4.The nation's two biggest school systems-New York City and Los Angeles received threats Tuesday of a large-scale attack with guns and bombs.LA reacted by shutting down the entire district,while New York dismissed the warning as an amateurish trick and held classes.
It's extremely rare for a major U.S.city to close all its schools because of a threat and it reflected the unease hanging about in Southern California following the terrorist attack that killed 14people at a holiday lunch two weeks ago in San Bernardino.
In LA,the threat came in the form of an email to a school board member.Authorities in New York reported receiving the same type of email and decided there was no danger to schoolchildren.Mayor Bill de Blasio concluded the threat contained"nothing believable."It was so unconventional,"he said.
New York Police Commissioner William Bratton agreed and said that it looked like the sender of the threat had watched a lot of the Showtime terrorism drama Homeland.Bratton indicated that the type of threats in the email mirrored some recent scenes of the show.
The shutdown closed all its schools across Los Angeles.Officials announced Tuesday evening that schools would reopen Wednesday.
Officials in LA defended the move to shut schools,with that city's police chief dismissing the criticism as"irresponsible."
"We have suffered too many school shootings in America to ignore these kinds of threats,"Chief Charlie Beck said at a news conference.Jordan Tama,an assistant professor at American University specializing in U.S.counterterrorism(反恐怖主義)policy,said it's not unreasonable for authorities in different places to make different decisions based on the same information.
28.What did New York City think of the email threats?A
A.Tricky.B.Professional.C.Conventional.D.Serious.
29.Why did LA shut all its schools at the threats?C
A.LA respected school education more.
B.Officials in LA were irresponsible.
C.The terrorist attack in San Bernardino left LA still uneasy.
D.The school teachers watched too much of the terrorism drama.
30.Why did New York authorities make a different decision?B
A.They hadn't received the same threat before.
B.They thought the threat so unconventional and unbelievable.
C.New York had witnessed too many school shootings.
D.They thought it rare to close all its schools for a threat.
31.What would be the best title of this passage?D
A.Terrorism attacks break out in LA & NY
B.Email threats are copies of a terrorism drama
C.NY and LA authorities make different decisions
D.NY,LA schools receive threats; LA cancels classes.
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章向我們講述了紐約以及洛杉磯的學(xué)校收到了電子郵件威脅,洛杉磯的所有學(xué)校被關(guān)閉,以及政府官員對這件事的看法.
解答 28.A 推理判斷題,根據(jù)第三段Mayor Bill de Blasio concluded the threat contained"nothing believable."It was so unconventional,"he said.可知市長認為這些郵件不可信,因此可以推斷電子郵件威脅是狡猾的,故選A.
29.C 細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第二段It's extremely rare for a major U.S.city to close all its schools because of a threat and it reflected the unease hanging about in Southern California following the terrorist attack that killed 14people at a holiday lunch two weeks ago in San Bernardino.可知洛杉磯關(guān)閉了所有的學(xué)校是因為兩周前在圣貝納迪諾發(fā)生了恐怖襲擊,有十四人死亡,故選C.
30.B 細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第三段Authorities in New York reported receiving the same type of email and decided there was no danger to schoolchildren.Mayor Bill de Blasio concluded the threat contained"nothing believable."It was so unconventional,"he said.可知紐約當(dāng)局做出不同的決定是因為他們認為這樣的威脅是如此的非常規(guī)和令人難以置信,故選B.
31.D 主旨大意題,通讀全文可知本文主要向我們講述了紐約,洛杉磯的學(xué)校收到了威脅,他們關(guān)閉了學(xué)校同時取消上課,故選D.
點評 考查學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.