2017年职称英语考试试题《综合B》补全短文专项练习题

　　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, but 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.

　　2017年职称英语考试试题《综合B》补全短文专项练习题

　　试题答案及解析

　　46.B。这里要填入的是这一段的第一句，本段的内容主要是对所发生的事件的陈述，第二句话以代词She开始，所以前面一句应该是对这个人物的介绍。

　　47.A。这句话出现在本段的最后，前面一句话介绍了这个罪犯的情况，而当时该罪犯在逃，所以说还是这个人的情况，因而选A，即警察正在搜寻他。

　　48.E。Smith设法让这个杀人犯平静下来，给他读《有目的地生活》一书中的片段，并和他就生活的目的这个题目展开讨论。

　　49.D。空白处后面一句说当Smith为他做早饭时，Nichols大为吃惊，选项中只有D提到了做早饭的事情，所以答案选择D。

　　50.F。空白处之前说的是Nichols终于被Smith感化，空白处后写的是Smith被奖励了悬赏逮捕Nichols的奖金，所以空白处填入的是Nichols被逮捕的事情，因而选择F，即随后她报了警。

（编辑：何莹莹）