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.
以下對每個問題列舉六個回答以供分析(回答均來自考生原作，未做改動)。
(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.
該題是對文章的主旨提問。本文先記述了一位汽車保險公司的職員，由于粗心大意將車鑰匙留在車上，而幾分鐘后等他加完油，卻發現他的汽車已被人開跑了。由文章可以看出，在美國汽車盜竊率極高，已成為普遍現象;隨之，文章又交待了盜賊銷贓的兩種方式：賣零件或將整車走私出境，以及警方在反盜竊方面采取的措施�？捎^，本文的主旨是講美國的汽車盜竊。答案A答出全部內容且語言正確，得2分。答案B答出全部內容但存在錯用過去分詞及漏用定冠詞等語法錯誤，應改為 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答出全部內容，但主要存在動詞詞組使用不當，錯將tells about 寫成 says about; 詞語搭配不當，“汽車盜竊率高”應譯為 the high rate of vehicle theft; 此外還有拼寫錯誤，錯把America 拼寫成 American(美國的)。該句應改為：The passage tells about the high rate of vehicle theft in America/the U.S.，依據每題語言錯誤最多不超 過0.5分的原則，該題答案扣0.5分，得1.5分。答案D答出全部內容，但錯在主謂不一致，應改為：The passage mainly talks about Auto-theft in the U.S.，該答案因語言有誤扣0.5分，得1.5分。答案E有兩處錯誤，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。該句應改變：The vehicle thefts are serious in the U.S.答案F因內容籠統，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.
