题文
Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely act of stealing or an even cheat. Either way, it could be the perfect crime, because the criminals are birds—homing pigeons !The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up. Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.
There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoids not only collecting money but also going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an advertisement in the newspaper asking for help.
The thought is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars–seems too little for a car worth many times more.
Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said.
小题1:After the car owner received a phone call, he _______. A．went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carriedB．gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a parkC．sent some money to the thief by mailD．told the press about it小题2:The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to _______. A．the car thief who stays at homeB．one of those who put the ads in the paperC．one of the policemen in ChangwaD．the owner of the pigeons小题3:The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show _______. A．how easily people get fooled by criminalsB．what Chen thinks might be correctC．the thief is extremely cleverD．the money paid is too little小题4:The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to ____.A．criminalsB．pigeonsC．the stolen carsD．demands for money小题5: We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because _______. A．he reads the ads in the newspaperB．he lives in the same neighborhoodC．he has seen the car owners in the parkD．he has trained the pigeons to follow them 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:A
解析
文章讲述了一种新型的犯罪。小题1: 细节题。根据第二段2,3行内容可知A正确。
小题2:推理题。根据上文的however可知与前一句的意思相反，所以A项错误，这里不是指偷车的人。根据文章第三段最后两行waits for the car-owner to place an advertisement in the newspaper asking for help可知灯广告的是丢车的人，B错误，更不会是C警察。只能是D是那些鸽子的主人。
小题3:推理题。根据文章第三段最后三行内容he gets money for things he cannot possibly return.可知B正确。警察认为那些丢车的人根本不可能拿回他的车。
小题4:猜测词义题。根据上下文可知随着报纸报道了以后，这样的事情就没有了，可知they就是指代上文提到的Demands for pigeon-delivered money。
小题5:细节题。根据文章倒数第三段的waits for the car-owner to place an advertisement in the newspaper asking for help. 可知A正确。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Taiwan police cannot.....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
