A variety of illegal acts committed by peo

问题单项选择题

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) .

20（）

A.pick up

B.pay back

C.make out

D.lag behind

答案

参考答案：D

解析：

根据该句中的转折连词while，可以判定主从句有对比关系。白领犯罪在倍增，而相应制止犯罪的科技却______。根据逻辑，首先排除[A]，pick up意为“提高，好转”；[B]pay back意为“偿还，回报”，在句中不合用法，故排除；[C]make out意为“辨认；理解”，在文中不合文意和用法，故排除；因此选[D]，lag behind意为“落后”。