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covet v. 觊觎，垂涎 calibre n. 口径
bulge n. 突起 brandish v. 挥舞
cubersome adj. 讨厌的, 麻烦的, 笨重的 throttle v. 压制，扼杀
threadbare adj. 破旧的，磨薄的 denizen n. 居民
难句突破：
(1) Fortunately for Tony and his peers, their rivals and the victims of crime cannot tell if their guns work any better than they can.
[主体句式] Their rivals and the victims cannot tell…
[结构分析] 这是一个简单句，前面的介词短语做句子的状语, any better than they can后面省略了tell，也是做句子的状语。
[句子译文]幸运的是，对于托尼还有和他一样的人，他们的敌人还有那些受害人也比他们强不了多少，并不知道他们的枪能不能用。
(2) A thin market must rely on advertising or a centralised exchange: eBay, for example, has dedicated pages matching sellers of imitation pearl pins or Annette Funicello bears to the few, scattered buyers that can be found.
[主体句式] A thin market must rely on…: eBay has dedicated…
[结构分析]这是一个简单句，后面用来解释整个句子的从句中，matching…组成的现在分词短语做前面pages的定语，而后面有一个that引导的定语从句修饰buyers。
[句子译文] 一个狭窄的市场要依赖于广告或是统一的交换。比如易趣专门设出几页让那些卖假珍珠针饰的商家或Annette Funicello熊的商家和所能找到的极少的、分布在各地的买家进行配对。
题目分析：
1.Some of the gun transactins are unsuccessful mainly because_____.
1. 有一些枪支交易未能成功主要是因为_____。
[A] it is not profitable as the underground price of gun far exceeds legal price
[A] 枪支黑市价格远远高过合法枪支的价格
[B] Chicago has surprisingly tough restrictions on the ownership and business of guns
[B] 芝加哥对合法手枪有严格的限制
[C] the dealers are unable to guarantee whether the deal is really going to happen or not
[C] 卖家不能保证交易是否能够发生
[D] it is hard to testify the quality of the guns in actual situations
[D] 很难在实际情景下证实所销售枪支的质量
[答案]C
[难度系数] ☆☆☆
[分析] 细节题。文章第二段提到，30%到40%的交易最后失败是因为卖家或是没有拿到枪支，
或者临阵脱逃，或者没有就交易地点达成一致。因此，交易失败的主要原因是卖家不能保证交易，
答案C符合题意。A选项在该段中有所涉及，但却不是交易不成功的直接原因。B与选项无关，
而D则涉及到了第三段，且所谈及的是枪支的质量问题，而不是交易是否成功的问题。
2.Compared with the gun market, the drug market can be “fat” mainly because_____.
2.与枪支市场相比，毒品市场比较兴旺是因为_____。
[A] it hardly attracts the police’s attention due to the flexibility of the business
[A] 毒品交易非常灵活，因此很难吸引警察的注意力
[B] the drug dealings are taking place in higher frequency
[B] 毒品交易更加频繁
[C] there are no fixed and formal spots for drug dealing
[C] 毒品交易没有固定、正式的场所
[D] drug is affordable to a larger number of people
[D] 对于很多人来说，他们都能够买得起毒品
[答案]B
[难度系数] ☆☆☆☆
[分析] 细节题。文章第五段提到枪支交易因为其复杂性很难改变其惨淡的现状，而相反地，毒品交易因为其本身density of drug transactions（毒品交易密度）的原因可以逃避法律，接着下面就具体作了解释，比如交易很容易达成，而且其交易地点不固定，警察不能轻易压制。而且主要原因就是由于其交易量本身比较大，因此B为正确选项，其中选项中的frequency可以视为density的统一词。A和C选项都是导致了毒品交易频繁的原因，但是B选项却是题干的直接原因。D选项在原文中没有根据。
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] 麻烦的
[C] horrible
[C] 恐怖的
[D] stupid
[D] 愚笨的
[答案]B
[难度系数] ☆☆☆
[分析]猜词题。该词所在的句子意思是“但是，对于一个地下市场来说，这样的解决办法又麻烦又显眼”。前文中提到“一个狭窄的市场要依赖于广告或是统一的交易。比如易趣专门设出几页让那些卖假珍珠针饰的商家或Annette Funicello熊的商家和所能找到的极少的、分布在各地的买家进行配对”，显然这是很麻烦的。考生可以将四个选项分别代入原文，其余三个选项都不能符合题意。答案为B。
4. The reason why the authors argue that the gun market may be threadbare partly because the drug market is so plump is _____.
4.研究者认为枪支市场惨淡部分是因为毒品市场比较兴旺，这是因为_____。
[A] the drug transaction is more prefitable that gun-dealing.
[A] 毒品交易要比枪支交易利润更大。
[B] the police are more dedicated to the gun-dealing than to the drug-dealing.
[B] 警察在枪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]匪徒头子压制枪支交易以保证从毒品中可以谋取的
利润。
[D] the gang-leaders are worried about the effect of crime on commerce.
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