1.Some of the gun transactins are unsuccessful mainly because_____.

1. 有一些槍支交易未能成功主要是因?yàn)開(kāi)____。

[A] it is not profitable as the underground price of gun far exceeds legal price

[A] 槍支黑市價(jià)格遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)高過(guò)合法槍支的價(jià)格

[B] Chicago has surprisingly tough restrictions on the ownership and business of guns

[B] 芝加哥對(duì)合法手槍有嚴(yán)格的限制

[C] the dealers are unable to guarantee whether the deal is really going to happen or not

[C] 賣(mài)家不能保證交易是否能夠發(fā)生

[D] it is hard to testify the quality of the guns in actual situations

[D] 很難在實(shí)際情景下證實(shí)所銷(xiāo)售槍支的質(zhì)量

[答案]C

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[分析] 細(xì)節(jié)題。文章第二段提到，30%到40%的交易最后失敗是因?yàn)橘u(mài)家或是沒(méi)有拿到槍支，

或者臨陣脫逃，或者沒(méi)有就交易地點(diǎn)達(dá)成一致。因此，交易失敗的主要原因是賣(mài)家不能保證交易，

答案C符合題意。A選項(xiàng)在該段中有所涉及，但卻不是交易不成功的直接原因。B與選項(xiàng)無(wú)關(guān)，

而D則涉及到了第三段，且所談及的是槍支的質(zhì)量問(wèn)題，而不是交易是否成功的問(wèn)題。

2.Compared with the gun market, the drug market can be "fat" mainly because_____.

2.與槍支市場(chǎng)相比，毒品市場(chǎng)比較興旺是因?yàn)開(kāi)____。

[A] it hardly attracts the police's attention due to the flexibility of the business

[A] 毒品交易非常靈活，因此很難吸引警察的注意力

[B] the drug dealings are taking place in higher frequency

[B] 毒品交易更加頻繁

[C] there are no fixed and formal spots for drug dealing

[C] 毒品交易沒(méi)有固定、正式的場(chǎng)所

[D] drug is affordable to a larger number of people

[D] 對(duì)于很多人來(lái)說(shuō)，他們都能夠買(mǎi)得起毒品

3. The word "cumbersome" (Line 4, Pargraph 5) most probably means_____.

3."cumbersome"(第五段第四行)最有可能的意思是_____。

[A] transparent

[A] 透明的

[B] troubling

[B] 麻煩的

[C] horrible

[C] 恐怖的

[D] stupid

[D] 愚笨的

4. The reason why the authors argue that the gun market may be threadbare partly because the drug market is so plump is _____.

4.研究者認(rèn)為槍支市場(chǎng)慘淡部分是因?yàn)槎酒肥袌?chǎng)比較興旺，這是因?yàn)開(kāi)____。

[A] the drug transaction is more prefitable that gun-dealing.

[A] 毒品交易要比槍支交易利潤(rùn)更大。

[B] the police are more dedicated to the gun-dealing than to the drug-dealing.

[B] 警察在槍支交易方面投入的精力比毒品交易多。

[C] the gang-leaders are suppressing the gun-dealing in order to protect their profit from drug

[C]匪徒頭子壓制槍支交易以保證從毒品中可以謀取的

利潤(rùn)。

[D] the gang-leaders are worried about the effect of crime on commerce.

[D] 匪徒頭子擔(dān)心商業(yè)犯罪的作用。

5. Towards the future of gun-dealing, the author's attitude is _____.

5.作者對(duì)于槍支交易未來(lái)的態(tài)度是_____。

[A] pessimistic

[A] 悲觀的

[B] optimistic

[B] 樂(lè)觀的

[C] desperate

[C] 絕望的

[D] sorrowful

[D] 悲傷的