2017英语专业八级阅读理解练习（13）

2017英语专业八级阅读理解练习（13）

　　If there's a sensitive investigation into the flaws of crime

　　fighters, the man the feds often call in to do the job is William H. Webster. Over the decades, the former FBI and CIA chief has headed numerous high-profile investigations into public agencies, including the Los Angeles Police Department's response to the 1992 Rodney King riots and the FBI's failure to catch Soviet and Russian mole Robert Hanssen.

　　But the probe into whether the FBI mishandled information about Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who is charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 at Fort Hood in Texas, could be Webster's trickiest

　　assignment yet. The Nov. 5 shootings have raised a host of nettlesome issues regarding Hasan and his contacts with Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical cleric in Yemen, and why the FBI decided not to raise the alarm about Hasan even though it had tracked his suspect

　　communications. In the aftermath of the shootings, critics have

　　raised questions not only about intelligence-sharing, but also about whether the U.S. Army psychiatrist successfully used the cloak of research as a smoke screen for his personal extremism and, perhaps, murderous intentions.

　　At the heart of the inquiry is the troublesome revelation that the FBI knew that Hasan, who became more religiously devout after his parents' deaths, corresponded with al- Awlaki, an American-born imam who led a northern Virginia mosque where two of the Sept. 11

　　hijackers worshipped. After al-Awlaki departed the U.S. in 2002, eventually ending up in Yemen, his sermons and teachings—delivered in English—apparently became a source of inspiration for the Fort Dix six and some of the young men who eventually left the U.S. to join al-Shabaab, the Islamist group in Somalia.

　　E-mail surveillance turned up as many as 20 messages between al-Awlaki and Hasan, which an FBI-headed Joint Terrorism Task Force in Washington reviewed. At the time, the task force concluded that the correspondence matched Hasan's research into the mind-set of Muslim soldiers who turn on their comrades and was insufficient evidence to launch an investigation. Separately, U.S. Army colleagues at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington have said they raised concerns with supervisors about Hasan, his statements about Islam and whether he was mentally stable or possibly even dangerous. The Army, however, did not share the information with the FBI.

　　It's not yet clear how wide-ranging Webster's probe will be, and opinions vary on its scope. Bill Burck, a former deputy counsel to

　　President George W. Bush, said that while Webster's previous probes tended to look for policy lapses or fault, this review may be more difficult. The review could go to the heart of assessing threats posed by radicalized Americans, who have rights that terrorists from outside the country do not. "That presents a very difficult set of questions about how do you balance the traditional law-enforcement approach to deal with those threats—which is typically how we've dealt with those things in the past—with the reality that you're dealing with people that are much harder to deter," Burck says. The FBI has already turned over to the White House a preliminary internal review of the agency's actions before the shootings.

　　Director Robert Mueller appointed Webster, who headed the FBI from 1978 until 1987 before becoming CIA director, to perform an open-ended, independent review of FBI policies, practices and actions preceding the incident. That will include a review of the initial findings as well as any additional issues that Webster has the discretion to take up.

　　In a statement, Mueller said Webster would have complete access to necessary information and resources that Webster would coordinate with existing Department of Defense probes. "It is essential to

　　determine whether there are improvements to our current practices or other authorities that could make us all safer in the future," he said.

　　1、 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about Hasan?

　　A. He was mentally unstable.

　　B. He was a psychiatrist in the U.S. Army.

　　C. He kept in touch with a clergyman in Yemen.

　　D. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 at Fort Hood.

　　2、 What can be inferred from the appointment of Webster to investigate the incident?

　　A. He headed the FBI and knew it well. B. The Fort Hood incident is no easy case.

　　C. Director Robert Mueller had confidence in Webster.

　　D. He has headed many investigations into public agencies.

　　3、 It can be inferred from the Fort Hood incident that A. There was something wrong with Hasan's mentality.

　　B. The FBI did not have sufficient evidence to start a probe.

　　C. It could have been stopped if the FBI had taken some measures. D. The Army did not share with the FBI the information about Hasan.

　　4、 What does "discretion" mean in Paragraph 6?

　　A. freedom B. judgment C. responsibility D. ability

　　5、 Which of the following has made Webster's probe more difficult? A. It is lacking in evidence on Hasan's motives for the murder. B. It is an investigation into the FBI policies, practices and actions.

　　C. It deals with terrorism from Americans which is even harder to stop.

　　D. It deals with a case related to an imam in Yemen to whom it can do nothing.

　　答案解析

　　1、A此题是事实题。由第四段可知，军队同事怀疑哈桑精神不稳定，但这并不一定是事实。

　　2、B此题是推断题。由第一段可知，Webster经常被指派调查比较敏感的案件，因此，胡德堡事件应是一件比较棘手的案子。

　　3、C此题是推断题。由第四段可知，在枪击事件发生之前就已经有种种迹象表明哈桑的反常，但FBI对此一无所知。

　　4、A此题是词义理解题。

　　5、C此题是推断题。由第五段可知，此次调查之所以困难是因为调查对象是美国人而非其他外国恐怖分子，其行动比较难阻止。

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