Passage Three
During the Christmas shopping rush in London, an interesting story was reported of [32]a tramp who, apparently no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well-known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with last-minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were deadbeat and longing to go home. Maybe all the proper security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three-day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last-minute Christmas presents.
However funny that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it. [33]There was food, drink, bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios, though it was not reported if he took advantage of these things. When the shop re-opened, he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humor and calm character-as indeed tramps very commonly are. [34]He gave in, cheerfully enough, to being taken away by the police. Perhaps he had had a better Christmas than usual. He was sent to prison for seven days. The judge awarded no compensation to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. [35]They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspaper and on television.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What happened to the tramp late on Christmas Eve?
正確答案:B
解析:細(xì)節(jié)題。聽力開頭就講述了發(fā)生了什么事,用found oneself done的結(jié)構(gòu)表達(dá)了流浪漢的遭遇,關(guān)鍵詞是locked。由此可知,B為正確答案。
33. What did the tramp do when he was alone?
正確答案:B
解析:細(xì)節(jié)題。短文提到,商場里有食物、飲料、床上用品和野營用具,流浪漢充分地利用了這些東西。由此推斷,B為正確答案。
34. When the tramp was arrested, what did he do?
正確答案:D
解析:推斷題。文中提到,他屈服了,興高采烈地被警察帶走了。由此可推斷,他當(dāng)時(shí)沒有做任何反抗,只是乖乖地跟著警察走了,故D正確。A、B、C只是利用文中個(gè)別原詞(police, prison, bottles)進(jìn)行語音干擾。
35. Why didn't the judge award compensation to the chain store?
正確答案:B
解析:細(xì)節(jié)題。文章尾句提到,按照法官的觀點(diǎn)來看,這家商店已經(jīng)通過電視和報(bào)紙對(duì)此事的新聞報(bào)道獲得了頗有價(jià)值的免費(fèi)宣傳,因此沒有判處流浪漢對(duì)商店進(jìn)行賠償。由此可知,B為正確答案。注意短文首尾句往往是出題的重點(diǎn)。