单选题 Customs officers at a London airport yesterday found ￡ 5,000,000 worth of drugs which were being smuggled (走私)into Britain in boxes marked 'Urgent Medical Supplies'. The     23    might have suspected for some time     24    drugs were being brought into the country in this way. The     25    is believed to be the work of a     26    international group. Four men were arrested at the airport and held for questioning,     27    it is unlikely that they are organizers. In fact, they declared that they were     28    of what the boxes contained and had acted in good faith in bringing them into Britain. This is the third time in six months that attempts have been made to smuggle     29    goods through Customs by declaring them to be medical supplies. They are frequently     30    in special containers and a     31    is given that they may be     32    if they are not handled with care. They are determined to put a stop to this practice, said one of the Customs officers today. There is no way these people are going to get away with this any longer. We have the full co-operation of the International police who are anxious as we are to track down the main source of supply.
    A. authorities                I. unaware
    B. that                    J. stay
    C. warning                  K. well-organized
    D. illegal                    L. damaged
    E. off                      M. hold
    F. step                      N. but
    G. movement                O. for
    H. packed
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【正确答案】A
【答案解析】authorities本题测试词义辨析。authorities“官方，当局”。从上下文可知， 海关人员毒是官方的行动，因此authorities最符合文意。
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【正确答案】B
【答案解析】本题要求正确识别句子结构。句子的谓语动词suspect(怀疑)是及物动词，常用作：suspect somebody/something(怀疑某人；有……，对……有所察觉；对……有疑问)，suspect somebody of something或suspect somebody to be(怀疑某人有某罪)或接that引导的宾语从句(怀疑情况是怎样的)。例如：He was suspected of murder./He was suspected to be a murderer. 他被认为有谋杀嫌疑。因此that是正确答案。
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【正确答案】G
【答案解析】本题考词义辨析。句子的意思是：“据信这种______是某个______国际贩毒集团干的。”movement的意思是“活动”，放在句子中符合上下文的意思，因此是正确答案。
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【正确答案】K
【答案解析】本题要求根据上下文从四个词形相近的选项中选出适当的词，修饰a international group。这里是用来描述一个集团，显然用well-organized(组织严密的)最为妥当。
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【正确答案】N
【答案解析】本题要求根据上下文选择适当的连词。前一句说四个人被逮捕审讯，后一句说 他们不可能是贩毒走私活动的组织者。两句之间是对比转折关系，而不是因果关 系，因此正确答案是but。
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【正确答案】I
【答案解析】本题可以根据词义和结构两个方面来判断。这句话是说，他们四人声称不知道箱子里装的是什么，因此unaware是正确答案。
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【正确答案】D
【答案解析】本题考词义辨析。从句子结构可知，空格上的词修饰的是谓语动词smuggle(走私)的宾语，走私的物品当然是非法物品。illegal意为“非法的”，是正确答案。
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【正确答案】H
【答案解析】句子的意思是：“它们经常被装在特殊的箱子里……”。pack意为“打包，装箱”。例如：pack one's belongings(打点行李), pack one's clothes in a suitcase(把衣服装在提箱里)。用在此处符合句意。
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【正确答案】A
【答案解析】本题要求根据上下文选择适当的名词。从句子结构来看，that they may be if they are not handled with care是空格中的名词的同位语从句，说明其内容。从句中说，如果不小心轻放，它们就会______。从意思上看，这显然是一个警告。因此warning(警告，告诫)是正确答案。
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【正确答案】C
【答案解析】damage的意思是“毁坏，破坏，损坏”，强调由于破坏其原有价值、用处等而受到损失。如：The gale damaged several houses. 飓风毁坏了好几座房屋。