单选题 Customs officers at a London airport yesterday found $500000 worth of drugs which were being smuggled into Britain in boxes marked "Urgent Medical Supplies. " The (51) might have suspected for some time that the drugs were being brought into the country in this way. The (52) is believed to be the work of a well-organized international group. Four men were arrested at the airport and held for questioning, (53) it is unlikely that they are organizers. In fact, they declared that they were (54) of what the boxes contained and had acted in good faith in bringing (55) into Britain. This is the third time in six months that attempts have been made to smuggle (56) goods through Customs by declaring them to be medical supplies. They are frequently (57) in special containers and a warning is given that they may be (58) if they are not handled with care. They are determined to put a (59) to this practice, said one of the Customs officers today. (60) is no way these people are going to get away with this any longer. We have the full cooperation of the International Police who are as anxious as we are to track down the main source of supply.

单选题 A. authorities B. commanders C. leaders D. directors

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 此题测试近义词辨析能力。A项authorities意为“官方，当局”；B项commanders意为“指挥官”；C项leaders意为“领导人”；D项directors意为“领导者”。在这几个词中．只有A最切合上下文意思，其他选项填入句子中指代不清楚，均不正确。

单选题 A. operation B. behavior C. movement D. development

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] A项operation意为“操作”；B项behavior意为“行为，举止”；C项movement意为“活动”；D项development意为“发展”。这句话的意思是：“据信这种活动是某个组织有序的国际贩毒集团干的”，故正确答案为C。

单选题 A. but B. so C. because D. as

单选题 A. unconscious B. unaware C. unfamiliar D. unknown

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 此题属近义辨析题。A项unconscious意为“失去知觉的，无意识的”．常用于be unconscious of sth. /that结构；B项unaware意为“不知道的；没有觉察到的”，常用于be unaware of sth. /that结构；C项unfamiliar意为“不熟练的”，常用于be unfamiliar with sth. 或者be unfamiliar to sb. 结构；D项unknown意为“未知的”，常用于be unknown to sb. 结构。这句话是说，他们四人声称对箱内装的物品不了解，未发觉是毒品，因此应选B项unaware。

单选题 A. all B. it C. them D. such

单选题 A. immoral B. criminal C. illegal D. irregular

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] A项immoral意为“不道德的”；B项criminal意为“犯罪的；刑事的”；C项illegal意为“不合法的”；D项irregular意为“不规则的”。走私的物品当然是非法物品，因此应选C。

单选题 A. parked B. picked C. passed D. packed

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 此题属形近词辨析题。A项parked意为“停车”；B项picked意为“挑选；采摘”；C项passed意为“通过”；D项packed意为“包装”。物品应被包装在箱内，因此应选D。

单选题 A. harmed B. injured C. damaged D. hurt

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] A项harmed意为“伤害；危害”；B项injured意为“伤害；损害”；C项damaged意为“毁坏：伤害”；D项hurt意为“使受伤”。只能说物品受到损坏，因此应选C。