Question

阅读表达。阅读下面的材料回答后面的五个小题。（每小题3分，满分15分）

Joe Templer should have known better. After all, he works for a large auto insurance company. It won't hurt to leave the key in the truck this once, he thought, as he filled his gas tank at a self service gas station. But moments later, as he was paying the money, he saw the truck being driven away.

In 1987, 1.6 million motor vehicles were stolen in the United States one every 20 seconds. If _________________, experts predict annual vehicle thefts could exceed two million by the end of the decade.

Vehicle theft is a common phenomenon, which has a direct impact on over four million victims a year. The cost is astonishing.      

Many police officials blame professional thieves for the high volume of the thefts. It is a major money maker for organized crime. Typically, stolen cars are taken to pieces and the parts sold to individuals. But as many as 200,000 cars are smuggled out of the country every year. Most go to Latin America, the Middle East and Europe.

Only about 15 percent car thefts result in an arrest, because few police departments routinely conduct in depth auto investigations. When thieves are arrested, judges will often sentence them to probation（缓刑）, not immediately put them in prison because the prisons are overcrowded with violent criminals.

One exception is a Michigan program that assigns 92 police officers to work full time on the state's 65,000 car theft cases a year. Since 1986, when the effort began, the state's auto theft rate has fallen from second in the nation to ninth.

1.What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)

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2.Why do you think Joe Templer should be blamed according to the writer? (Please answer within 10 words.)

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3.Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases. (Please answer within 10 words.)

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4.Put the underlined sentence in the passage into Chinese.

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5.What suggestions would you give the car owners to prevent the car theft? (Please answer within 20 words.)

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Answer 1

【答案】

1.Car theft in America / Car theft in the United States

2.Because he should not have been so sure of himself. / He should have known the situation of car theft.

3.current trends continue / this situation goes on

4.窃贼被捕后，法官们只能判他们缓刑而不能立刻把他们关进监狱，因为监狱里因为有很多的凶残的罪犯而过度拥挤。

5. The car owners can install theft-proof or warning system on the car.

【解析】

试题分析：

1.主旨题：从第二段的句子：In 1987, 1.6 million motor vehicles were stolen in the United States one every 20 seconds.可知文章讲的是 Car theft in America / Car theft in the United States

2.细节题：从第一段的句子：Joe Templer should have known better.可知作者认为Joe Templer应该更了解。 Because he should not have been so sure of himself. / He should have known the situation of car theft.

3.从后面的句子：experts predict annual vehicle thefts could exceed two million by the end of the decade.说明是如果现在的形势继续的话： current trends continue / this situation goes on

4.翻译这句话要注意：when引导的时间状语从句，because引导的原因状语从句：窃贼被捕后，法官们只能判他们缓刑而不能立刻把他们关进监狱，因为监狱里因为有很多的凶残的罪犯而过度拥挤。

5.这道题是开放的答案：The car owners can install theft-proof or warning system on the car.

考点：考查阅读表达

点评：阅读表达有主旨题，细节题，翻译题，同义句转换题，要求学生即抓住文章的主旨又能注意细节，对一些重点的句子理解也要透彻。