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
51
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.”
Why are most people vulnerable than ever according to the writer?
选项
A、There are more greedy people in the world than ever before.
B、There are more rich people in the world than ever before.
C、It is difficult nowadays to be rich in secret.
D、Political hijackings have become more and more common.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/XXTO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Anextensivefoundationinthebasicsciencesshouldberequiredofallsciencestudents,______.
Archaeologistsareinterestedinpottery,figurinesandothervestigesofancientcivilizations.
Thenexttimethemenweretakenupontothedeck,Kuntamadeapointoflookingatthemanbehindhiminline,theonewholay
Thenexttimethemenweretakenupontothedeck,Kuntamadeapointoflookingatthemanbehindhiminline,theonewholay
Inthepastfewdecades,remarkablefindingshavebeenmadeinethology,thestudyofanimalsocialbehavior.Earlierscientists
消除贫困是当代世界的重大课题。发达国家应该从提供资金、减免债务、转让技术、平等贸易等方面,支持和帮助发展中国家振兴经济、提高人民的生活水平,这也符合发达国家的长远利益,各国经济共同增长和普遍繁荣是人类努力的方向。
Sportwasintegraltothenationalandlocalpress,TVand,toadiminishing______,toradio.(中国科学院2011年3月试题)
Manyparentsarebusysendingtheirchildrentovarioustalentshow.______matterstothemistoturntheirchildrenfamousover
Shelistenedcarefully______shemightdiscoverexactlywhathewanted.
Thereceptionwasattendedby______membersofthelocalcommunity.(北京航空航天大学2015年试题)
随机试题
女,29岁,G2P0,负压吸宫术后4天,下腹痛就诊,阴道出血不多,妇科检查子宫压痛,血常规WBC13.5×109/L,T38.2℃,下列处理不正确的是
男性,消瘦。查体见左锁骨上窝淋巴结肿大,即Virchow淋巴结。其可能是由于
A、氟氯烷烃B、丙二醇C、PVPD、枸橼酸钠E、PVA气雾剂中的潜溶剂()
卡尔.马克思说:“在民主的国家里,法律就是国王;在专制的国家里,国王就是法律。”关于马克思这段话的理解,下列哪一选项是错误的?
对钢板厚度大、焊缝尺寸较大、焊缝长和平焊位置较多的钢结构焊接,尽量使用什么焊条?
治安管理处罚的种类包括()。
党的十八大报告指出,面对资源的约束趋紧,环境污染严重,生态系统退化的严峻形势,必须树立()的生态文明理念。
一立方体如图所示从中挖掉一个圆锥体,然后从任意面剖开.下面哪一项不可能是该立方体的截面?
概括指出新民主主义革命各个阶段中国社会的主要矛盾及其表现形式的演变,说明中共根据上述变化对政策的调整及其结果。
ThemajorreasonwhyAmericansenjoyanabundantfoodsupplyisthatthearablelandattheirdisposalforfoodproductionis__
最新回复
(
0
)