Question

Shoplifting (入店行窃) is happening in stores or supermarkets throughout the world. However, shoplifting happens more in British stores, according to a recent research, by the UK-based Center for Retail Research.

Napoleon once considered Britain as "a nation of shopkeepers", to which so many people dreamed of traveling. Now it seems it is a nation of shoplifters. According to the research, Britain is the most light-fingered country in Europe, with nearly one in every two cases of shoplifting across the continent taking place in British stores. The report said there were nearly 566,000 reported cases of shoplifting in Britain out of a Europe-wide total of 1.27 million. The next worst countries in Europe, France and Germany, came well below Britain with only 188,000 and 167,000 cases, respectively. Switzerland lived up to its clean-living reputation, with just 10,198 recorded cases of shop theft, and it is the lowest in Europe.

"The only reason I can think of is the higher level of criminality in Britain," report author Joshua Bamfield said. But the blame for Britain's poor showing does not lie wholly at the doorstep of Britons, Bamfield said, but also with some organized foreign groups traveling in cities such as London. "There are traveling groups of thieves, many from places like Poland and Russia, that target large department stores," Bamfield said. "The problem is right across Europe ― the criminals have formed their own European Union."

Bamfield said one factor causing some mistakes on the statistics was also likely to be that retailers in Britain were more likely to record thefts compared to other nations, such as Greece. "It's a social phenomenon that could happen in any countries", said Bamfield, "The most important thing is how to prevent it rather than accusing of it too much."

 

68. By saying "a nation of shopkeepers". Napoleon probably meant that __.

A. Britain was a nation of shoplifters though it was rich then

B. Britain should have cared more about its agriculture

C. Britain's economy was experiencing a great development

D. Britain should take some measures to reduce the number of shops

69. According to the passage, in which country are we likely to feel safer when shopping?

A. Britain        B. Germany        C. France       D. Switzerland

70. From what Joshua Bamfield said, it can be inferred that __.

A. it's the highest level of criminality that caused Britain's social problem

B. Britain's social problem of shop theft came from varieties of sides

C. Britain's poor showing does not lie wholly at the doorstep of Britons

D. it's traveling groups of thieves that make up the majority of Britain's shoplifters

71. What's the main idea of this passage?

A. Protecting ourselves is important when shopping.

B. Shoplifting is becoming serious, especially in Britain.

C. Shoplifting does great harm to people across Europe.

D. Europe is suffering many traveling groups of thieves.

Answer 1

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