Only about 15 percent car thefts result in arrest, because few police departments routinely conduct in-depth auto-investigations. When thieves are arrested, judges will often sentence them to probation (緩刑), 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.��

　　How can you protect your car? If you live in a high-theft area or drive an expensive model, consider a security system. It may cost anywhere from $25 to $1,000.Some systems engage automatically — simply removing the key disables the fuel pump and the starter. When cars are equipped with such systems, thefts may drop by one-third. In some states, you may be able to use a device that transmits radio signals, allowing stolen cars to be tracked by police.��

　　Questions:

　　(71) What is the passage mainly about?��

　　(72) What does the author think Joe Templer should be blamed for?��

　　(73) How serious did the author predict the annual vehicle theft could be in the United States in 1989?

　　(74) What are the two ways thieves sell the stolen cars?��

　　(75) What type of security system can help the police track down a stolen car?��

　　Key to Short Answer Questions ：��

　　(71) Car theft in the U.S.��

　　(72) His carelessness./Leaving his key in the truck. ��

　　(73) More than 2 million cars would be stolen.��

　　(74) Selling their parts at home or smuggling them abroad.��

　　(75) A device that transmits radio signals.��

　　以下對(duì)每個(gè)問(wèn)題列舉六個(gè)回答以供分析(回答均來(lái)自考生原作，未做改動(dòng))。 ��

　　(71) A. Vehicle theft.��

　　B. About the car stolen problem in United States.��

　　C. The passage says about the high vehicle theft in American.��

　　D. The passage mainly talk about Auto_theft in the U.S.��

　　E. The annual vehicle thefts is serious in the U.S.��

　　F. thefts./A social problem of the United States. ��

　　該題是對(duì)文章的主旨提問(wèn)。本文先記述了一位汽車(chē)保險(xiǎn)公司的職員，由于粗心大意將車(chē)鑰匙留在車(chē)上，而幾分鐘后等他加完油，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)他的汽車(chē)已被人開(kāi)跑了。由文章可以看出，在美國(guó)汽車(chē)盜竊率極高，已成為普遍現(xiàn)象;隨之，文章又交待了盜賊銷(xiāo)贓的兩種方式：賣(mài)零件或?qū)⒄��?chē)走私出境，以及警方在反盜竊方面采取的措施。可觀，本文的主旨是講美國(guó)的汽車(chē)盜竊。答案A答出全部?jī)?nèi)容且語(yǔ)言正確，得2分。答案B答出全部?jī)?nèi)容但存在錯(cuò)用過(guò)去分詞及漏用定冠詞等語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤，應(yīng)改為 About the car stealing problem in the United States. 因此該答案扣0.5分，得1.5分。答案C答出全部?jī)?nèi)容，但主要存在動(dòng)詞詞組使用不當(dāng)，錯(cuò)將tells about 寫(xiě)成 says about; 詞語(yǔ)搭配不當(dāng)，“汽車(chē)盜竊率高”應(yīng)譯為 the high rate of vehicle theft; 此外還有拼寫(xiě)錯(cuò)誤，錯(cuò)把America 拼寫(xiě)成 American(美國(guó)的)。該句應(yīng)改為：The passage tells about the high rate of vehicle theft in America/the U.S.，依據(jù)每題語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤最多不超 過(guò)0.5分的原則，該題答案扣0.5分，得1.5分。答案D答出全部?jī)?nèi)容，但錯(cuò)在主謂不一致，應(yīng)改為：The passage mainly talks about Auto-theft in the U.S.，該答案因語(yǔ)言有誤扣0.5分，得1.5分。答案E有兩處錯(cuò)誤，一處有多余信息annual, 扣0.5分，二是主謂不一致，扣0.5分，得1分。該句應(yīng)改變：The vehicle thefts are serious in the U.S.答案F因內(nèi)容籠統(tǒng)，得0分。��

　　(72) A. Leaving his key in the truck.��

　　B. He should have taken his key with him.��

　　C. He leaves the key in the truck this once.��

　　D. He should have not left his key in the truck.��

　　E. He forgot his key in the car and he didn't buy a security system.��

　　F. Himself. ��