“We have more important things to do,” he said。

26. After the car owner received a phone call, he 。

A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried

B. gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park

C. sent some money to the thief by mail

D. told the press about it

27. The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to 。

A. the car thief who stays at home

B. one of those who put the ads in the paper

C. one of the policemen in Changwa

D. the owner of the pigeons

28. The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show 。

A. how easily people get fooled by criminals

B. what Chen thinks might be correct

C. the thief is extremely clever

D. the money paid is too little

29. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to 。

A. criminals B. pigeons

C. the stolen cars D. demands for money

30. We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because 。

A. he reads the ads in the newspaper