When Ann, a grade two student at a well-known school, was pestered (纠缠) by her classmates to join their group to steal from shops, she was shocked. She was a quiet, well-behaved girl and she did not understand why the girls had approached her.
They showed her some of the things they had stolen and said that shop theft was great fun and very exciting. Then they threatened to beat Ann if she did not join them.
Ann was deeply troubled. She did her best to avoid the group of the girls after classes, but they often waited for her outside the school and tried to persuade her to come with them.
This problem is one which many school students in Hong Kong face. We asked the chairman（主席） of the local-fight-crime committee（委员会） what Ann should do in these cases.
“First of all, she could try to talk the other girls out of the whole thing. Being caught stealing from shops could ruin their futures and it is simply not worth the risk,” he said.
“Young people may think that it is easy to get away with stealing from shops, but more and more stores now have plain clothes detectives who are dressed like customers. I would say shop thieves have a more than ninety percent possibility of being caught.
“If they won’t listen to her, Ann should turn to someone in charge in school, who can then decide if the matter can be dealt with by her.”
From the first three paragraphs we can learn that ________.

A．Ann didn’t know what to do with the case

B．Ann faced the group bravely

C．the group stole a lot of valuable things

D．the group were short of money

The underlined part “talk the other girls out of the whole thing” in the fifth paragraph most probably means ________.

A．discuss the possible result with them

B．tell them about their futures

C．persuade them to stop theft

D．warn them not to disturb her

One of the suggestions to Ann is to ________.

A．report the situation to the police

B．ask the local-fight-crime committee for advice

C．hire a detective to catch them

D．turn to her teacher for help