大学英语三级考前阅读辅导(二)-国家英语三级考试-考试大

　　Real policeman hardly recognize any resemblance between their lives and what they see on TV – if they ever get home in time. There are similarities, of course, but the cops don’t think much of them.
　　The first difference is that a policeman’s real life revolves round the law. Most of his training is in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down a narrow street after someone he wants to talk to.
　　Little of his time is spent in chatting to scantily-clad (穿衣不多的)ladies or in dramatic confrontations with desperate criminals. He will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty – or not – of stupid, petty crimes.
　　Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as he’s arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks – where failure to produce results reflects on the fame of the police – little effort is spent on searching.
　　Having made an arrest, a detective really starts to work. He has to prove his case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of different evidence. So, as well as being overworked, a detective has to be out at all hours of the day and night interviewing his witnesses and persuading them, usually against their own interests, to help him. (292 words)
　　Multiple Choice Questions:
1. It is essential for a policeman to be trained in criminal law ________.
A) so that he can catch criminals in the streets
B) because many of the criminal he has to catch are dangerous
C) so that he can justify his arrests in court
D) because he has to know nearly as much about law as a professional lawyer

2. The everyday life of a policeman or detective is ________.
A) exciting and glamorous            
B) full of danger
C) devoted mostly to routine matters            
D) wasted on unimportant matters

3. When murders and terrorist attacks occur the police _______.
A) prefer to wait for the criminal to give himself away
B) spend a lot of effort in trying to track down their man.
C) try to make a quick arrest in order to keep up their reputation
D) usually fail to produce results.

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A) Generally the detective’s work is over once the arrest has been made.
B) Policemen feel that the image of their lives shown on TV is not accurate.
C) People are usually willing to give evidence.
D) Policemen and detectives spend little time at the typewriter.

5. ________ could be a suitable title for the passage.
A) Policemen and Detectives                        
B) Detectives’ life – Fact and Fantasy
C) The Reality of Being a Detective             
D) Drama and Reality