Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely act of stealing or an even cheat. Either way, it could be the perfect crime, because the criminals are birds—homing pigeons !
The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up. Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.
There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however,  may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoids not only collecting money but also going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an advertisement in the newspaper asking for help.
The thought is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars–seems too little for a car worth many times more.
Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said.

  1. 1.

    After the car owner received a phone call, he _______.

    1. A.
      went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried
    2. B.
      gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park
    3. C.
      sent some money to the thief by mail
    4. D.
      told the press about it
  2. 2.

    The “l(fā)azier and more inventive” criminal refers to _______.

    1. A.
      the car thief who stays at home
    2. B.
      one of those who put the ads in the paper
    3. C.
      one of the policemen in Changwa
    4. D.
      the owner of the pigeons
  3. 3.

    The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show _______.

    1. A.
      how easily people get fooled by criminals
    2. B.
      what Chen thinks might be correct
    3. C.
      the thief is extremely clever
    4. D.
      the money paid is too little
  4. 4.

    The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ____.

    1. A.
      criminals
    2. B.
      pigeons
    3. C.
      the stolen cars
    4. D.
      demands for money
  5. 5.

    We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because _______.

    1. A.
      he reads the ads in the newspaper
    2. B.
      he lives in the same neighborhood
    3. C.
      he has seen the car owners in the park
    4. D.
      he has trained the pigeons to follow them
ADBDA
文章講述了一種新型的犯罪。
1. 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段2,3行內(nèi)容可知A正確。
2.推理題。根據(jù)上文的however可知與前一句的意思相反，所以A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤，這里不是指偷車的人。根據(jù)文章第三段最后兩行waits for the car-owner to place an advertisement in the newspaper asking for help可知燈廣告的是丟車的人，B錯(cuò)誤，更不會是C警察。只能是D是那些鴿子的主人。
3.推理題。根據(jù)文章第三段最后三行內(nèi)容he gets money for things he cannot possibly return.可知B正確。警察認(rèn)為那些丟車的人根本不可能拿回他的車。
4.猜測詞義題。根據(jù)上下文可知隨著報(bào)紙報(bào)道了以后，這樣的事情就沒有了，可知they就是指代上文提到的Demands for pigeon-delivered money。
5.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段的waits for the car-owner to place an advertisement in the newspaper asking for help. 可知A正確。
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