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
A Heroic Woman The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero, Ashley Smith, with the Federal Bureau of investigatio
A Heroic Woman The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero, Ashley Smith, with the Federal Bureau of investigatio
admin
2011-01-22
82
问题
A Heroic Woman
The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero, Ashley Smith, with the Federal Bureau of investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind.
【46】 She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side. "I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really afraid," she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33.He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse(法院) on March 11 and later of killing a federal agent.【47】
Nichols tied Smith up with tape, hut released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life. "I told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldn’t have a mummy. " she said. In order to calm the man down, she read to him from "The Purpose-Driven Life", a best-selling religious book. He asked her to repeat a paragraph about "what you thought your purpose in life was, what talents were you given. "【48】
"I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust. " Smith said.
Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her. He said he thought "I was an angel sent from God, and we were Christian sister and brother. " she said. "And that he was lost, and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people. "【49】 She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage (报道) of the police hunt for him. "I cannot believe that’s me. " Nichols told the woman. Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do. She said, "I think you should turn yourself in. If you don’t, lots more people are going to get hurt. "
Eventually, he let her go.【50】 a US $ 60,000 reward had been posted for Nichols’ capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible (有资格的)for that money.
A.The local police were searching for him.
B.Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter.
C.Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols.
D.She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave.
E. And the two of them discussed this topic.
F. Then she called the police.
选项
答案
B
解析
史密斯是一位单身母亲,26岁,有一个女儿。由于第二段的句子反复提到了她,因此,段落第一句应该是对于她的姓名和身份的说明。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/cxUd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语综合类A级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语综合类A级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
AgeDiscriminationBytheyear2000nearlyhalftheworkforceinEuropeareover40andyetthroughoutEuropethereisadee
Theeconomiceffectsareeasytosee.Since1978,some43billionjobshavebeenlost,largelytoformsoftechnology—eitherto
AGreatQuakeCoining?EveryonewholivesinSanFranciscoknowsthatearthquakesarecommoninthebayareaandtheycanbe
MusicandDrivingListeningtoloudmusicwhiledrivingcanseriouslyhamperreactiontimesandcauseaccidents,newresearc
MusicandDrivingListeningtoloudmusicwhiledrivingcanseriouslyhamperreactiontimesandcauseaccidents,newresearc
AIngvarKamprad-abornbusinessmanBSuccessbroughtbytheintroductionofshowroomsCTheoriginofIKEADSpecializationi
WhileservingintheSenateintheearly1970’s,BarbaraJordansupportedlegislationtobandiscriminationandtodealwithenv
Whatisspecialaboutthetreasures?Whywerethetreasuresinspectedbyinternationalarchaeologistsin1993?
ThetreasureLockedawayinavaultunderneaththepresidentialpalaceinKabulisapricelesstreasurewhichisatthemercyof
Wecaninferfromthetextthattheaddictiontocompulsivegamblingaffect______.Whatisoneofthemostessentialcharacter
随机试题
患者,男,22岁。右下后牙牙龈肿痛3天。检查见右下第一磨牙颊侧牙龈局限性隆起,波动感,牙周袋深,牙齿无龋坏,冷测有痛感。根据上述症状该患者最可能的诊断
所设置的会计科目应符合单位自身特点,满足单位实际需要,这一点符合()原则。
最早创立自然主义体育思想的教育家是()。
阅读材料,回答下列问题。材料一有学者认为,在16—19世纪中叶的世界经济发展中,英国的地位步步上升,最终独占鳌头,成为世界经济体系中的最大剥削者。下表所列为英国在这一进程中发生的历史事件。材料二“二战”后世界经济演进的路线.是
A.下叶后基底段B.上叶后段或下叶背段C.上叶尖后段和下叶背段D.上叶下部或下叶上部近胸膜处继发性肺结核好发于
Theyreportedthelossandgaveallthenecessary______topolice.
下列关于制宪权的表述,正确的是()。
在中国,只有富士山连锁店经营日式快餐。如果上述断定为真,以下哪项不可能为真?Ⅰ.苏州的富士山连锁店不经营日式快餐。Ⅱ.杭州的樱花连锁店经营日式快餐。Ⅲ.温州的富士山连锁店经营韩式快餐。
Everyhumanbeing,【C1】______whatheisdoing,givesoffbodyheat.Theusualproblemis【C2】______disposeofit.Butthedesigner
Doctorssayangercanbeanextremelydamagingemotionunlessyoulearnhowtodealwithit.Theywarnthatangryfeelingscan【C
最新回复
(
0
)