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Most shoplifters (商店扒手) agree that the January sales offer wonderful opportunities for the hard-working thief.  36   the shops so crowded and the staff so busy, it does not require any extraordinary talent to help you to take one or two little things and escape   37 . It is known, in the business, as “hoisting”. 　　But the hoisting game is not   38   it used to be. Even at the height of the sales, shoplifters today never know   39  they are being watched by one of those evil little balls that hang from the ceilings of so many department stores above the most desirable goods. 　　As if that was not trouble enough for them, they can now be filmed   40   and obliged to attend a showing of their performance in court. 　　Selfridges was the first big London store to install closed-circuit videotape equipment to watch its sales floors. In October last year the store won its first court   41  for shoplifting using an evidence of a videotape clearly showing a couple   42  dresses. It was an important test case which   43  other stores to install similar equipment. 　　When the balls, called sputniks, first make a(n)  44  in shops, it was widely believed that their only function was to  45   shoplifters. Their   46  ridiculous appearances, the curious holes and red lights going on and off, certainly make the theory believable. 　　It did not take long,   47 , for serious shoplifters to start showing suitable   48  . Soon after the equipment was   49   at Selfridges, store detective Brian Chadwick was sitting in the control room watching a woman   50   putting bottles of perfume into her bag. 　　“As she turned to go,” Chadwick  51 , “she suddenly looked up at the ‘sputnik’ and stopped. She could not   52   have seen that the camera was trained on her because it is completely hidden, but she  53  have had a feeling that I was looking at her.” 　　“For a moment she paused, but then she   54  to counter and started putting everything   55 . When she had finished, she opened her bag towards the camera to show it was empty and hurried out of the store.” 36. A. As                     B. With                C. For                  D. Since 37. A. noticed                  B. noticing          C. unnoticed            D. unnoticing 38. A. how                 B. that                 C. which                    D. what 39. A. if                       B. that                 C. how                D. why 40. A. at rest                     B. at attention          C. at work           D. at shock 41. A. case                 B. theft                C. discussion              D. conversation 42. A. trying               B. wearing          C. stealing          D. packaging 43. A. stopped                 B. kept                C. encouraged         D. called 44. A. difference              B. influence              C. appearance       D. function 45. A. attack                    B. calm               C. excite                    D. frighten 46. A. somehow        B. somewhat             C. anyhow         D. somewhere 47. A. however          B. thus                 C. therefore        D. anyway 48. A. respect                   B. interest            C. fright               D. courage 49. A. in operation           B. in case                   C. in trouble              D. in advance 50. A. publicly                  B. bravely           C. quickly           D. secretly 51. A. replied                    B. repeated        C. recalled         D. requested 52. A. possibly            B. politely            C. pleasantly            D. patiently 53. A. could               B. would                    C. should                   D. must 54. A. came               B. left                   C. returned         D. rushed 55. A. off                            B. in                            C. up                   D. back 答案：BCDAC    ACCCD     BAAAD   CAAAD

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