Itwasatestallofuswouldhopetopass,butnoneofusreallywants...

問題詳情：

It was a test all of us would hope to pass, but none of us really wants to take. A masked gunman points his weapon at a Christian and asks “Do you __1__ God？” She knows that if she says “yes，” she'll pay with her __2__. But unfaithfulness to her Lord is unthinkable.

So, with what would be her last __3__， she calmly answers “Yes, I believe in God.”

As you may have guessed, the event I'm __4__ took place last Tuesday in Littleton, Colorado.

As the Washington Post __5__， the two students who shot 13 people, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, did not __6__ their victims at random(隨意)—they were __7__ out of ugly prejudices(偏見)．

Media coverage has __8__ the killers' hostility(敵意) toward racial minorities and athletes, but there was another group the pair __9__ every bit as much, if not more: Christians. And, there were plenty of them to hate at Columbine High School. According to some __10__ eight Christians—four Evangelicals and four Catholics—were killed.

Among them was Cassia Bernall. And it was Cassia who made the dramatic __11__ I've just described—fitting for a person whose __12__ movie was Brave heart in which the hero dies a martyr's(殉教的) __13__.

Cassia was a 17－year－old junior with long blond hair, hair she wanted to __14__ and have made into wigs(假髮) for cancer patients who had __15__  their hair through chemotherapy(化療). She was __16__ in her youth group at West Pool's Community Church and was known for __17__ a Bible to school.

Cassia was in the school library reading her Bible when the two young killers __18__. According to witnesses, one of the killers __19__ his gun at Cassia and asked, “Do you believe in God？” Cassia __20__ and then answered, “Yes, I believe in God.” “Why？” the gunman asked. Cassia did not have a chance to respond；the gunman had already shot her head.

1. A. believe in　B. care for　C. fight againstD. rely on

2. A. money          B. belief       C. life              D. happiness

3. A. sight          B. words        C. note              D. picture

4. A. asking         B. watching     C. noticing          D. describing

5. A. reported       B. wrote        C. asked             D. watched

6. A. choose         B. kill         C. ask               D. put

7. A. killing        B. walking      C. acting            D. making

8. A. taken on       B. focused on   C. opposed to        D. cared about

9. A. liked          B. noted        C. got               D. hated

10. A. accounts      B. papers       C. policemen         D. articles

11. A. speech        B. decision     C. notes             D. reports

12. A. favourite      B. colour       C. black             D. long

13. A. life          B. death        C. hero              D. belief

14. A. dress up      B. put up       C. cut off            D. make smart

15. A. brightened             B. lost        

C. burnt                 D. thickened

16. A. active        B. hidden       C. lazy              D. tall

17. A. writing       B. carrying     C. reading            D. sending

18. A. came over            B. went over   

C. drove in              D. burst in

19. A. put           B. drew         C. pointed           D. showed

20. A. paused        B. stood         C. smiled           D. walked

【回答】

Ⅰ. 1. 解析：選A。聯繫下文“Yes, I believe in God.”可知，此處是問是否相信上帝。care for關心；在乎，fight against反對， rely on依靠。

2. 解析：選C。聯繫後文可知，因為她説了相信上帝，她獻出了自己的生命，因此此處説她以自己的生命作為代價。

3. 解析：選B。聯繫文章最後兩句“Cassia did not have a chance to respond；the gunman had already shot her dead”可知，“我相信上帝”是它説的最後一句話。

4. 解析：選D。聯繫上文的內容可知，那是“我”對事件的描述。

5. 解析：選A。聯繫空前的the Washington Post可知，華盛頓郵報對此事進行了報道。

6. 解析：選A。聯繫空後的out of ugly prejudices可知，他們對受害者是有選擇的。

7. 解析：選C。根據文意可知，他們是出於醜惡的偏見才採取這樣的行動的。

8. 解析：選B。媒體集中於殺人者對少數種族和運動員的仇視，其實也有其他原因。

9. 解析：選D。聯繫空前的hostility和空後的as much可知，他們對基督徒的仇視一點也不少。

10. 解析：選A。空後是具體的數字，因此這裏講的是統計數字。

11. 解析：選B。the dramatic decision在這裏指的是寧願被殺死，也要説自己信奉上帝的生死抉擇。

12. 解析：選A。聯繫下文“in which the hero dies a martyr's(殉教的) __13__”可知，因為《勇敢的心》的主人公為教義而死，與自己有同樣的信仰，因此這是她最喜歡的電影。

13. 解析：選B。die a．h為固定搭配，意為“死得……”。

14. 解析：選C。聯繫空後的have made into wigs for cancer patients可知，她把自己的頭髮留起來，以準備將來把它剪下來留給癌症病人。dress up裝扮；打扮；put up 張貼；建立；make smart弄整潔。

15. 解析：選B。聯繫空後的through chemotherapy可知，癌症病人因為化療導致頭髮沒有了。

16. 解析：選A。因為她有很深的宗教信仰，再聯繫空後的at West Pool's Community Church可知，她在教會是非常積極活躍的。

17. 解析：選B。聯繫空後的a Bible to school可知，她每天帶《聖經》到學校。

18. 解析：選D。burst in意為“衝進來”，説明暴徒的瘋狂。

19. 解析：選C。聯繫空後的his gun at Cassia可知，是用*指着Gassia。

20. 解析：選A。pause意為“稍微停頓”，符合此時她在考慮是説假話保全*命還是説真話維護自己的信仰。

知識點：日常生活類

題型：完型填空