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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【B1】______insider information are common forms of white-collar crime. The majority of cases involve low-level employees who steal because they are under【B2】______financial stress. Many plan to【B3】______the money back as soon as possible but may never do so. Their crimes are usually never【B4】______because the amounts of money are small, and no one notices the【B5】______ 【B6】______, there are some very large cases of white-collar crime, such as multimillion-dollar stock market or banking scams that take years to discover and are extremely difficult and expensive to【B7】______ White-collar crime is not【B8】______to the business sector. Government employment, especially【B9】______the city level, also provides opportunities to【B10】______ones pockets. 【B11】______, building inspectors accept bribes and full-time employees receive【B12】______payments. Although white-collar crime is less【B13】______than street crime, it involves【B14】______more money and harm to the public than crimes committed by street criminals. It is【B15】______that there are more criminals【B16】______the office suites than in the streets, yet the【B17】______of white-collar makes it difficult to uncover the offenses and pursue the offenders. As the economy【B18】______from manufacturing to services and electronic commerce, opportunities for white-collar crime【B19】______, while the technology needed to stop such crimes will【B20】______.
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A.due to
B.in consequence of
C.on the basis of
D.for the benefit of

A.
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A.due
B.in
C.on
D.for

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本题考查介词短语的用法。短文在首句引入白领犯罪这个概念后,随后给出白领犯罪的通常形式,即embezzlement,theft以及tradingsecurities,三者为并列的犯罪形式,由and连接。既然是犯罪形式,交易证券(tradingsecurities)应该以内幕消息(insid......

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