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Some of the world’s most accommodating businessmen specialize in getting you what you what you want at a fair market price.But they are businessmen with a difference-they are strugglers who deal only in what is illegal.
A smuggling operation is complex,so it has to be business like.It has managers who plan trips,make deals,and arrange for purchases and pickups.It has travelers who deliver the goods,and specialists who recruit and train them.In fact,smugglers frequently have legitimate businesses on the side.A travel agency is helpful because the modern smuggler is a world traveler.When a gold smuggler was arrested recently,he had airline tickets from Geneva to Bangkok by way of Frankfurt,Istanbul,Beirut,Vancouver,Tokyo,Hong Kong,Manila,and Jakarta.
The best places for smuggling operations are border cities and seaports.In one such city,annual sales at local stores amounted to$6,900 for every person in town.But the average person only made$3,575 per year.A tiny seaport is the world’s third largest importer of Swiss watchers-every year,it buys 50 watches to every person in the city.obviously,the people in these cities are not buying all this merchandises-it is being bought by smugglers.
As one exporter wrote,”the ingenuity of the smuggler’s mind is virtually limitless.”In addition to carrying goods,there are other types of smuggling equipment.A diplomat was arrested in London with 298 watched sewn into his coat lining.British officials discovered a car with a special gas tank containing 2,581 illegal watched.But some smugglers don’t need special equipment.A good diamond smuggler can hide two to three small diamonds in his mouth and still carry on a normal conversation.
What makes people smuggle?profit is definitely a motive.over$1.5 billion in illegal gold alone is smuggled every year,not to mention a multimillion dollar art smuggling trade and a thriving business in illegal diamonds.But many smugglers love excitement as much as profit.As one said,”you don’t feel happy unless you have a line open and somebody making a run for you.”
1、The best title for the passage would be____.
A.A twisted international business
B.A efficient international business
C.A complex international business
D.A modern international business
参考答案：A
参考解析：用排除法我们可以选出正确答案。我们从词义的褒贬中可以排除efficient，modern。在twisted complex中，“变形的，扭曲的，不正常的”应该是最佳答案。
2、Smugglers are called businessmen because___.
A.they specialize in illegal business
B.they follow a certain operation and management system
C.they receive training in business management
D.they do some legitimate business
A.Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers.
参考答案：B
参考解析：A smuggling operation is complex,so it has to be business like.It has managers who plan trips,make deals,and arrange for purchases and pickups.It has travelers who deliver the goods,and specialists who recruit and train them.走私的过程也是有组织有系统的，在这一点上，和真正的商业有相似之处。
3、We can learn from the paragraph that____.
A.the most important thing for smugglers is to make money
B.some smugglers only seek excitement
C.gold,art works and diamonds are the most often smuggled goods
D.smugglers always ask other people to do illegal businesses for them
参考答案：A
参考解析：What makes people smuggle?profit is definitely a motive.尽管有些人从中得到刺激，但无疑利润仍然是最重要的因素。
4、According to one expert,smugglers____.
A.would always like to use some kind of equipment
B.can provide you with anything you want
C.are often government officials
D.always invent new ways of doing things
参考答案：D
参考解析：As one exporter wrote,”the ingenuity of the smuggler’s mind is virtually limitless.”走私者的智慧是无穷的，然后作者有举了好多例子走私者是如何偷运的，比如衣衬，油桶甚至是在嘴里。
5、A smuggling operation is likely to succeed if____.
A.it is carried out in small cities
B.it is helped by people doing legitimate business
C.the smuggled goods are carried to faraway places
D.the smuggled goods are hidden in the smuggler’s clothes
参考答案：B
参考解析：In fact,smugglers frequently have legitimate businesses on the side.A travel agency is helpful because the modern smuggler is a world traveler.走私是需要一些合法的商业帮助和掩护的，比如旅行社。
参考译文：
一些世界上最为通融的商人专门以公平的市场价格为你提供你想要的东西。但他们是有区别的商人，他们是只从事非法交易的斗士。
走私活动很复杂，所以必须像商业活动一样。它有计划旅行、做交易、安排购买和取货的经理。它有运送货物的旅行者和招募和培训他们的老师。事实上，走私者经常有合法的生意。旅行社很有帮助，因为现代走私者是一个世界旅行者。最近，当一个黄金走私犯被捕时，他通过日内瓦、曼谷、伊斯坦布尔、贝鲁特、温哥华、东京、中国香港、马尼拉和雅加达获得了从法兰克福到墨西哥的机票。
走私活动的最佳地点是边境城市和海港。在一个这样的城市，当地商店的年销售额为6900美元。但平均每人每年只赚3575美元。一个小小的海港是世界上第三大瑞士手表进口国，每年它为该城市的每个人购买50只手表。显然，这些城市的人们并没有购买所有这些被走私者购买的商品。
正如一位出口商所写，“偷运者头脑的独创性实际上是无限的。”除了运送货物外，还有其他类型的走私设备。一位外交官在伦敦被捕，298人看着他缝在外套里。英国官员发现一辆装有2581个特殊油箱的汽车被非法监视。但有些走私者不需要特殊设备。一个好的钻石走私者可以把两到三颗小钻石藏在嘴里，然后继续正常的谈话。
什么让人走私?利润绝对是一个动机。仅非法黄金每年就有超过15亿美元被走私，更不用说价值数百万美元的艺术品走私贸易和非法钻石生意兴隆了。但许多走私者喜欢刺激和利润。正如一个人所说，“除非你有空位，有人替你跑，否则你不会感到高兴。”
