阅读理解。
Koeler took special notice of the tall woman who was nicely dressed, but she was wearing ugly,
thick-soled (厚底) shoes.
Now the woman was taken to a room for questioning. There it was found that the soles of the shoes
were hollow (中空的). They were opened. Some diamonds fell out on the floor. Their total weight was
3377 carats (克拉).
The young woman broke down in tears. Then she told her story. For years she had dreamed of
coming to live in America, she said. At last she had managed to get the papers she needed to come to
the U.S. Then a strange man called on her. He said he would pay for her trip and give her one hundred
dollars. All she had to do was to smuggle the diamonds past the U.S. Customs (海关). The man gave
her the shoes and also bought her a plane ticket. Just before she got on the plane, he gave her an
envelope. He said that it was the hundred dollars he had promised.
The weeping woman handed the envelope to Koeler. He tore it open. There was only eighteen
dollars. She was cheated. In the end the woman was trialed and sentenced to eighteen months in prison
for her part in the smuggling.
1. Where did the story happen?
A. At an airport.
B. At a police station.
C. At a railway station.
D. In a custom office in China.
2. The underlined word "smuggling" in this passage most probably means_____.
A. 偷税
B. 盗窃
C. 走私
D. 交换
3. The woman had agreed to smuggle the diamonds ______.
A. in order to get the papers she needed
B. in hope of selling them
C. in return for some money and a free trip
D. so as to share them with the man
4. Which is the right order of the events(事件)given in the passage?
a. She wanted to live in the U.S.
b. She arrived in the U.S.
c. She was given an envelope.
d. She was given a plane ticket.
e. She was found out.f. She was put into prison.
A. a, d, c, b, e, f
B. a, b, c, e, f, d
C. a, c, d, b, e, f
D. a, b, d, c, e, f
