2007英语四级考试听力部分综合指导(五十五)

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An elderly woman yesterday made a legal claim against a department store because it had wrongly accused her of stealing a Christmas card. Ms. Doss White, 72 years old, is claiming $3000 damages from the store for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment. Ms. White visited the store while doing Christmas shopping, but did not buy anything. She was followed through the town by a store manager. He had been told that a customer saw her take a card and put it in her shopping bag. He stopped her at a bookstore as she was reading a book. Ms. White said. "This man, a total stranger, suddenly grasped my bag and asked if he could look in it." She was taken back to the store and shut in a small room in full view of shoppers for 20 minutes until the police arrived. At the police station she was body-searched and nothing was found. Her lawyer said that department store sent an insincere apology and they insisted that she may have been stealing. The hearing continues today.

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17. What does the story tell us about the old woman?

18. What was said to have been stolen?

19. What happened to Ms. White after she was taken back to the store?

20. What was now the attitude of the department store in this legal case?

17.
A) She was found stealing in a bookstore.

B) She caught someone in the act of stealing.

C) She admitted having stolen something.

D) She said she was wrongly accused of stealing.

18.
A) A book.
B) $3,000.
C) A handbag.
D) A Christmas card.

19.
A) She was questioned by the police.

B) She was shut in a small room for 20 minutes.

C) She was insulted by the shopper around her.

D) She was body-searched by the store manager.

20.
A) They refused to apologize for having followed her through the town.

B) They regretted having wrongly accused her of stealing.

C) They still suspected that she was a thief.

D) They agreed to pay her $3,000 damages.