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  3. Read this news about three bootleggers jailed.Choose the best word to fill each

Read this news about three bootleggers jailed.Choose the best word to fill each

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问题 Read this news about three bootleggers jailed.
Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page.
For each question(19-33)mark one letter(A, B, C or D)on your Answer Sheet.
There is an example at the beginning(0).
                    Three Bootleggers Jailed
Three men who ran a cross-channel smuggling group, selling cheap French beer, wine and champagne in Britain, were jailed yesterday. The men were leaders of an 11-man group which made at least 42(0)on the Dover-Calais ferry in three months.
Trucks of cheap drink were brought into the country and sold【C1】______at Sunday market and corner shops in South Wales. Two secret teams of customs officers【C2】______vehicles between Kent and Cardiff in an operation called " chancer". Eleven men admitted their part in a【C3】______to avoid paying duty on beer and spirits.
Mr. Roger Thomas said it was【C4】______that 70, 000 pounds of unpaid duty was involved between January and April last year when the gang was【C5】______the smuggling group. Cases of beer, wine and champagne were brought to a rented warehouse in Cardiff before being【C6】______to traders. Mr. Richard Nichols, a former market trader, Mr. Qichard Spencer, a shopowner, and Mr. Raymond Tout, were put in prison for【C7】______of nine, four and three months【C8】______Judge Michael Burr said the group had used "an army of helpers " in an organized conspiracy to make【C9】______money. He ordered six other men to carry out community service and conditionally【C10】______two others who had played a lesser role.
After the【C11】______customs investigators said that the group made as many as four cross channel trips a day【C12】______to a hypermarket near Calais. They went into business only three weeks after the new customs laws came into【C13】______on New Year’s day last year. The investigators added: "We hope these jails【C14】______will be a big help to tackle this 【C15】______crime which is causing concern to the retail industry.
Example:
A holidays B tours C trips D voyages
[br] 【C3】
选项 A、accident
B、conspiracy
C、hope
D、dream
答案 B
解析 选项B意为“密谋”，选项A意为“事故”，C意为“希望”，选项D意为“梦想”。
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