《大学英语6级 - 阅读》第二章 强化训练15篇 Passage 4
1. 单词
1） intelligence 情报
Its primary stated mission is to collect,evaluate and spread foreign intelligence.
它的主要职责是收集、分析和传播国外情报.
2）assassination 暗杀
He was made king after the assassination of his father in 336 BCE.
公元前336年，父亲被暗杀后他登上王位。
3）covert 秘密的
Covert action aided the patriots in winning the Revolutionary War.
秘密行动帮助爱国人士赢得了独立战争.
4）repetition 重组
The intelligence structure continued through several repetitions.
情报架构经历了几次重组.
5）oversee 监督
Yet turmoil in journalism threatens our ability oversee the people who act on our behalf.
然而新闻的混乱会危及我们监督那些代表大众行动的人的能力。
6）revise 修改
With time he came to revise his opinion of the profession.
随着时间的推移，他开始修正自己对这一职业的看法。
7）budget 预算，财产预算权
...., which allows the agency to keep its budget and staffing secret.
...，将允许这机构有自己的预算和秘密人员.
8）diplomatic immunity 外交豁免权
They have no diplomatic immunity to protect them from prosecution in that country.
他们没有外交豁免权来保护他们在那个国家免于起诉.
9）concealment 隐秘处，隐藏处
Concealment of evidence is against the law.
隐藏证据是违法的。
10）glue 胶水、沾合、全神贯注
They are all glued to the Olympic Games.
他们都全神贯注于奥运会。
11）lore 传说
There is plenty of lore about the cloak-and-dagger lives that spies lead.
关于间谍们过着这种神秘兮兮的生活还有很多传说.
12）ebbed and flowed 失察和疏忽
Durting the CIA's history, the amount of oversight has ebbed and flowed.
自中情局建立以来，失察和疏忽时有发生.
2.句子
1）He carried out the normal duties that someone in his cover job would do.
他会做他借以掩护身份的工作范围职责之内的事.
分析:someone，这里表示和他处于相同公司职位的人.