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（2010·湖南省株洲市二中高三第一次月考）Soccer-mad criminals have been turning themselves into British police stations in the hope of completing a short sentence in prison in time to get out to watch the World Cup, British newspapers reported on Friday.

In “Operation Red Card”, police in Hertfordshire, north of London, sent a message to some criminals: surrender(自首) now or spend the World Cup in a prison with no television, according to the Evening Standard newspaper.

“One man even turned up to police station with the stolen items packed in his bag, expecting a short sentence in prison,” said Nigel Eastaugh, a policeman in the city, “No doubt he wanted to get his sentence over and to make sure he would be free again in time for the World Cup.”

The paper said 296 letters were sent out to the criminals’ family and then 17 people walked into local police stations to face charges.

But criminals who are not soccer fans are not safe. Eastaugh said that as a result of the mailing, police had received 60 clues on the whereabouts (下落) of other criminals who would be rounded up in the coming weeks.

56. The “Operation Red Card” most probably means _________.

A. a card to punish a soccer player

B. a poster to tell of the World Cup

C. a notice to make a warning

D. an advertisement in newspaper

57. Criminals turned up to the police stations because ___________.

A. they didn’t want to miss the World Cup

B. there were no televisions in the prisons

C. there would be heavy sentence if they didn’t.

D. they realized they had done something wrong.

58. Those who turned up to the police stations _________.

A. could go home to watch World Cup.

B. could watch World Cup in prison.

C. would be given a shorter sentence for their crimes

D. were asked to tell the whereabouts of other criminals

59. The last paragraph suggests that ____________.

A. the criminals who were not soccer fans were not allowed to surrender

B. the police in Briton were unfair to the criminals who were not soccer fans

C. the police can tell soccer fans from non-soccer fans easily.

D. the police would take actions towards those who were still out of law

答案：56-59  C A C D