Question

Imagine that someone in your neighborhood broke the law, and the judge put the whole neighborhood under suspicion. How fair will that be? Well, it happens every day to high schoolers. Just because some students have stolen things in shops, all of us are treated like “shoplifters”. Even though I’d never steal, store employees looked at me like I’m some kind of hardened criminal mastermind.

For example, during one lunch period, my friend Denny and I went to the Grab “n” Go on Tuesday. We arrived to find a line of students waiting outside. A new sign in the window told the story:“ NO MORE THAN TWO STUDENTS AT A TIME.” After 15 minutes, we finally got in. But the store manger laid the evil eye on us. I asked him about the new sign, and he said, “You kids are lifting too much stuff.” You kids? Too much stuff? Not only were we considered to be shoplifters, but brilliant, greedy shoplifters.

The Grab “n” Go isn’t an isolated case. Earlier this year, a department store worker told me to leave my backpack at the front of the store. When I asked who was going to keep an eye on my stuff, she said, “Don’t worry. It isn’t going anywhere.” In other words, I had to risk losing my stuff so that the store wouldn’t have to risk losing theirs. “Don’t worry,” I replied, “I don’t need to shop here.”

The most annoying thing, though, is the way employees watch my friends and me. It’s almost strange and frightening. Once, at a drug store, I went down an aisle and found a guy standing on a box, stocking the shelves. He was watching my hands, which were empty. He got down off his box and rushed off, as if he was going to get the store manger. How crazy is that?

You know, this kind of prejudice can go both ways. I work at the CD Crib, and every day I see adults commit a terrible crime. They put on a set of headphones and sort of dance to the music. Talk about bad! Tomorrow, I’m going to put a sign in the window: “ NO MORE THAN TWO ADULTS LISTNENING TO MUSIC AT A TIME.”

1.“ Shoplifters” ( Paragraph 1) refers to _____________.

A. the neighbor      B. thieves

C. employees     D. store owners

2.The manager of the Grab “n” Go thought that _______________________.

A. people might be angry about the lining up

B. the shop might be over-crowded

C. students might steal things

D. kids should be accompanied by their parents

3.What is the tone of the writer?

A. Angry       B. Sad

C. Pleased     D. Excited

4.By saying “this kind of prejudice can go both ways”, the writer intends to _______________.

A. put up a notice to prevent adults from committing a crime.

B. encourage adults to listen to CDs before they buy them.

C. stop adults from talking bad things when in CD stores.

D. accuse adults in the same way as they did towards the boys

5. How does the writer develop his argument?

A. By example                B. By classification

C. By comparison and contrast D. By cause and effect

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

【解析】试题分析：作者开门见山的提出了一个非常不公平的待遇，并通过一些高中生偷东西被抓，导致作者自己去商店明明没有偷东西却当做做小偷做例证。

1.词义推测题。根据文章第一段Just because some students have stolen things in shops, all of us are treated like “shoplifters”.可以推测出shoplifter为“商店窃贼”之意。故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据文章第二段But the store manger laid the evil eye on us.可以推测出经理怕学生偷东西。选A。

3.推理判断题。根据文章中作者的语气The most annoying thing 以及Talk about bad! 等等都可以推测出作者都带有非常生气的语气。选B。

4.细节理解题。根据文章最后一段You know, this kind of prejudice can go both ways. I work at the CD Crib, and every day I see adults commit a terrible crime.可知，作者是指责成年人的行为。选C

5.5】推理判断题。文章中作者开门见山的提出了一个非常不公平的待遇，并通过一些高中生偷东西被抓，导致作者自己去商店明明没有偷东西却当做做小偷这样的事例论述文章。

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