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On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down
the windows to
1 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she
2 a big bald (秃顶的)
man running through the parking lot. Before she came to
3 what would happen, the man was there, shouting
through her window, "Get out!" Neilson
4 .
Pulling open her door, the man seized her
5 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the
ground. She screamed,
6 her purse and the keys.
Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on
a
7 , heard the screams and began running.
When they
8 Neilson's car, the attacker had jumped into the driver's seat and was
9 searching for the
keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker
10 back. But even in his
cornered panic, he was no
11 for the two athletic men.
Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to
12
the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes-used to tie up newspapers.
With his arms
13 tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said
14 , "I hope you guys feel good about
yourselves-you just caught one of the most wanted men." They
15 him and waited for the police.
Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the
16 carjacker (劫车者)and suspected
murderer, whose
17 -but with a full head of hair-had been recently printed in their own newspaper.
Neilson considers herself lucky
18 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a
19 ending
if those good people had not come to her aid. "Unfortunately," she said, "many people would
20 have done
what they did, and that' the real truth."
( )1. A. bring
( )2. A. recognized
( )3. A. realize
( )4. A. escaped
( )5. A. by
( )6. A. burying
( )7. A. trip
( )8. A. started
( )9. A. carefully
( )10. A. fought
( )11. A. match
( )12. A. remind
( )13. A. rolled
( )14. A. angrily
( )15. A. caught
( )16. A. ordinary
( )17. A. picture
( )18. A. and
( )19. A. ridiculous
( )20. A. sometimes |
B. let
B. watched
B. understand
B. struggled
B. around
B. forgetting
B. visit
B. stopped
B. madly
B. turned
B. target
B. phone
B. folded
B. kindly
B. thanked
B. professional
B. background
B. but
B. similar
B. never |
C. gather
C. noticed
C. imagine
C. refused
C. with
C. offering
C. break
C. entered
C. disappointedly
C. jumped
C. equal
C. invite
C. bent
C. coldly
C. comforted
C. honest
C. character
C. though
C. strange
C. often |
D. send
D. met
D. conclude
D. obeyed
D. on
D. grabbing
D. holiday
D. reached
D. patiently
D. shouted
D. companion
D. beg
D. tied
D. warmly
D. ignored
D. outstanding
D. story
D. when
D. different
D. forever |