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Practice Reading: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #45359 Detective glories
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Detective glories tend to glorify crime. Murderers, gangsters, and crooks all kinds are described as tough, cunning and courageous individuals who know how to take care of themselves and how to get what they want. In James McCain's The Postman Always Rings twice, for instance, the villain is much more an impressive character than his victim. He is casual brave smart and successful with women. It is true that he finally gets caught. But he is punished for a crime that he did not commit so that his conviction is hardly a triumph of justice. Besides, looking back over the exciting life of the criminal, the reader might conclude that it was worth the risk.

According to this passage, a criminal in a detective story generally gets caught

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Option 4: "for the crimes he has not committed"

Explanation: This option is correct because the text explicitly states that the villain is punished for a crime he did not commit, highlighting the irony of his situation.

Option 1: "for the crimes he has committed"

Explanation: The text states that the villain in McCain's story is punished for a crime he did not commit, indicating that he does not get caught for the crimes he actually committed.

Option 2: "because of his careless mistakes"

Explanation: The passage does not mention careless mistakes as a reason for the criminal's capture; instead, it emphasizes that he is punished for a crime he did not commit.

Option 3: "because the police is smarter than the criminals"

Explanation: The text does not support the idea that the police are smarter than criminals; it focuses on the unfairness of the criminal's punishment rather than the intelligence of law enforcement.

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