Question

　　Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat（诈骗）. Either way, it could be the perfect crime（犯罪）, 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（避免）not only collecting money but 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 ad（启事）in the newspaper asking for help.

　　The theory 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)After the car owner received a phone call, he _____.

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A．gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park

B．sent some money to the thief by mail

C．told the press about it

D．went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried

(2)The“lazier and more inventive”criminal refers to _____.

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A．one of those who put the ads in the paper

B．one of the policemen in Changwa

C．the owner of the pigeons

D．the car thief who stays at home

(3)The writer mentions the fact that“none of the stolen cars have been returned”to show _____.

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A．what Chen thinks might be correct _____.

B．the thief is extremely clever

C．the money paid is too little

D．how easily people get fooled by criminals

(4)The underlined word“they”in the last paragraph refers to _____.

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A．pigeons

B．the stolen cars

C．demands for money

D．criminals

(5)We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because _____.

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A．he lives in the same neighborhood

B．he has seen the car owners in the park

C．he has trained the pigeons to follow them

D．he reads the ads in the newspaper

Answer 1

答案：D;C;A;C;D
解析：

(1)．提示在文章第二段。 (2)．文章第三段末尾一句“Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad in the newspaper asking for help.”排除了选项D。 (3)．文中提到“The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned.”其中the theory 正是上一段中police officer Chen 所说的内容。 (4)．承接上文“Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped...”可知，下文“...even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal.”中they代指demands。 (5)．文中“...and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad in the newspaper asking for help.”作了提示。