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核心词汇2300单词整理计划
第五天   6月7日
alarm [ə'lɑ:m]                           n.警报;惊恐 v.使惊恐,惊动;向…报警
album ['ælbəm]                         n.集邮本,照相簿,唱片
alcohol   ['ælkəhɔl]                   n.酒精,乙醇
alert [ə'lə:t]                               a.警惕的;机灵的
alien ['eiljən]                             n.外侨;外星人 a.外国的;(from)相异的
allocate ['æləkeit]                       v.分配,分派,把…拨给
allocation [.ælə'keiʃən]         n. 拨给，分配，配置，安置
allow [ə'lau]                              v.允许,准许;承认;让…得到
allowance [ə'lauəns]             n.津贴,补助(费)
ally [ə'lai]                                 n.同盟国,同盟者;支持者v.(with)使结盟
alone [ə'ləun]                            a.单独,独立 ad.仅仅,只;单独地,独自
lonely ['ləunli]                      a.孤独的,寂寞的
alter ['ɔ:ltə]                               v.改变,变更
alternate [ɔ:l'tə:nit, 'ɔ:ltə:neit]  a.交替的,轮流的v.交替,轮流
alternative   [ɔ:l'tə:nətiv]     a.两者挑一的 n.可供选择的事物,替换物
altitude ['æltitju:d]                      n.高度,海拔
amateur ['æmətə, .æmə'tə:]        a.业余的 n.业余(活动)爱好者
amaze [ə'meiz]                          v.使惊奇,使惊愕,使惊叹
ambition [æm'biʃən]                  n.雄心,野心
ambitious [æm'biʃəs]            a.有雄心的,野心勃勃的
amend [ə'mend]                        v.修改,修正
amendment [ə'mendmənt]     n. 改正，修正
amid [ə'mid]                             prep. 在...中
ample ['æmpl]                           a.充分的,富裕的;宽敞的,宽大的
amplify ['æmpli.fai]              v.放大,增强
阅读理解：
Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat. Either way, it could be the perfect crime, because the criminals are birds—horning pigeons!

The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car: if you want the car back, pay up. Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside. Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off.

There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa. What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at-home car thief, however , may in face be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind—one that avoid not only colleting money but going out to steal the car in the first place . Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad in the newspaper asking for help.

The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded-under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars –seems too little for a car worth many times more.

Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said.

1．After the car owner received a phone call. He
A．went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried
B．gave the money to the thief and had his car back in a park
C．sent some money to the thief by mail
D．told the press about it

2．The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to .
A．the car thief who stays at home
B．one of those who put the ads in the paper
C．one of the policemen in Changwa
D．the owner of the pigeons

3．We may infer from the text that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because .
A．he reads the ads in the newspaper
B．he lives in the same neighborhood
C．he has seen the car owners in the park
D．he has trained the pigeons to follow them


全文翻译：
台湾警察们无法判断这个案件到底是一起极其巧妙的偷窃案，还是一起更加巧妙的诈骗案。无论从哪个作案手段来看，它都很完美，因为罪犯是一种鸟——鸽子！

案件是从打给失车主的一个电话开始的：如果你想要拿回你的车，请付钱。然后，电话把车主指引到一个公园，告诉他要找到一个鸟笼并且如何把钱绑在里面鸽子的脖子上。鸽子带着装了钱的小包飞走了。

在台湾的彰化市，已经出现了至少四起此类鸽子取钱案件。这个初看像是一个聪明的居家车贼的作案手段，但实际上是一个更懒更有创造力的罪犯所干，他不仅懒得出去拿钱，而且懒得出去偷车。陈警官说，罪犯很可能给受害者开了一个双重玩笑：他向自己根本还不起的东西收钱。他自己不偷车，等到别人偷了车后车主在报纸上登广告求助时开始作案。

这个理论是有事实根据的，因为到目前为止，没有一辆被偷车辆被还回来。而且，罪犯索要的低于三千台币的钱，和比它贵无数倍的汽车相比，也太少了。

信鸽索钱的案件一经媒体报道，就再也没有出现过。即使这类案件再出现，陈警官也不报抓获罪犯的希望，他说：“我们还有更重要的事情要做。”

词汇短语：
in face 实际上
 
答案详解：
1．选A。见文章第二段。

2．选D。更懒更有创造力的罪犯是指？是指那些没有出去偷车，又放鸽子出去拿钱的罪犯。A选项不对，因为车不是他偷的。B选项登广告的是失车主。C更离谱了，提干问的是罪犯，选项怎么可能是警察呢？所以选D。

3．选A。从文中可以推断出，罪犯知道失主的联系方式是因为？
因为失主在报纸上登了广告，罪犯读了报纸上的广告，所以有联系方式。答案选A。