第第頁2023年公共英語一級考試復(fù)習(xí)試題Mules

Althoughthetopmeninsmugglingbusinessmustworktogether，mostofasyndicate‘ssmallfry，especiallythemules，knowonlytheirimmediatecontacts.Ifcaughtthereislittletheycangiveaway.Amuleprobablywillnotevenknowthenameofthepersonwhogiveshimhisinstructions，norhowtogetintouchwithhim.Usuallyheevendoesnotknowthepersontowhomhehastomakedelivery.Hewillbetoldjusttosittightinacertainhotelorbaruntilsomeonecontactshim.Inthiswayifheisblown，comingthroughairportcustomshecannotunwittinglyleadagentstothenextlinkinthechain.Allthepersonsatthereceivingenddoistohangaroundtheairportamongthewaitingcrowd，andseethatthemulecomesthroughsafely.Ifhedoesnot，heisdimplywrittenoffasaloss.Tomakeidentificationofmuleseasier，severalsyndicateshavedevisedtheirown“clubties”sothatamulewearingonecanimmediatelybepickedout.

Mulesoftenreceivecarefultrainingbeforeembarkingontheirfirstjourney.OneBeirutorganization，forexample，usesaroomwiththreeairlineseatsinit.Therethetraineemulessitforhoursonendwearingweightedsmugglingvestsbeneaththeirclothes，sothattheybecomeaccustomedtostandingupafteralongflightinanaturalway，andwithoutrevealingwhattheyarecarrying.AnoutfitinBrusselsmaintainedacomfortableapartmentwherethemulescouldrelaxandgetafirmgriponthemselvesonthenightbeforetheirfirstjourney;theywerehelpedtodressbeforesettingoutfortheairportinthemorning.Moreoftenthannotacourierwillnotknowpreciselywhereheisgoingorwhatflightnumberisuntilheisactuallyhandedhisticketsattheairport.Thispreventsthecarelessboastinsomebarortoagirlfriendthenightbefore.

Mulesoccasionallyrunoffwiththegoodstokeeptheprofitthemselves.Asinsuranceagainstthis，asyndicateoftensendsahigh-uponthesameplanetokeepawaryeyeoncouriers，particularlynewones.Eventhenthingscangobadlywrong.OneinternationalcurrencysmugglerwhowashavingtroublegettingmoneyoutofBritainwasofferedhelpbyagroupofmenwhosaidtheywereinapositionto“fixthing”-forafeeofcourse.Foolishly，thesmuggleragreedtoaccepttheirhelp.WhenhegottoLondon‘sHeathrowAirport，hehandedovertooneofthemenablacksuitcasecontainingnearly$90，000incash，destinedforFrankfurt.Justtokeepaneyeonthings，thesmugglerwentalongonthesameplane.WhentheylandedatFrankfurthewashandedbackhissuitcase.Hebeatastraightpathtothemen’stoilet，openedthecase，andfoundonlyoldclothes.Thecourierhadswitchedsuitcaseenroute，butthesmugglercouldhardlyruntothepoliceandcomplainthat“themanwhowassmugglingmoneyoutofEnglandformehasstolenit.”

1.Whatisa“mule”?

[A]Apersonwhosendssmugglinggoodsforasyndicateiscalledmule.

[B]Apersoninchargeofsmugglinggoodsiscalledmule.

[C]Apersonwhomakesdeliveryforasyndicateiscalledmule.

[D]Apersonwhoreceivesinstructionsfromasmuggleriscalledmule.

2.Thesentence“ifheisblown”inline(6)isclosestinmeaningto

[A]ifheisarrested.

[B]ifheisrecognized，butnotnecessarilyarrested.

[C]ifheisrecognizedandarrested.

[D]ifherunsaway.

3.Whydoestheauthorgiveanexampleinthelastparagraph?

[A]Toshowhowasmuggleriscaught.

[B]Toshowasmugglerisafraidofthepolice.

[C]Toshowtokeepawaryeyeoncouriersisuseless.

[D]Toshowmulesmaykeeptheprofitforthemselves.

4.howdoesamulework?

[A]Jointly.

[B]Independently.

[C]consciously.

[D]Separately.

Vocabulary

1.fry小魚群，小生物群。這里的'smallfry是指辛迪加之子公司

2.sittight穩(wěn)坐不動(dòng)，堅(jiān)持下去，這里指始終坐等著，等到有人來和他聯(lián)系。

3.blown欠賬的，被炸毀的。這里指x私分子“出事”

4.writeoff銷賬，被勾銷的