Passage Three
[32]An elderly woman yesterday made a legal claim against a department store because it had wrongly accused her of [33]stealing a Christmas card. Mrs. Doss White, 72 years old, is claiming $3,000 damages from the store for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment. Mrs. White visited the store while doing Christmas shopping, but did not buy anything. She was followed through the town by a store manager. He had been told that a customer saw her take a card and put it in her shopping bag. He stopped her at a bookstore as she was reading a book. Mrs. White said, "This man, a total stranger, suddenly grasped my bag and asked if he could look in it." [34]She was taken back to the store and shut in a small room in full view of shoppers for 20 minutesuntil the police arrived. At the police station she was body-searched and nothing was found. [35]Her lawyer said that the department store sent an insincere apology and they insisted that she may have been stealing. The hearing continues today.
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What does the story tell us about the old woman?
正確答案:D
解析:題目詢問該故事告訴了我們關于老太太的一些什么情況。關鍵是要聽到文章首句:“一位老太太昨天起訴了一家百貨商店,因為該店冤枉她偷了一張圣誕賀卡?!惫蔬xD。文中提到的事件發生地點是百貨商店而不是書店,故A不正確;B在文中未提及;C與老太太的實際態度恰好相反。
33. What was said to have been stolen?
正確答案:D
解析:題目詢問什么東西據稱被盜走了。文章首句提到“該店冤枉她偷了一張圣誕賀卡”,故答案為D。
34. What happened to Mrs. White after she was taken back to the store?
正確答案:B
解析:題目詢問Mrs. White被帶回商場之后,發生了什么事。關鍵是要聽到“她(Mrs. White)被帶回商店,并在眾目睽睽之下被關在一個小房間達20分鐘之久,直到警方到來?!惫蚀鸢笧锽。選項A的內容文中未提及;其他購物者只是都看到了她,并沒有侮辱她,故C不正確;她被帶到警察局之后才被搜身,故D不正確。
35. What was now the attitude of the department store in this legal case?
正確答案:C
解析:題目詢問在這個案子中,商場目前持什么態度。關鍵是要聽到“老太太的律師說百貨商店的道歉并不真誠,而且他們堅持認為她可能偷了賀卡?!惫蚀鸢笧镃。