Ramos was brilliant, handsome, wealthy, and one of Rio de Janeiro’ s (里约热内卢的) beautiful people. At age thirty-six, he was a prominent plastic surgeon who owned two medical clinics. At parties, he met and talked to famous Hollywood movie personalities and sports stars. He seemed to be the perfect example of the good life. But by March of 1982, thirty - six- year old Ramos was found in a Brazilian prison charged with eighteen crimes including armed robbery, drug smuggling and murder.
According to police, Ramos used his personal friendships with wealthy people to prepare for his crimes. He would attend the parties of his friends, inspect their houses carefully for valuables, draw diagrams of their homes, and then send in professional burglars to rob them. His victims were jewel designers, diplomats, and wealthy social figures.
Sometimes Ramos even stole things himself. One of his crimes was stealing an expensive watch from the famous soccer player, Pele. He als
A. Ramon s personal pilot
B. the accused drug-smuggling partner
C. Ramos himself
D. both A and B
Ramos was brilliant, handsome, wealthy, and one of Rio de Janeiro’ s (里约热内卢的) beautiful people. At age thirty-six, he was a prominent plastic surgeon who owned two medical clinics. At parties, he met and talked to famous Hollywood movie personalities and sports stars. He seemed to be the perfect example of the good life. But by March of 1982, thirty - six- year old Ramos was found in a Brazilian prison charged with eighteen crimes including armed robbery, drug smuggling and murder.
According to police, Ramos used his personal friendships with wealthy people to prepare for his crimes. He would attend the parties of his friends, inspect their houses carefully for valuables, draw diagrams of their homes, and then send in professional burglars to rob them. His victims were jewel designers, diplomats, and wealthy social figures.
Sometimes Ramos even stole things himself. One of his crimes was stealing an expensive watch from the famous soccer player, Pele. He als
A. double-faced
B. Perfect
C. beautiful
D. dissociated
| One day a very wealthy American, Hiram
Boost, came to Macasso—you may have heard of Boost, he’s in films-and he said he
had bought, secretly, a valuable 16th century "old master". He said, "I know
that the English government won’t let me take it out of England, but I have a
plan to get round that. I want you to paint a picture—it doesn’t matter what it
is-on top of the ’old master’." Hiram then explained that he could quite easily
get Macasso’s picture removed from the canvas when he got to New York, without
damaging the painting underneath. Well, Macasso painted a picture of a London
gas-works on it, and old Boost got the canvas to New York all right and sent it
to the firm he knew to have Maeasso’s painting removed. About a week later he
got a telegram from the firm. It said: "We have removed the picture of London
gas-works, also ’old A. The nickname of Macasso. B. Another name of Hiram Boost. C. A painting by an old master. D. A canvas for an old master. [单项选择]What had wealthy businessmen been doing
A. They had been financing the United National Party. B. They had been fighting the Tamil Tiger rebels and the United National Party. C. They had been financing the Tamil Tiger rebels and the opposition United National Party. D. They had been financing a military regime. [单项选择]Automobiles are becoming（ ）among the wealthy people in China today
A. favourable B. fashionable C. famous D. familiar [单项选择]My wealthy aunt exceeds the trait of being economical. She is so （） that she washes paper plates to be used again.
A. affluent B. parsimonious C. indigent D. selfish [单项选择]
Passage Four [单项选择]Fifty years ago, wealthy people liked hunting wild animals for fun______sightseeing.
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