Question

Ashley Smith is a single young mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man her to her door, and put a gun to her side. “I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really ,” she said in a TV interview last week.

The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11th. The police were him.

Nichols tied Smith up with a rope, but set her free after she begged him not to take her again and again. “I told him he hurt me, my little girl wouldn’t have a mummy,” she said with tears.

“I just talked to him and tried to believe me,” Smith said. She asked Nichols he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel sent from God, and asked him to do so.”

Smith even for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing looking for him. “I cannot that’s me on the TV!” Nichols told the woman. Then, Nichols asked Smith what he do. She said, “I think you should turn yourself in. If you don’t, more people are going to get . Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.

1.A. found B. noticed C. took D. followed

2.A. angry B. frightened C. amazed D. sad

3.A. slept B. killed three people C. lost a car D. caught a thief

4.A. waiting for B. looking at C. searching for D. thinking of

5.A. life B. daughter C. clothes D. money

6.A. that B. when C. if D. until

7.A. ask him to B. make him C. help him D. tell him to

8.A. why B. when C. where D. how

9.A. my mother B. his father C. my daughter D. God

10.A. cooked dinner B. cooked breakfast C. made tea D. made cakes

11.A. afraid B. excited C. surprised D. unhappy

12.A. the police B. his family C. his friends D. the little girl

13.A. believe B. say C. expectD. understand

14.A. could B. should C. was able to D. might

15.A. caught B. worried C. tired D. hurt

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.B

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述一个叫做Nichols的杀人犯劫持了Smith夫人，而Smith的语言和行动打动了这个犯人。不但放了Smith，还成功的劝说他自首。Smith夫人在一个电视采访中叙述这个故事。

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4. 3 at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11th.可知答案为C。

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考点：新闻报道类短文。