2018年高级会计师《职称英语》串讲班：阅读理解4

“Lucky” Lord Lucan—Alive or Dead？

“幸运的”鲁肯伯爵一是死是活

On 8th November 1974 Lord Lucan, a British aristocrat (贵族)，vanished. The day before, his children’s nanny (保姆)had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too. To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case because Lucan has never been found. Now, over 30 years later, the police have reopened the case, hoping that new DNA techniques will help solve this murder mystery.

People suspected that “Lucky”，as he was called by friends, wanted to kill his wife he no longer lived with. They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark, killed the nanny by mistake. His estranged (分居的)wife heard noises, came downstairs and was also attacked but managed to escape. Seven months after the murder，a jury concluded that Lucan had killed the nanny.

What happened next is unclear, but there are several theories which fall into one of three categories： he may have killed himself, he could have escaped or he might have been killed, It appears that the night after the murder, “Lucky” borrowed a car and drove it; Lucan's friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.

Another version of events says that “Lucky” left the blood-soaked car on the coast and took a ferry to France. He was met there by someone who drove him to safety in another country. However; after a time, his rescuers became worried that they would become involved in the murder too and so Lucan was killed.

A further fascinating theory was made in the book Dead Lucky by Duncan MacLaughlin, a former detective. He believes that Lucan traveled to Goa, India, where he assumed the identity of a Mr. Barry Haplin. Lucan then lived in Goa till his death in 1996. In the end the claim turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. The man who died in 1996 was really Haplin, an ex-school teacher. So what is the truth about “Lucky”? DNA testing has solved many murder cases, but who knows if it can close the book on this one.

36. The British public are still interested in the murder case because______.

英国公众至今仍对这起谋杀案兴趣不减，因为_______________。

A. the murderer was an aristocrat

杀人犯出身贵族

B. the murderer has not been caught

至今杀人犯仍逍遥法外

C. the murderer's DNA has been found

至今未能找到杀人犯的DNA

D. the murderer was a famous man

杀人犯大名鼎鼎

【答案】B

【解析】由第一段第三句：To this day the British public are still interested in the murder case be­caus Lucan has never been found.时至今日，英国公众仍对这起谋杀案件兴趣不减，因为犯罪嫌疑人鲁肯至今下落不明。可选出答案为B。

37. It was suspected that Lucan killed the nanny because______.

人们怀疑鲁肯杀死了保姆，因为_________。

A. she was cruel to his children

保姆对鲁肯的孩子们很残忍。

B. she attacked his wife

保姆攻击了鲁肯的妻子

C. she was mistaken for his wife

鲁肯将保姆误认成了自己的妻子

D. she stole his car

保姆偷了鲁肯的汽车

【答案】C

【解析】第二段讲了人们对当时情况的猜测。They say that Lucan entered his old house and in the dark, killed the nanny by mistake.保姆是被错认成鲁肯的妻子才被杀害的。

38. Aspinall thought Lucan killed himself______.

阿斯宾诺认为鲁肯________自杀身亡。

A. in a car accident

在一起车祸中

B. on the night 30 years after the murder

在谋杀案件发生30年后的一个晚上

C. by jumping into the English Channel

跳入英吉利海峡

D. by sinking his boat

沉船

【答案】D

【解析】 第三段后一句：Lucan’s friend Aspinall said in an interview that he thought Lucan had committed suicide by sinking his boat in the English Channel.鲁肯的朋友阿斯宾诺接受采访时说，他认为鲁肯在英吉利海峡沉船自尽。

39. According to the version in Paragraph 4,Lucan______.

根据第四段的版本，鲁肯______________。

A. was involved in a murder in France

与法国发生的一起谋杀案有关

B. was caught in another country

在他国被捕

C. met his partners on a ferry

在轮渡上与同伙相遇

D. had escaped but was killed later

逃脱追捕，后来被杀。

【答案】D

【解析】第四段讲述了一种版本的猜测，即鲁肯被救之后又被杀害。

40. The word "assumed" in the last paragraph means______.

后一段中的单词“assumed”的意思是_________。

A. disclosed

B. took on

C. set up

D. Changed

【答案】B

【解析】该句意思是鲁肯假冒了另一个人的身份，assume有“冒充”的意思，在四个选项里面，take on an identity同样有“冒充身份”的意思，其他三个词都不能与identity 搭配。

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