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1、2023年英语专业八级TEM阅读考试备考训练 英语专业八级TEM阅读考试备考训练 学习学问要擅长思索，思索，再思索。以下是我为大家搜寻整理的英语专业八级TEM阅读考试备考训练，盼望对正在关注的您有所关心!更多精彩内容请准时关注我们免费学习网! A Smuggling Syndicate The smuggler in many ways is just another international businessman and his turnover would do credit to many international corporations. His business happen

2、s to be illegal and risky, but look at the stakes involved: $5 billion worth of heroin smuggled into the United States each year, and $1.5 billion in gold passing annually along smuggling pipelines to India and Indonesia, to France and Morocco, to Brazil and Turkey. Perhaps half of all the watches m

3、ade in Switzerland reach their eventual wearers by some back door. Most of this illicit trade is carried on with all the efficiency of any multinational company. Entirely legitimate businesses, such as a travel bureau or an import-export agency, are also often fronts for smuggling organizations. One

4、 of the worlds largest gold smugglers also owned and operated the franchise for a leading make of British cars in a small Middle Eastern country. He made a good profit from both activities. A smuggling syndicate operates much like any other business. The boss is really a chief executive. He makes al

5、l the plans, establishes international contacts, and thinks up the smuggling routes and method but remains aloof from actual operations. He is aided by a handful of managers looking after such specialties as financing, travel one reason why many smuggling syndicates find it handy to have their own t

6、ravel agency, the bribing of airline or customs officials, and recruitment of couriers, or mules as they are called. There may also be someone in charge of local arrangements in the countries to which the smuggled goods is going. Another similarity between legitimate business and its illegal counter

7、part is price fluctuation. Just as the prices of products traded legally vary with quality and market conditions such as supply and demand, so do the prices of goods go up and down in the smuggling trade. Consider the price of drugs. Heroin, in whatever form or by whatever name, cone in several grad

8、es, each with a going price. The wholesale price at which big dealers sell to big dealers is less than the street price. When the authorities are successful in reducing the supply buy seizures, the price of all grades rises. 1. The main idea for this passage is A The Comparison between Legitimate Bu

9、siness and Its Illegal Counterpart. B The similarities between Legitimate Business and Smuggling. C Smugglers May Make Great Profit from Both Activities. D The Boss in Smuggling Syndicate is a Chief Executive. 2. When is the price going down? A The quality of the foods and market condition are not v

10、ery well. B The quality of goods and market condition vary. C Unbalance between supply and demand. D The price of other goods fluctuates. 3. It can be inferred that a smuggler A may make plan and establish international contacts. B is a real boss. C may make money in different ways . D may sell othe

11、r goods. 4. One of the best ways smugglers usually take is A to set up multinational companies. B to engage in illegal businesses only. C to make legitimate businesses as fronts for smuggling organizations. D to make good profits from both activities. 答案详解： 1. B. 合法商业和贩私的相像性。是这篇文章的中心思想。它是通过对比方法说明这种相

12、像性。并不是两者对比得出结论。所以 A. 合法商业和非法商业比较。不对。 C. 贩私者可以从两种活动中谋取利润 和 D. 贩私集团中的老板是董事长，只是对比中提到个别具体事实。不是中心思想。 2. A. 货物质量和市场状况不好。第三段第二句“正如合法商业按质论价和按市场供需价一样，贩私商品也是按这两者调整价格的上升和下降。所以当质量和市场状况不好价格就跌。 B. 货物质量和市场改变。这并不肯定跌价，也可能上升。 C. 供需不平衡。并没有说明供大于求，和跌价无关。 D. 其它商品价波动。这不肯定下跌。所以B,C,D都不对。 3. D. 可能会卖其他货品。题目是推断，infer。从第一段最终一句“

13、世界上最大贩私黄金商之买卖，可推断出贩私商照样可以经营其他商品。至于 A. 制定打算，签定合同。 B. 贩私商是真正的老板。 C. 以不同的方式赚钱，都是文章中直抒，不是推断出来的结论。 4. C. 以合法商业掩护他们贩私是贩私商常常采纳，也是最正确的方法之一。 A. 多国公司。 B. 只从事非法商贸，这并不是最正确方法。 D. 从两方面赚钱，并不是方法，而是有了掩护所后，多一份收入而已。 词汇： 1. turnover 营业额 2. do credit to 增光于某人/某物 3. stake 下在投机生意上的股本，赌注 4. smuggling pipeline 贩私线路 5. speci

14、ality 专业部门，公司 6. recruit 招募，添补新兵 难句译注： 1. The smuggler in many ways is just another international businessman and his turnover would do credit to many international corporations. 结构简析 并列句 参考译文 贩私者在很多方面就像一个国际商人，而他的营业额确为很多国际公司增光。 写作方法与文章大意： 这是一篇介绍贩私集团的.文章，采纳对比写法正常合法的商业和贩私非法集团的对比。第一段第一句就点明宗旨：贩私者在很多方面就像一个国际商人，而他的营业额确为很多国际公司增光。不仅如此，有的也经营合法商业，如旅游，进出口公司等，这些往往是非法贩私组织的前哨阵地。 第二段介绍了贩私辛迪加的经营状况特别类似其他商业。老板就是真正的执行董事长。他制定打算，签定国际合同，确定贩私路线和方法但不参加具体执行行动。有一批经理助他管理各个专业部门，如财政，旅行，贿赂海关或航空公司官员等，还有当地接应贩私货品的负责人。 第三段表达了合法和非法贸易另一个相像点价格波动，价格随市场供需和商品质量而有所差异。 PREV ARTICLE17年专八英语考试阅读理解辅导试题NEXT ARTICLE职称英语考试小技巧