单项选择题
W: You told me you have a story about your community to share with me. May I have it now
M: Sure. In the local newspaper of my community recently, there was a story about a man named Virgil Spears. He lived in a small town about 40 miles from my home. He had served five years in a New York prison for robbing a restaurant. When he returned to his family, Mr. Spears couldn’t find a job. Everyone knew he had been in prison and nobody trusted him. Finally, in desperation, he calmly walked into a local barbershop where he was well known, pulled out a gun, and took all the money be barber had. Up to this point it had been a fairly routine crime, but then something unusual happened. Mr. Spears didn’t to get away. He got into his car, drove slowly out of town, and waited for the police. When they caught him, he made only one request. He turned to the arresting policemen and said, "Would you please ask the court to put my family on welfare just as soon as possible"
W: I don’t know what to say.
A. The long distance between his home town and New York.
B. His unpopular character.
C. The high unemployment rate in New York.
D. His criminal record.