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It is not unusual for a pet to be sent by air cargo from Colombia to New York， but last December’s shipment of a 4-year-old sheep dog caught a New York Kennedy Airport Customs inspector’s eye. The dog looked to be on its last legs， and there was an unusual lump on the side of its body. An X-ray and emergency surgery revealed the presence of 10 condoms tightly packed with five pounds of cocaine that had been surgically implanted in the dog’s abdomen - yet another first for Customs in the war on drugs./ D( H' w/ c# W
When it comes to transporting drugs， the methods used are only as limited as a smuggler’s imagination. Kilo bricks of cocaine are routinely concealed beneath false bottoms of containers that hold poisonous snakes. "You’ve got snakes that are 12feet long，" says a United States Fish and Wildlife Service agent - and sometimes the drug is in the snake. "Who’s going to pull it out and feel it?"
( h1 F+ L5 S' v3 L3 ] Given this deluge， one can only wonder if agents are ever confounded by some of the smuggling methods. "There are things we haven’t seen before，" says John McGhee， a Miami Customs special agent， "but nothing really surprises us." 练习：
. S5 ~2 [( o* i. e* ] 1. The dog was different from others in that3 y* m3 [% N/ V. O) z( I* k" o
A) it could stand only on its hind legs.
3 F7 c& m$ o$ i$ _ B) it had only two legs
2 E) \- v Q6 k; t9 c8 G C) it was very attractive
; K9 }3 @ V0 x4 B! m% a D) it had a very big abdomen8 l& K1 A% J8 t$ S/ j
2. How many methods are used to transport drugs?
9 G n4 `" _" c$ T$ j A) As many as a smuggler can think of./ q1 A2 ?* z4 g% I; g4 O7 v
B) Beyond the smuggler’s imagination.
& O3 F: p! O3 |. u C) Only a limited number.
9 P/ y' B7 X" X D) Only a few. 3. How many pounds of heroin were estimated to be smuggled into the United States in 1994?
. y- O) n* `+ \5 A4 i A) 204，391
, ~: j7 w9 }' Q' o* r3 m ? B) 2，577
, i" e. `6 b: d M0 b C) 25，770
* z/ s' }+ p4 L3 y& e2 M D) 559，286 4. Which of the following could best replace the expression "small fry" in the third paragraph?
3 f6 ?7 N$ q8 C( ]. G A) Small dogs.8 \! | a ?3 V/ A! X
B) Small sheep dogs.
9 z! O' \$ ?( @ w; C0 ^1 O C) Small smugglers
5 [8 L; O& E3 t D) Small ringleaders./ g' q/ Y7 {- o, f$ M+ K. d& G
5. What is this article about?6 i2 q) X$ i3 [: ]8 S- G
A) Drug transportation from Columbia to New York.
. Q6 g4 I. R6 ?1 R7 g B) A new method for drug smuggling.
& J; r9 R4 E; x7 C C) Varied drug transportation methods7 _" ~% c7 J X' I
D) Types of drug. KEY：DACCC |
发表于 2012-8-15 23:30:26
