It was a test all of us would hope to pass, but none of us really wants to take. A masked gunman points his weapon at a Christian and asks “Do you __1__ God?” She knows that if she says “yes,” she'll pay with her __2__. But unfaithfulness to her Lord is unthinkable.
So, with what would be her last __3__, she calmly answers “Yes, I believe in God.”
As you may have guessed, the event I'm __4__ took place last Tuesday in Littleton, Colorado.
As the Washington Post __5__, the two students who shot 13 people, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, did not __6__ their victims at random(随意)—they were __7__ out of ugly prejudices(偏见).
Media coverage has __8__ the killers' hostility(敌意) toward racial minorities and athletes, but there was another group the pair __9__ every bit as much, if not more: Christians. And, there were plenty of them to hate at Columbine High School. According to some __10__ eight Christians—four Evangelicals and four Catholics—were killed.
Among them was Cassia Bernall. And it was Cassia who made the dramatic __11__ I've just described—fitting for a person whose __12__ movie was Brave heart in which the hero dies a martyr's(殉教的) __13__.
Cassia was a 17-year-old junior with long blond hair, hair she wanted to __14__ and have made into wigs(假发) for cancer patients who had __15__ their hair through chemotherapy(化疗). She was __16__ in her youth group at West Pool's Community Church and was known for __17__ a Bible to school.
Cassia was in the school library reading her Bible when the two young killers __18__. According to witnesses, one of the killers __19__ his gun at Cassia and asked, “Do you believe in God?” Cassia __20__ and then answered, “Yes, I believe in God.” “Why?” the gunman asked. Cassia did not have a chance to respond;the gunman had already shot her head.
1. A. believe in B. care for C. fight againstD. rely on
2. A. money B. belief C. life D. happiness
3. A. sight B. words C. note D. picture
4. A. asking B. watching C. noticing D. describing
5. A. reported B. wrote C. asked D. watched
6. A. choose B. kill C. ask D. put
7. A. killing B. walking C. acting D. making
8. A. taken on B. focused on C. opposed to D. cared about
9. A. liked B. noted C. got D. hated
10. A. accounts B. papers C. policemen D. articles
11. A. speech B. decision C. notes D. reports
12. A. favourite B. colour C. black D. long
13. A. life B. death C. hero D. belief
14. A. dress up B. put up C. cut off D. make smart
15. A. brightened B. lost
C. burnt D. thickened
16. A. active B. hidden C. lazy D. tall
17. A. writing B. carrying C. reading D. sending
18. A. came over B. went over
C. drove in D. burst in
19. A. put B. drew C. pointed D. showed
20. A. paused B. stood C. smiled D. walked