Section B

　　Directions: There are 2 passages in the section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C], and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.

　　Passage One

　　Question 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

　　Most shoplifters (商店扒手)agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief. With the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require any extraordinary talent to help you to take one or two little things and escape unnoticed. It is known, in the business, as "hoisting".

　　But the hoisting game is not what it used to be. Even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know if they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods.

　　As if that was not trouble enough for them, they can now be filmed at work and obliged to attend a showing of their performance in court.

　　Selfridges was the first big London store to install closed-circuit videotape equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court case for shoplifting using a evidence a videotape clearly showing a couple stealing dresses. It was an important test case which encouraged other stores to install similar equipment.

　　When the balls, called sputniks, first make an appearance in shops, it was widely believed that their only function was to frighten shoplifters. Their somewhat ridiculous appearances, the curious holes and red lights going on and off, certainly make the theory believable.

　　It did not take long, however, for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable respect. Soon after the equipment was in operation at Selfridges, store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman secretly putting bottles of perfume into her bag.

　　"As she turned to go," Chadwick recalled, "she suddenly looked up at the 'sputnik' and stopped. She could not possibly have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden, but she must have had a feeling that I was looking at her."

　　"For a moment she paused, but then she returned to counter and started putting everything back. When she had finished, she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store."

　　57. January is a good month for shoplifters because ________.

　　[A] they don't need to wait for staff to serve them

　　[B] they don't need any previous experience as thieves

　　[C] there are so many people in the store

　　[D] January sales offer wonderful opportunities for them

　　58. The sputniks hanging from the ceiling are intended ________.

　　[A] to watch the most desirable goods [C] to frighten shoplifters by their appearance

　　[B] to make films that can be used as evidence [D] to be used as evidence against shoplifters

　　59. The case last October was important because ________ .

　　[A] the store got the dresses back

　　[B] the equipment was able to frighten shoplifters

　　[C] other shops found out about the equipment

　　[D] the kind of evidence supplied was accepted by court

　　60. The woman stealing perfume ________.

　　[A] guessed what the sputniks were for [C] could see the camera filming her

　　[B] was frightened by its shape [D] knew that the detective had seen her

　　61. The woman's action before leaving the store shows that she ________.

　　[A] was sorry for what she had done

　　[B] was afraid she would be arrested

　　[C]decided she didn't want what she had picked up

　　[D] wanted to prove she had not intended to steal anything

　　Section B

　　Passage One

　　57. C 细节题。由文章第一段第二句所说的with the shops so crowded and the staff so busy 可知，对扒手来说一月份是偷东西的大好时机是因为商店很拥挤，而且店员很忙碌，所以C正确。原文虽然提到了干扰项D 的内容，但那只是对问题的重复，并不是答案。

　　58. B 推断题。文章第三，四段指出，悬挂在天花板上的小球用于拍摄小偷作案时的情景，而拍有偷窃情景的录像带可以用做指正小偷的证据，所以B正确。虽然这些小球是用爱拍摄犯罪场景的，但小球本身并不能作为证据指控扒手，故排除强干扰项D。

　　59. D 推断题。文章第四段提到Selfridges百货商店以拍摄到的录像带为证据成功指控了扒手，最后总结说这是一件重要的判断案件，由此推断，这种证据(录像带)被法庭接受是该案件的重要性之所在，所以D正确。

　　60. A 推断题。文章倒数第二段最后一句指出，偷香水的女人不可能看到针孔摄像机在拍她，但她能感觉到有人在看着她，由此推断，女人可能猜到了挂在天花板上的小球的作用，所以A正确。偷香水的女人并不确定她是否被发现了，她只是觉得有摄像机她就有可能被拍到，因而排除D。

　　61. B 推断题。结合文章最后两段可知，那个女人虽然有偷香水的企图，但因为看到了挂在天花板上的小球并猜到了它的作用，从而感到害怕，才又把香水放了回去，所以B正确。