Question

All police officers should be made to take a fitness test every year，with a pay cut for those who repeatedly fail，a review said.

In the Metropolitan Police，more than half（52 percent）of its men officers are over- weight, a fifth (22 percent) are obese, and one in 100 are“morbidly（病態地）obese"．For women officers in the Met，a third（32 percent) are overweight，16 percent are obese and 2 per-cent are morbidly obese.

Tom Winsor，who has carried out the widest-ranging research of police pay and conditions in more than 30 years，said those who fail the test three times should face a pay cut. Chief constables(郡警察局局長）should be able to fire any officer as part of budget cuts， ending a job for life. It also recommended that applicants should be able to enter the police service directly at inspector rank，and，"after strict testing"，at superintendent(主管）rank.

Mr Winsor said：“I think the public will be surprised that after passing a fitness test when they join the police，physical fitness is not tested again in a 30，35-year career.＂

An initial(最初的）yearly test requiring officers to reach level 5’4 on the bleep test should be brought in by September next year. This is equal to an average speed of 8. 8kph（5．5mph) for three minutes 35 seconds，he said. But this should get tougher by September 2018，along similar lines to the test currently used in Northern Ireland. This includes climbing over walls and pulling bodies and was designed to reflect situations which“police officers do and can become involved in"．

Mr Winsor expected that many officers would welcome the proposals，saying they would see it“as a necessary protection for themselves and the public"．

1.According to the passage，most of the police officers      ．

A．do their work well                       B．are out of shape

C．are relatively healthy                    D．take regular exercise

2.It is suggested that if they fail the fitness test three times．they should      

A．have their pay reduced                   B．have to be fired

C．have to do other jobs                    D．pay money as a guarantee

3.In order to cut the budget，Chief constables      ．

A．try their best to make policeman a life-long career

B．must hire policemen after strict testing

C．have the right to fire those who are unfit for the job

D．recommend applicants become police directly at inspector rank

4.It is predicted that many officers would like the yearly test because      ·

A．they would get healthier after the test

B．they could protect themselves and others

C．they would be able to get higher pay

D．they could practise rock climbing

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇說明文，說明了所有的警察都要每年做一次健康體檢，不合格的以削減工資作為懲罰，如果三次不合格，將終止他的工作

1.細節題。由第二段第一行In the Metropolitan Police，more than half（52 percent）of its men officers are over- weight可以知道答案，故選B。

2.細節題。由第三段第二行said those who fail the test three times should face a pay cut.可以知道答案，故選A。

3.細節題。由第三段第三行Chief constables(郡警察局局長）should be able to fire any officer as part of budget cuts， ending a job for life可以知道答案，故選C。

4.細節題。由最后一段Mr Winsor expected that many officers would welcome the proposals，saying they would see it“as a necessary protection for themselves and the public可以知道答案，故選B

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