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2021年6月大学英语四级阅读练习题：英国警察的绰号 【导语】小编四六级频道为备考英语四级的同学整理了《202*年6月大学英语四级阅读练习题：英国警察的绰号》一文，希望可以为大家带来帮助，预祝大家高分通过大学英语四级考试! 　202*年6月大学英语四级阅读200篇汇总 　　The English policeman has several nicknames ( 绰号 ) but the most frequently used are copper and bobby. The first name comes from the verb to cop (which is also slang ) , meaning to take or to capture , and the second comes from the first name of Sir Robert Peel, the nineteenth-century politician, who was the founder of the police force as we know it today. An early nickname for the policeman was peeler, but this one has died out. 　　Whatever we may call them, the general opinion of the police seems to be a favorable one; except, of course, among the criminal part of the community where the police are given more derogatory nicknames which originated in America, such as fuzz or pig. Visitors to England seem nearly always to be very impressed by the English police. It has, in fact, become a standing joke that the visitor to Britain, when asked for his views of the country, will always say, at some point or other, I think your policemen are wonderful. 　　Well, the British bobby may not always be wonderful but he is usually a very friendly and helpful sort of character. A music-hall song of some years ago was called If You Want To Know The Time, Ask A Policeman. Nowadays, most people own watches but they still seem to find plenty of other questions to ask the policeman. In London, the policemen spend so much of their time directing visitors about the city that one wonders how they ever find time to do anything else! 　　Two things are immediately noticeable to the stranger when he sees an English policeman for the first time. The first is that he does not carry a pistol (手 枪) and the second is that he wears a very distinctive type of headgear, the policemans helmet. His helmet, together with his height, enable an English policeman to be seen from a considerable distance, a fact that is not without its usefulness. From time to time it is