Belle: Gaston, I am （8)_________. I really don’t know what to say.

Woman: Oh, I don't know really. I suppose it was about thirty, or maybe even forty years ago.

Man: As long as that? You wouldn't recognize it now.

Woman: Has it changed very much?

Man: Oh, yes! It's changed beyond belief. It's a lot bigger of course and it's been cleaned up quite a lot.

Woman: What about the fog?

Man: Oh, London doesn't have fog any more. That's all disappeared and the air has been cleaned considerably over the last thirty years or so.

Woman: Do you think I'd still recognize it?

Man: Of course you would. Parts of London haven't changed very much at all, but in other areas the change is incredible.

Woman: Is that cinema still open, the one at the comer of the street where I used to live? You remember it, the "Rex", I think.

Man: No, that was knocked down about ten years ago. It's been replaced by a large supermarket. The small park has been destroyed, too, and the road has been widened.

Woman: What a pity! That park used to be very beautiful, and peaceful, too, in the summer.

Man: Even the old grocery shop isn't there any more. It's been turned into a small restaurant.

Woman: Is the mall still there who used to deliver coal?

Man: No, unfortunately, he died five years ago, but his son still runs the business. He's doing very well with the business.

Woman: Well, that's progress! You know, I don't think I'd like to go back to London somehow.

Man: I go to London more often now than I used to, so I don't notice the changes now.

Woman: I think it's been changed too much. I want to remember it as it was.

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A．It's bigger.

B．It's cleaner.

C．It doesn't have fog any more.

D．It's more industrialized.

W: I'm fed up with driving and paying so much for gas, and the buses are crowded and unreliable.

M: Yeah, I really appreciate taking the subway! From the Scott Street station, it's only half a block to our office. And going home, the 52nd Street stop is only two blocks from my apartment.

W: Plus, the trains leave every 5 minutes, so if I miss one, I don't have to wait long for another.

What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A．The merits of the subway

B．The high cost of gasoline

C．Which station to get off at

D．The crowded and unreliable buses

M: Uh, not really... But there are certain types most shoplifters fall into. Three types, I would say.

W: Tell me more about these three types.

M: Well... uh... people in the first type are what I call "the sudden impulse type". Doctors and psychologists call such people kleptomaniacs. They see something and just can't ... uh... help stealing it. The strange thing about this first type is that the people in it are often well off and could easily afford to buy the thing. Sometimes they don't even need it... and often they're emotionally disturbed in some way.., middle-aged women, for example, whose husbands have left them, or perhaps older men whose wives have recently died.

W: What about the second type?

M: Well, those are people who are really... "little thieves" They work alone, and know exactly what they want before they go into the store. These days a lot of them, but by no means all, are teenagers who steal things they can't afford. Leather jackets, watches, expensive cosmetics, things like that.

W: And the third type.'? What kind of people do you find in the third type?

M: Ah, yes, they're what I call "the experts".

W: Why?

M: Well, first of all, because they're highly organized. And secondly because they do it for a living. They usually operate in groups of three or sometimes four, and they're extremely difficult to catch.

W: Can they make a lot of money that way?

M: Oh, yes. They're very well off, believe me... much better off than a store detective..., or even a journalist!

How many kinds of shoplifters are mentioned in the dialogue?

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5