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Michele Langlois is a young Canadian who works for the police as a handwriting expert. She has helped catch many criminals by using her special skill.
When she was only 14, Michele was already so interested in the differences in her school friends' handwriting that she would spend hours studying them. After finishing college she went to France for a special two-year class to learn how to analyze handwriting at the School of Police Science. On her return, she began her work for the Quebec police.
Michele says that it is impossible for people to disguise their handwriting. She can discover most of what she needs to know simply by looking at the writing with her own eyes, but she also has machines that help her analyze different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often of help to the police.
Michele also believes that handwriting is a good sign of the kind of person the writer is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow ff I didn't like his handwriting, "she says. But she adds that she fell in love with her future husband, William Smith, before she studied his handwriting. It later proved to be all right, however.
单选题 The best title for the text would be ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精解] 主旨题。题干意为“这篇文章最好的标题是什么?”本文主要讲述的是一个笔迹鉴定专家在笔迹验证方面的特殊能力,及她的学习和研究经历。所以本题的正确答案为A。
单选题 Where did Michele learn to analyze people's handwriting in France?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“米歇尔曾在法国的哪里学习分析人们的笔迹?”文章第二段的第二句话说After finishing college she went to France for a special two-year class to learn how to analyze handwriting at the School of Police Science.即,米歇尔去了一所警察科学学校学习笔迹鉴定。所以本题的正确答案为B。
单选题 Michele usually analyzes handwriting by.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“米歇尔通常用什么方法来分析笔迹?”文章第三段的第二句话说She can discover most of what she needs to know simply by looking at the writing with her own eyes...即米歇尔通常是靠目测来鉴定他人的字迹,机器只是用来帮助识别纸和墨,所以本题的正确答案选C。
单选题 Besides helping the police Michele uses her skill to ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精解] 细节题。题干意为“除了帮助警察外,米歇尔还利用这个技能做什么?”文章第四段第一句话说Michele also believes that handwriting is a good sign of the kind of person the writer is.即米歇尔可以通过某人的字迹来看出这个人是什么样的人。所以本题的正确答案为B。
单选题 The underlined word "it" in the last sentence refers to ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[精解] 释义题。题干意为“最后一句中划线词it指的是什么?”文章的最后一段说米歇尔在爱上男友时,并没有研究过他的字迹,但之后对他的字迹进行了研究,米歇尔喜欢他的笔迹,可知当时她做的是正确判断。因而,这里“指的是米歇尔的分析技能。prove to be意为“被证明是”。所以本题的正确答案为A。