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A variety of illegal acts committed by people in the course of their employment, for their own personal gain, are collectively known as white-collar crime. Embezzlement, theft and trading securities (1) insider information are common forms of white-collar crime. The majority of cases involve low-level employees who steal because they are under (2) financial stress. Many plan to (3) the money back as soon as possible but may never do so. Their crimes are usually never (4) because the amounts of money are small, and no one notices the (5) .

(6) , there are some very large cases of white-collar crime, such as multimillion-dollar stock market or banking seams that take years to discover and are extremely difficult and expensive to (7) .

White-collar crime is not (8) to the business sector. Government employment, especially (9) the city level, also provides opportunities to (10) one’s pockets. (11) , building inspectors accept bribes and full-time employees receive (12) payments.

Although white-collar crime is less (13) than street crime, it involves (14) more money and harm to the public than crimes committed by street criminals. It is (15) that there are more criminals (16) the office suites than in the streets, yet the (17) of white-collar makes it difficult to uncover the offenses and pursue the offenders. As the economy (18) from manufacturing to services and electronic commerce, opportunities for white-collar crime (19) , while the technology needed to stop such crimes will (20) .

11()

A. Such as

B. For example

C. By the same token

D. To begin with

答案

参考答案:B

解析:

该句与上句是举例说明关系,[A]Such as虽然可以引出具体实例,但是不可以用在句首引出句子,故排除;[C]By the same token意为“由于同样原因,同样地;而且”,连接并列关系的语句,如:Table tennis is easy to learn,and,by the same token,kids don’t need a lot of space to practice it。“乒乓球容易学,而且孩子们不需多大场地便可练球。”[C]选项在句中不合逻辑,故排除;[D]To begin with用于列举一系列观点,因为段落中没有其他并列的例子,故排除,因此选择[B]为正确答案。

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