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Questions 30-35 refer to the following passage.

(1)Fingerprint evidence has been used to help solve crimes since the late nineteenth century, when it was discovered that each individual’s fingerprints are unique. (2)You might well think that it is irrefutable, especially if you watch TV crime shows. (3)These suggest that the process of matching the fingerprints found at the scene of a crime with those of the suspect is foolproof. (4)This process, however, is not as precise as you might think. (5)We often make assumptions about the things we see on television.

(6)Computers can analyze fingerprints, looking for points of similarity in the fingerprints’ distinctive patterns. (7)Computers cannot conclusively match any two prints. (8)They can only select possible candidates for matching, and how many they select depends on the program they use. (9)A program designed to look for only a small number of similarities may choose hundreds of prints, which hardly helps to narrow the field of investigation. (10)A program designed to search for a large number of similarities may not come up with any matches.

(11)After fingerprints have been selected by the computer as possible matches, they must be analyzed by human forensic experts. (12)These experts have to consider all the factors that may affect a fingerprint’s appearance. (13)The fingerprints that people leave when they casually touch something are often smudged and incomplete, and fingerprints can vary depending on the kind of surface where they are deposited. (14)For these reasons forensic experts need to rely on training, experience, and judgment to determine whether two prints should be considered a match.

30. In context, which of the following phrases would most effectively replace the word “it” in sentence 2 (reproduced below)?

You might well think that it is irrefutable, especially if you watch TV crime shows.

A. this history

B. such dramatization

C. that development

D. this discovery

E. such evidence

答案：E

解析：it指代的是第1句中的結(jié)論，那么應(yīng)該指代的Fingerprint evidence。選E。ABC都是無(wú)關(guān)選項(xiàng)，沒(méi)有提到story，dramatization和development。這個(gè)題容易誤選D，注意D中discovery不是第一句的得出的結(jié)論，而是陳述的事實(shí)。

31. In context, what should be done to sentence 5 (reproduced below)?

We often make assumptions about the things we see on television.

A. Make it the first sentence of the passage.

B. Delete it from the passage.

C. Change “We” to “Like others ,we ”.

D. Change “see” to “have seen”.

E. Add “and elsewhere ” to the end of the sentence.

答案：B

解析：第5句話在句中完全與上下文無(wú)關(guān)，且全文都是客觀文字，沒(méi)有主語(yǔ)we，刪掉即可。

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32. In context, which of the following is the best way to revise and combine sentences 6 and 7 (reproduced below)?

Computers can analyze fingerprints, looking for points of similarity in the fingerprints’ distinctive patterns. Computers cannot conclusively match any two prints.

A. They could analyze fingerprints, looking for points of similarity in the distinctive patterns of the prints, but they could not conclusively match any two prints.

B. Furthermore, computers could analyze fingerprints by looking for points of similarity in the distinctive patterns of the two fingerprints and still fail to match any two of them conclusively.

C. Although computer can analyze fingerprints, looking for points of similarity in the distinctive patterns of the prints, they cannot match any two prints conclusively.

D. But, in fact, since computers will analyze fingerprints by looking for points of similarity in their distinctive patterns, they cannot match any two prints conclusively.

E. Therefore, they are able to analyze fingerprints by looking for points of similarity in their patterns but cannot conclusively match any two.

答案：C

解析：從文章來(lái)分析，67句明顯是轉(zhuǎn)折或者讓步關(guān)系，A邏輯正確但是they指代有問(wèn)題。B邏輯錯(cuò)誤，不是遞進(jìn)和并列。C邏輯和句法都正確。D選項(xiàng)邏輯錯(cuò)誤。E中therefore使用錯(cuò)誤，另外they指代也有問(wèn)題。

33. In context, which of the following is the best way to revise sentence 10 (reproduced below) at the underlined portion?

A program designed to search for a large number of similarities may not come up with any matches.

A. On the other hand, a program designed to look for a large number of similarities

B. A program designed to search for a large number of similarities, for example,

C. In addition, a program designed to do so

D. A program designed to search for a large number of them, in fact,

E. Even so, a program designed to do that

答案：A

解析：這里是在舉兩個(gè)兩方面的例子，用on the other hand表對(duì)比，表示“然而另一方面”邏輯最清楚。for example，in fact，even so邏輯明顯不對(duì)。in addition勉強(qiáng)可以，但是so指代錯(cuò)誤。

34. In context, where would be the best place to insert the following sentence?

Computers also do not make the final decisions.

A. Immediately before sentence 2

B. Immediately before sentence 3

C. Immediately before sentence 11

D. Immediately before sentence 12

E. Immediately before sentence 13

答案：C

解析：翻譯過(guò)來(lái)是“電腦也不做最后決定”。第3段說(shuō)的是在電腦挑出可能對(duì)象之后，法醫(yī)專(zhuān)家再做最后決定，放在這段之前也就是第11句前剛好符合邏輯。

35. In context, which of the following sentences would most appropriately be placed immediately after sentence 14?

A. Many fingerprint analysts who take this training already have backgrounds in science, though.

B.  Of course, humans are not the only ones who have fingerprints; all primates do.

C. Fingerprint identification is not used only in criminal investigations, however; it also has civil applications in business and education.

D. But even experts sometimes disagree, a tendency that shows that fingerprint identification is more subjective than many people realize.

E. Yet the training in other fields of forensic science may be just as rigorous as training these experts receive.

答案：D

解析：這篇文章整體都在說(shuō)指紋識(shí)別罪犯的弊端，D選項(xiàng)最契合這個(gè)主題。ABCE選項(xiàng)與文章內(nèi)容明顯無(wú)關(guān)。

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