Only about 15 percent car thefts result in arrest, because few police departments routinely conduct in-depth auto-investigations. When thieves are arrested, judges will often sentence them to probation (缓刑), not immediately put them in prison because the prisons are overcrowded with violent criminals.
One exception is a Michigan program that assigns 92 police officers to work full-time on the state's 65,000 car theft cases a year. Since 1986, when the effort began, the state's auto-theft rate has fallen from second in the nation to ninth.
How can you protect your car? If you live in a high-theft area or drive an expensive model, consider a security system. It may cost anywhere from $25 to $1,000.Some systems engage automatically — simply removing the key disables the fuel pump and the starter. When cars are equipped with such systems, thefts may drop by one-third. In some states, you may be able to use a device that transmits radio signals, allowing stolen cars to be tracked by police.
Questions:
(71) What is the passage mainly about?
(72) What does the author think Joe Templer should be blamed for?
(73) How serious did the author predict the annual vehicle theft could be in the United States in 1989?
(74) What are the two ways thieves sell the stolen cars?
(75) What type of security system can help the police track down a stolen car?
Key to Short Answer Questions ：
(71) Car theft in the U.S.
(72) His carelessness./Leaving his key in the truck.
(73) More than 2 million cars would be stolen.
(74) Selling their parts at home or smuggling them abroad.
(75) A device that transmits radio signals.
以下对每个问题列举六个回答以供分析(回答均来自考生原作，未做改动)。
(71) A. Vehicle theft.
B. About the car stolen problem in United States.
C. The passage says about the high vehicle theft in American.
D. The passage mainly talk about Auto_theft in the U.S.
E. The annual vehicle thefts is serious in the U.S.
F. thefts./A social problem of the United States.
该题是对文章的主旨提问。本文先记述了一位汽车保险公司的职员，由于粗心大意将车钥匙留在车上，而几分钟后等他加完油，却发现他的汽车已被人开跑了。由文章可以看出，在美国汽车盗窃率极高，已成为普遍现象;随之，文章又交待了盗贼销赃的两种方式：卖零件或将整车走私出境，以及警方在反盗窃方面采取的措施。可观，本文的主旨是讲美国的汽车盗窃。答案A答出全部内容且语言正确，得2分。答案B答出全部内容但存在错用过去分词及漏用定冠词等语法错误，应改为 About the car stealing problem in the United States. 因此该答案扣0.5分，得1.5分。答案C答出全部内容，但主要存在动词词组使用不当，错将tells about 写成 says about; 词语搭配不当，“汽车盗窃率高”应译为 the high rate of vehicle theft; 此外还有拼写错误，错把America 拼写成 American(美国的)。该句应改为：The passage tells about the high rate of vehicle theft in America/the U.S.，依据每题语言错误最多不超 过0.5分的原则，该题答案扣0.5分，得1.5分。答案D答出全部内容，但错在主谓不一致，应改为：The passage mainly talks about Auto-theft in the U.S.，该答案因语言有误扣0.5分，得1.5分。答案E有两处错误，一处有多余信息annual, 扣0.5分，二是主谓不一致，扣0.5分，得1分。该句应改变：The vehicle thefts are serious in the U.S.答案F因内容笼统，得0分。
(72) A. Leaving his key in the truck.
B. He should have taken his key with him.
C. He leaves the key in the truck this once.
D. He should have not left his key in the truck.
E. He forgot his key in the car and he didn't buy a security system.
F. Himself.
