For more than 10 years there has been a bigger rise in car crime than in most other types of crime. ...
Although there are highly professional criminals involved in car theft,almost 90 percent of car crime is committed by the opportunist. Amateur thieves are aided by our carelessness. When the Automobile Association(AA)engineers surveyed one town centre car park last year,10 percent of cars checked were unlocked,a figure backed up by a Home Office national survey that found 12 percent of drivers sometimes left their cars unlocked.
The vehicles are sitting in petrol stations while drivers pay for their fuel. The AA has discovered that cars are left unattended for an average of three minutes—and sometimes much longer—as drivers buy drinks,cigarettes and other consumer items and then pay at the counter. With payment by credit card more and more common,it is not unusual for a driver to be out of his car as long as six minutes providing the car thief with a golden opportunity.
In an exclusive AA survey,carried out at a busy garage on a main road out of London,300 motorists were questioned over three days of the holiday period. 24 percent admitted that they“always”or“sometimes”leave the keys in the car. This means that nationwide,a million cars daily become easy targets for the opportunist thief.
The AA recommends locking up whenever you leave the car—and for however short a period. A partially open sunroof or window is a further come-on to thieves.
Leaving valuables in view is an invitation to the criminal. A Manchester probationary (假释期)service research project,which interviewed almost 100 car thieves last year,found many would investigate a coat thrown on a seat. Never leave any documents showing your home address in the car. If you have a garage,use it and lock it—a garaged car is at substantially less risk.
There are many other traps to avoid. The Home Office has found little awareness among drivers about safe parking. Most motorists questioned made no efforts to avoid parking in quiet spots away from street lights—just the places thieves love. The AA advises drivers to park in places with people around-thieves do not like audiences.
64. The best way for a driver to avoid car theft is .
参考答案: B
参考解析: 十多年来,汽车犯罪一直比大多数其他类型的犯罪上升得快。在英国,平均每分钟就有超过两辆汽车被闯入、破坏或者盗窃。汽车犯罪占所有报道的犯罪中的三分之一,没有迹象显示这个趋势在下降。
尽管有很多专业的罪犯参与到汽车盗窃中,几乎90%的汽车犯罪是由机会主义者犯下的。我们的粗心大意帮助了业余的盗车贼。去年,汽车协会的工程师调查了一个镇中心的停车场,10%的汽车被查出没有上锁,这一数字被内政部的一次调查证实。调查显示,12%的司机有时候不给汽车上锁。
当司机付汽油费时,汽车停在加油站里。“汽车协会”发现,汽车处于无人看管的状态平均达到三分钟,当司机去买饮料,香烟或者其他消费品时,这一时间甚至持续更长。随着信用卡消费越来越普遍,司机离开汽车长达六分钟之久也就不罕见了,这为盗车贼提供了绝佳的机会。
在“汽车协会”进行的一项专门的调查中,这项调查在伦敦市外一条主干道旁的一家繁忙的汽车修理厂里进行,在为期三天的假期中三百名司机接受了询问。24%的司机承认,他们“经常”或“有时”把钥匙留在车里。这就意味着:在全国范围内,每天有一百万辆汽车容易成为机会主义盗贼的目标。
“汽车协会”建议大家,无论什么时候离开汽车都要给汽车上锁——不管时间有多短。半开的天窗或车窗对盗车贼来说也是一种诱惑。
把贵重的东西放在看得见的地方对盗车贼来说也是一种诱惑。去年,对曼彻斯特假释期的服刑人员进行了一次研究调查计划,采访了近100名汽车盗贼,调查表明,很多人会观察放在座位上的外衣。绝不要把任何能显示你的家庭住址的文件留在车里。如果你有一个停车库,利用并锁上它——锁在车库里的汽车被盗的风险要小的多。
还有一些其他的方法可以避免汽车被盗。内政部发现,司机缺少安全停车的意识。大多数被问到的司机没有试图避免把车停到僻静的远离街灯的地方,而盗贼正喜欢这样的地方。“汽车协会”建议司机把车停在周围有人的地方——盗贼不喜欢有旁观者。
【考点类型】推理判断
【解析过程】一个司机避免汽车窃贼的最好的方法是 。
A. 把写明家庭地址的文件留在汽车里
B. 任何时候都把车锁在停车场里
C. 汽车无人照看的时间不要长于必要的时间
D. 不要把天窗和车窗部分地开着
线索:文章的第5段提到“The AA recommends locking up whenever you leave the car—and for however short a period. A partially open sunroof or window is a further come-on to thieves.”的内容和最后一段的内容,我们可以推理出答案选项B。
【考点提示】题干的阅读是非常关键的,比如该题的题干的best这个词就很关键。