考博英语阅读理解精选练习2
Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely clever act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat （诈骗）。 Either way, it could be the perfect crime （犯罪）， 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 fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind-one that avoids （避免）not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has played 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 （启事） 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。
26. 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
27. 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
28. The writer mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show 。
A. how easily people get fooled by criminals
B. what Chen thinks might be correct
C. the thief is extremely clever
D. the money paid is too little
29. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to 。
A. criminals B. pigeons
C. the stolen cars D. demands for money
30. 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
26. [答案]A
[解析]细节题。从文章第二段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. 可以选出正确答案。
27. [答案]D
[解析]考点：短语理解题。
28. [答案]B
[解析]文章第三段提到Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. 故正确答案应该选择B。
29. [答案]D
[解析]考点：代词的指代。按照就近原则去找。前面提到Demands for pigeon-delivered money故正确答案应该选择D。
30. [答案]A
[解析]文章第三段提到Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad （启事） in the newspaper asking for help. 故正确答案应该选择A。
考博英语阅读理解精选练习2的延伸阅读——2012考研冲刺备考技巧最牛十二式
第一式；单词会也得会，不会也得会。
朝纲的词是完全可以通过上下文猜到的。这就是不会的你可以在考试时弄懂。猜的技巧就是，上下文中肯定有和超纲词所在句子相关的句子，肯定可以找出和超纲词词性相近的词汇，再对比下两句的结构，就会发现，要么一句是另一句的同义替换，要么就是一句是另一句的深度解释。
第二式：对于慢热型选手，要自己先预热
你对新事物的理解比其他人要慢一些，或者说你需要花费一段时间去揣摩下才能发现解决问题的诀窍的话，那么无论在你正式考试前，还是平时模拟测验前，都要先预热一下，对你做题非常有帮助的。就像太极拳的打法，由慢至快，由柔至刚，直至达到速度飘忽不定，刚柔相并，才是最高境界。
第三式：英语、数学天天不要落。
同时考数学和英语的人，在最后的两个月里，数学和英语每天都要进行，比如今天复习了数学就要复习些英语，今天看了些英语就也要再做点数学题。直到考试的前一天也是如此。
第四式：训练阅读，点到即可。
阅读能力的提高是很漫长的事情。可考试不等人，到了后期，如果是你打好了一定的基础的话，练习阅读，就不要再看课外的英语读物了。不是说它不好，而是说它不是最佳方式。以研究历年考研真题为主，勤学苦练，才是最终攻克考研英语阅读的不二法门。
第五式：要算分
英语多是选择题，如果你基础不好想凭上考场那一时的运气，那你说胜算是多少呢？
第六式：要专项突破
翻译和新题型其实提高起来比较快，这段时间就是要好好突击下这两块的题目。
第七式：重视写作得分
在真题演练的过程中，考生要善于发现语言亮点，总结出一套适合自己的写作模板，这样既可以提高自己写作水平，又避免了与其他模板雷同，造成千篇一律，真正拿到写作高分。
第八式：数学复习要保持充足的睡眠
数学是智慧的游戏，据我所知许多数学家、数学高手都是很会睡觉很会休息的人，好的休息才能保证大脑有好的状态，才能玩得好数学，也就是说不能打“疲劳战”，会休息的人才会学习。
第九式、错题集是你的好老师
据经验，很多考生在真正考试的时候都会犯自己以前犯过的错误，原因就是遗忘。类似于英语背单词一样，对于容易忘记的解题方法，实在想不出来就记下来，时不时地去翻看。
第十式：考试一定要卡时间做题
无论哪一科，最后考试之前，都要把时间换算好。
第十一式：巧背政治
政治要分开科目去对待，哲学和政经基本是不需要怎么背的，其余都是要背的。如果对分数要求较高的话，应该多做题，从题目中就可以找到考点，精背常考点的知识点。
第十二式：工欲善其事，必先利其器
写字答题的笔，还是很有讲究的。要选对颜色。最后需要注意，我们选择签字笔时，要选择细笔头的，最好用0.35的，而不要用0.5的。0.5的有点粗，我们的英语答题卡大小类似于A4纸的一半大，所以要用细笔头的笔写才够地方。
现在只能想到的就这些了，以后想起来再做补充吧！祝你考研成功！ | 
