2015年自考学位英语考试阅读理解经典例题4

Ramos was brilliant, handsome, wealthy,and one of Rio de Janeiro's（里约热内卢的）beautiful people.At age thirty-six,he was a prominent plastic surgeon who owned two medical clinics.At parties, he met and talked to famous Hollywood movie personalities and sports stars.He seemed to be the perfect example of the good life.But by March of 1982, 36-year-old Ramos was found in a Brazilian prison charged with crimes including armed robbery, drug smuggling, and murder.

According to police, Ramos used his personal friendships with wealthy people to prepare for his crimes.He would attend the parties of his friends, inspect their houses carefully for valuables, draw diagrams of their homes, and then send in professional burglars to rob them. His victims were jewel designers, diplomats, and wealthy social figures.

Sometimes Ramos even stole things himself. One of his crimes was stealing an expensive watch from the famous soccer player, Pele. He also sold stolen cars and used two private airplanes to smuggle cocaine.

In the fall of 1981, however, the famous plastic surgeon's double life came apart. He was arrested after an informant told police that Ramos was involved in a series of thefts. Ramos escaped by simply walking out the main door of the Rio de Janeiro police building, but police soon found the body of his personal pilot and accused drug-smuggling partner in an old hotel. Police believed he was murdered for informing them about Ramos. Then Ramos hid with another of his accomplices, who was later found shot to death on an old country road. In less than a month, police managed to find Ramos was hiding in a run-down neighborhood. When he was caught, he had a diamond ring worth over $90,000 in his jeans pocket.

In later interviews, Ramos had said he really didn't know he committed the crimes. He had denied the murders, and his lawyers are saying he is insane. Perhaps one reason for Ramos's behavior can be found in his family history. His grandfather had murdered six members of one family, and his father was accused of killing his mother's lover, but those charges were later dropped. Ramos seemed to escape that background by studying medicine and socializing with some of the most important people in Brazilian society. But that wasn't enough.

1.Which of the following words can be used to best describe the personality of Ramos?

A. Double-faced.

B. Perfect.

C. Beautiful.

D. Dissociated.

Best Answer:A

详解：归纳题 只要读懂文中对Ramos的所作所为的叙述和对他个性的描述，不难得出答案。

2.What are the chief crimes that H. Ramos has committed according to the passage?

A. Smuggling, bribery and thefts.

B. Robbery, pick-pocketing and spying.

C. Burglary, smuggling and corruption.

D. Smuggling, robbery and murder.

Best Answer:D

详解：细节理解题 文章第一段的最后一句明白地给出了答案，请注意此句中的found 和charged意思分别是“判决”和“指控”。

3.What kind of psychological background can probably best account for crimes Ramos has committed?

A. He is being insane. hefts.

B. He has had some family murdering records.

C. He has been associated with some important figures in the country.

D. The article didn't give a clear answer to the question.

Best Answer:D

详解：细节推论题 本题要求考生找出能解释Ramos所犯罪行的心理背景，文章最后一节对A、B、C三项均有所提及，但随即又予以推翻：“疯狂”是律师说的，谈到家族犯罪史时作者用了perhaps, those charges dropped, seemed等不确定的词，尤其是最后一句But that wasn't enough非常肯定。因此答案选D项。

4. In the sentence “Police believed he was murdered for informing them about Ramos”(Line 5, Para. 4) “he”may refer to ______.

A. Ramos's personal pilot

B. The accused drug-smuggling partner

C. Ramos himself

D. Both A and B

Best Answer:D

详解：指代题 本题命题用了英语中常见的歧义现象(ambiguity)。根据前一句中“the body of his personal pilot and accused drug-smuggling partner”可以看出这里的“he”既可指他的私家飞行员，又可指他的毒品走私同伙。

5.The best title for the passage should be ______.

A. Being Wealthy Does Not Mean Everything

B. A Double-faced Doctor partner

C. A Man with Complex Psychological Background

D. Doctor or Murderer, or Smuggler?

Best Answer:B

详解：主旨题 本题要求考生确定文章标题，A项过于宽泛，C、D两项只涉及文中的特定细节，此三项作标题都不太合，故选B项。