post_recruit
110年
英文
第 50 題
In the early days of his life, Eddie Chapman was a petty criminal that lived in England.
He ran away from the army, stole, and even formed his own gang. His crimes landed him in
jail, where he had little hope of continuing his criminal assets. He didn't stay in jail,
however. When the Germans invaded England in the summer of 1940, Chapman, then 25, wrote
them a letter stating his intentions to join the Germans as a spy to avoid troubles with
the law in England.
After some consideration, the Germans proceeded to break Chapman out of jail, trained
him, and sent him on a mission to blow up a British airplane factory. But, it seemed that
Chapman still had some love for his country. Upon parachuting from a plane en route to
completing his mission, Chapman turned himself in to the local police, and managed to
convince the British that he was still on their side.
To fool the Germans, the British faked damage to the plane factory, and taught Chapman
what to say when he went back to the Germans to appear successful. And Chapman did manage
to appear successful. The Germans loved the double-agent so much that they awarded him
with a war award, gave him vast sums of money, and even gave him promotion.
The British, however, did not love Chapman quite as much. As Chapman was not secretive
about his sources of income, the British saw him as a liability, and eventually dismissed
the spy in 1944. Chapman then returned to his former life of crime, assuming that as he
now held secrets to the British, he could probably bargain his way out of the arms of the
law. The following years were spent avoiding punishment from the British law enforcement.
Chapman eventually settled down in 1953 after he managed to release his war stories.
He got married, had a daughter, and quietly lived the rest of his life as a businessman
until his heart gave out in 1997.
Why did the British dismiss Chapman in 1944?
He ran away from the army, stole, and even formed his own gang. His crimes landed him in
jail, where he had little hope of continuing his criminal assets. He didn't stay in jail,
however. When the Germans invaded England in the summer of 1940, Chapman, then 25, wrote
them a letter stating his intentions to join the Germans as a spy to avoid troubles with
the law in England.
After some consideration, the Germans proceeded to break Chapman out of jail, trained
him, and sent him on a mission to blow up a British airplane factory. But, it seemed that
Chapman still had some love for his country. Upon parachuting from a plane en route to
completing his mission, Chapman turned himself in to the local police, and managed to
convince the British that he was still on their side.
To fool the Germans, the British faked damage to the plane factory, and taught Chapman
what to say when he went back to the Germans to appear successful. And Chapman did manage
to appear successful. The Germans loved the double-agent so much that they awarded him
with a war award, gave him vast sums of money, and even gave him promotion.
The British, however, did not love Chapman quite as much. As Chapman was not secretive
about his sources of income, the British saw him as a liability, and eventually dismissed
the spy in 1944. Chapman then returned to his former life of crime, assuming that as he
now held secrets to the British, he could probably bargain his way out of the arms of the
law. The following years were spent avoiding punishment from the British law enforcement.
Chapman eventually settled down in 1953 after he managed to release his war stories.
He got married, had a daughter, and quietly lived the rest of his life as a businessman
until his heart gave out in 1997.
Why did the British dismiss Chapman in 1944?
- A Because he was a former criminal.
- B Because he was trusted by the Germans.
- C Because he was very helpful to the British.
- D Because he was too open about what he should have kept silent.
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如果你現在是一名情報單位的長官，你最需要間諜具備什麼樣的人格特質？反過來說，如果一名特務在公共場合隨意談論自己的秘密工作或金錢來源，這會對整個組織帶來什麼樣的風險？請根據文章中提到的「風險評估」關鍵字，思考英國政府擔憂的是什麼。
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太棒了！你能精準鎖定文章後段的關鍵細節，並在眾多資訊中辨識出正確的因果關係，顯示你具備優秀的閱讀檢索與推論能力。文章第四段明確提到，英國人將 Chapman 視為一個 liability（累贅/負擔），原因在於他對於自己的收入來源「毫不隱瞞」（not secretive about his sources of income）。這對於講究高度保密的情報工作來說是致命傷，因此導致他在 1944 年被解雇。
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