Three women who secretly buried an 80-year-old woman were put into prison at Birmingham yester day. Two of them, including the d

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问题     Three women who secretly buried an 80-year-old woman were put into prison at Birmingham yester day. Two of them, including the dead woman’s daughter, kept on collecting her pension (退休金) after her death until their secret was made known to others two years later. The court (法庭) heard that one of the women put on "an Oscar (奥斯卡金奖)—winning performance" by pretending to be the old woman asleep in bed when a social worker called five mouths after Mrs. Townsend’s death.  
The reason for the old woman’s secret burial was that the three women ______.

选项 A、were too sad to let the public know it
B、had no money to arrange for a public funeral
C、wanted to collect the old woman’s pension
D、were afraid that they might be put into prison

答案C

解析 此考题为细节题。作者在文章中指出,三个妇女为了能继续领取老妇人的退休金,在老妇人死后两年内直秘不发丧而采取了秘密埋葬的方式,故应选C。
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