首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Kidnapping is the cruelest crime of the 20th century. There is not the political passion behind most hijacking; the motive is gr
Kidnapping is the cruelest crime of the 20th century. There is not the political passion behind most hijacking; the motive is gr
admin
2020-06-16
76
问题
Kidnapping is the cruelest crime of the 20th century. There is not the political passion behind most hijacking; the motive is greed for money. The victims, provided their families are rich enough, are chosen at random. With the constant exposure by the media of personal fame and fortune, most people are vulnerable than ever.
The most notorious kidnapping began on the evening of March 1, 1932, when someone placed a home-made ladder against the New Jersey home of Colonel Charles Lindbergh and stole his blond, blue-eyed baby son. A ransom note was left from the kidnapper. Lindbergh, the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic, was the most popular man in America.
When the boy was found a few miles away with his head crushed in, the whole nation was shocked and Congress passed the “Lindbergh Kidnap Law”, with the death penalty for transporting a kidnap victim across a state line. The kidnapper, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, was caught two-and-a-half years later, when he exchanged some of the ransom money. He was executed in 1936.
Kidnapping is an example of inflation: Hauptmann demanded $50,000; in 1973 the Getty family had to pay 1,300,000 pounds and the ransom delivery in two billion Italian lire weighed a ton. In this kidnapping, things went dreadfully wrong. When the kidnappers cut off Getty’s right ear and sent it to a newspaper, they forgot the postal strike which delayed this proof by three weeks. In the case of Muriel McKay, the kidnappers picked the wrong woman. The Hosein brothers had developed their plan when they saw Rupert Murdoch on a TV show in 1969 and heard him described as a millionaire, a word which stimulated their action. Yet, in tracing Murdoch’s Rolls-Royce, they failed to realize that he had left for Australia with his wife and had loaned the car to Douglas McKay, a chairman of one of his enterprises. Attacking the wrong home, the Hoseins kidnapped Mrs. McKay by mistake, but still demanded their million pounds.
The end result of kidnapping is never clean: Lindbergh never psychologically recovered. Young Paul Getty jokes: “It was a high-priced ear!” But the scars must be internal, too. The saddest comment came from Douglas McKay after the trial of the Hoseins: “They have got a life sentence. I, too, have a life sentence wondering just what has happened to my dear wife.”
What does the writer mean by saying “Kidnapping is an example of inflation”?
选项
A、There are more and more kidnapping cases.
B、Kidnappers make more and more mistakes.
C、Kidnappers demand for more and more ransom.
D、Kidnappers are not paid as much as they require.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/TXTO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
TheGreek’sloftyattitudetowardscientificresearch—andthescientists’contemptofutility—wasalongtimedying.Foramille
TheAustrianmanufacturingindustryconsistsofafewlargeorganizations,manyofwhichoperateundergovernmentauspices.
Thenexttimethemenweretakenupontothedeck,Kuntamadeapointoflookingatthemanbehindhiminline,theonewholay
OxfordandCambridgeUniversityBoatClubshavebothtakentheopportunitytotraveltoSpainthismonthtotraininlesstestin
The______questioninthiscaseiswhethertheaccusedhadamotiveforthiscrimeornot.
Theycontinuedto______aboutandenjoythemselvesuntiltheybecametired.(2005年中国科学院考博试题)
Theofficialwasarrestedforinabilityto______allhisfortunehehasenjoyed.(2004年武汉大学考博试题)
By______Mr.Smithisabusdriver.
Manyparentsarebusysendingtheirchildrentovarioustalentshow.______matterstothemistoturntheirchildrenfamousover
Thecandidatehasanimpressively______rangeofinterestsandexperience.
随机试题
煤中灰分的熔点越低,越容易结焦。()
A.调补肝肾B.调补气血,温养冲任C.补虚调经D.养血调经E.舒肝理气,温经散寒月经先后无定期的针灸治则是
男性,32岁,近5年来上腹部疼痛,尤以饱食后明显。今日右上腹剧痛5小时就诊。检查:一般情况尚好,板状腹,全腹压痛及反跳痛。恰当的治疗方法为
开级配沥青混凝土混合料的空隙率往往大于()。
水闸连接建筑物中铺盖的主要作用是()。
现在信用制度具有加快资金周转、稳定金融市场和促进经济发展的宏观作用。对个人来说,具有化困难于无形、集众力于一身的社会促进功能。就拿信用贷款来说,人的一生总有资金短缺的时候,不借贷就会失去一次发展机遇,中国不少的知名企业家都是靠借贷起家的。新的观念告诉我们,
我国刑法对犯罪进行分类的主要依据是()。
Lookatthenotesbelow.Youwillhearawomancallingacompanyaboutapossibleorder.TELEPHONEENQUIRYR
Hewasaskedto______thepencilforthelittleboy.
A、Therewereonlygrandparentsandchildren.B、Therewasonefather,onemother,andtheirchildren.C、Thereweremanyrelatives
最新回复
(
0
)