“In Bogota, Colombia, there is said to be what amounts to a college for pickpockets,” says Det. Kenneth
Kleinlein, a pickpocket-prevention specialist with the New York City police special-fraud squad. The course of study
reportedly lasts some six to eight weeks at the “School of the Ten Bells,” named for its final exam. A mannequin,
dressed in a man’s vested suit, is said to hang by a wire from the ceiling. Stuffed in each of the suit’s ten pockets are
valuables, and attached to each pocket is a bell. The “students” must extract all the contents without jingling a bell. “If
they can do it, they ‘graduate’ and fan out to Boston, New York, and other big US cities,” says Kleinlein. Crime experts say that pickpockets focus on department stores, buses and railroad stations, sports stadiums,
parades—wherever there are crowds. Most work in teams, watching you to see where you put your wallet after a
transaction. Or in a crowd they may “fan” you, running feather-like fingers over your clothes until they locate your
wallet.
【題組】17 According to the passage, which of the following would probably NOT be a feature of pickpockets’ habits?
(A) They like to work with partners while stealing.
(B) They like to observe people putting aside their wallet.
(C) They like to go to colleges to sharpen their skills.
(D) They like to go to crowded sports events to look for targets.
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