leave a spare car key at home C. 把备用车钥匙放在家里
D. become a member of AA D. 成为汽车协会会员
【考查点】事实细节题
【解题思路】根据选项关键词“garage”定位到最后一段最后一句“如果您有车库（have a garage），请使用并上锁（use it and lock it）——有车库的汽车风险要小得多（a garaged car is at substantially less risk）。”由此可知，为了防止汽车被盗，人们最好使用车库并上锁，B选项符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项根据关键词“park cars”定位到最后一段“大多数被调查的驾车者没有努力避免把车停在远离路灯的安静的地方，而这些地方正是小偷喜欢的地方。”由此可知，为了防止汽车被盗，人们不应该把车停在安静的地方，属于反向干扰；
C、D选项文章均未提及，属于无中生有。
第5题:
【选项释义】
The main purpose of this passage is to ____. 这篇文章的主要目的是____。
A. analyze the rise of car theft in Britain A. 分析英国汽车盗窃案的上升趋势
B. report the survey results by AA B. 报道汽车协会的调查结果
C. suggest the ways to investigate car theft C. 提出调查汽车盗窃的方法
D. compare car crime with other types of crime D. 将汽车犯罪与其他类型的犯罪进行比较
【考查点】主旨大意题
【解题思路】整篇文章都是围绕汽车协会和其他机构的调查来讲述汽车被盗的现象、以及分析汽车被盗的原因和防止汽车被盗的方法，所以B选项“报道汽车协会的调查结果”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“分析英国汽车被盗案件增加的原因”是文中提及的一部分内容，不全面，属于以偏概全；
C选项“提出调查汽车盗窃的方法”和D项“将汽车盗窃犯罪与其他种类的犯罪进行比较”在文中并没有提及，属于无中生有。
