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•Read the news below. •Choose the best word or phrase to fill each gap from A, B, C, or D on the opposite page. •For each questi
•Read the news below. •Choose the best word or phrase to fill each gap from A, B, C, or D on the opposite page. •For each questi
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2010-01-22
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问题
•Read the news below.
•Choose the best word or phrase to fill each gap from A, B, C, or D on the opposite page.
•For each question 19--33, mark one letter (A, B, C, or D) on your Answer Sheet.
A News Report
Three men who ran a cross-channel smuggling group, selling cheap French beer, wine and champagne in Britain, were (19) yesterday. The men were leaders of an 11-man group which made at least 42 (20) on the Dover-Calais ferry in three months.
Trucks of (21) drink were brought into the country and sold illegally at Sunday market, and corner shops in South Wales. Two secret teams of (22) officers (23) vehicles between Kent and Cardiff in an operation called "chancer". Eleven men admitted their (24) in a conspiracy to avoid (25) duty on beer and spirits.
Mr. Roger Thomas said it was (26) that 70, 000 pounds of unpaid duty was (27) between January and April last year when the gang was organizing the smuggling group. Cases of beer, wine and champagne were brought to a rented warehouse in Cardiff before being (28) to traders. Mr. Richard Nichols, a former market (29) Mr. Qichard Spencer, a shop owner, and Mr. Raymond Tout, were put in prison for terms of nine, four and three months respectively. Judge Michael Burr said the group had used a(n) (30) of helpers in an organized conspiracy to make easy money. He ordered six other men to carry out community service and conditionally (31) two others who had played a lesser role.
After the case customs investigators said that the group made as many as four cross-channel trips a day mainly to a hypermarket near Calais. They went into (32) only three weeks after the new customs laws came into force on New Year’s day last year. The investigators added: We hope these jail sentences will be a big help to tackle this widespread crime which is causing concern to the (33) industry.
选项
A、expensive
B、tasty
C、cheap
D、illegal
答案
C
解析
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