A university graduate described as a “respectable and intelligent” woman is seeking professional help after being convicted of (证明有……罪) shoplifting for the second time in six months.

Ana Luz , recently studying for her PhD, has been told she could end up in prison unless she can control the desire to steal from shops.
Luz, who lives with her partner in Fitzwilliam Road, Cambridge, admitted stealing clothes worth .95 from John Lewis in Oxford Street , London, on March 9.

Phillip Lemoyne, prosecuting（起诉）, said Luz selected some clothes from a display and took them to the ladies’ toilet in the store. When she came out again she was wearing one of the skirts she had selected, having taken off the anti-theft security alarms （防盗警报装置）.

She was stopped and caught when leaving the store without paying, Mr Lemoyne said. He added that she was upset on her arrest and apologized for her actions.

Luz, 28, was said to have been convicted of shoplifting（在商店偷窃货品） by Cambridge judges last October, but Morag Duff , defending（辩护）, said she had never been in trouble with the police before that.

“She is ashamed and embarrassed but doesn’t really have any explanation why she did this,” Miss Duff said. She didn’t intend to steal when she went into the store. She is at a loss to explain it. She is otherwise a very respectable and intelligent young lady.
Judge David Azan fined Luz , and warned, “You’ve got a criminal record. If you carry on like this , you will end up behind bars, which will ruin your bright future you may have.”

Luz achieved a degree in design at university in her native Spain, went on to a famous university in Berlin, Germany for her master’s degree and is now studying for a PhD at Cambridge University, UK.

Question:   

What’s this passage mainly about?

A. Shoplifting shame of a PhD student     

B. Apologizing for the actions in shops

C. Seeking professional help from experts  

D. Controlling the desire to steal from shops 　

答案与简析：

正确答案：A。有的同学选D，Controlling the Desire to Steal from Shops（控制从商店偷窃的欲望）。此项有概括性，但缺乏准确性。从全篇来看，并不是在强调Ana Luz如何控制偷窃的欲望。B项意思是“为她的偷窃行为而道歉”，只是文中提到的一个细节，不能概括全文。C项意思为“寻找专家的专业帮助”，也是文章一开头提到的一个细节，全篇并不是着重讲她如何寻找帮助。文章讲述了一个被描写是受人尊敬的，聪明的女士，在剑桥大学读哲学博士学位，六个月之内第二次行窃的详细过程及事后感到耻辱和不安的事情，只有A项，一个哲学博士生行窃的耻辱，才是该文的要点。这不仅概括了本文的内容，而且准确地揭示了这位哲学博士生行窃的后果和反响。