Question

Computers can help many workers. They can also help thieves.

There was one thief who worked in a bank of the United States. He paid for everything he needed by check (支票). Then he told the computer not to take any money from his account for the checks he wrote. The bank’s computer did what he said. And it did not take any money from his bank account. One day the computer broke down. People had to do the computer’s work. They soon found out what was happening.

Another thief, who worked for a bank saw people filling in deposit forms (存款单). Many of these people did not know their account numbers, so they wrote only their names on the forms. They left empty places for their account numbers. The thief wrote his own account number in this place. When the computer read these forms it looked only at the account numbers. It did not look at the customers’ names. It paid the money on these deposit forms into the thief’s account .                           

Then there was the bank worker who told the bank computer to take ten cents off every customer’s account each month and put it into his own account. For a long time the bank’s customers did not notice that they were losing ten cents every month. But then someone did notice and told the bank. That was the end of that little game!

1.What was the first thief?

A．A computer engineer.                    B．A customer.        C．A bank worker.  D．We don’t know.

2.How did the first thief steal money from the bank?

A．He broke the computer down and stole money from it.

B．He paid for everything by check instead of cash.

C．He took money away from the bank.

D．He told the computer not to take away money from his account.

3.How many kinds of crimes in a bank are mentioned?

A．Two.             B．Three.            C．Four.             D．Five.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A．None of the thieves has been caught by the police up to now.

B．A lot of money is missing from the bank of the United States each year.

C．The computers in the bank will be changed to prevent money from being stolen.

D．There will be no crimes in the bank any more since so many crimes have been found out.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中主要三个事例介绍了一种高级形式的盗贼，银行职员利用现代技术盗取银行及客户资金的犯罪形式。

1.根据短文第二段描述，可知这个贼是个银行职员，故选C。

2.根据第二段 he told the computer not to take any money from his account for the checks he wrote. 描述，可知选D。

3.根据短文二三四段描述，可知本文主要介绍了三种在银行的犯罪形式，故选B。

4.短文中描述的三种犯罪形式都很隐蔽，被发现的可能性都比较低，因此可以推断的是，在美国的银行每年都有大量的金钱流失。故选B。

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点评：本文浅显易懂，各个小题都能在文中找到适当依据。只要认真阅读短文，注意前后联系，就能顺利完成阅读。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找，做题关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查小题和原文的异同。