【題目】LAS VEGAS — It was different in the light of day.

There was no ‘pop, pop, pop’ of gunfire, no screams. Just a quiet lot of cars abandoned by those, like Kassidy Owen, who escaped with their lives.

“It’s strange to hear the silence,” Owen said, “because all I remember was the noise.”

The 22-year-old was one of dozens of concertgoers who returned to the scene of the Route 91 Harvest festival on Wednesday morning to fetch the vehicles they left behind as they fled from a gunman raining down bullets from high above in the tower of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.

Survivors of the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday needed their cars to move on with their lives — to get back to work, to school, home. It was the first time they were returning to a scene that would forever change them, when joy and celebration and music turned into killing and horror.

Before they could move forward, they had to go back to the place where they thought they were going to die.

Owen had run to her car to hide and had tried to drive away, but she couldn’t. People were running, bodies dropped to the ground, and cars bottlenecked in the parking lot. During a brief pause after more than 10 minutes of gunfire, she worried the lights of her SUV made everyone inside a shining target.

“They’re shooting again!” her best friend’s brother screamed. “‘Turn off the car!’”

That’s when she got out and fled.

“I just remember shutting the door and running,” Owen said.

Now, nearly three days later, she was back, sitting in the driver’s seat of her SUV. Her eyes were swollen and red. This was a long way from over.

“You just keep hearing the gunshots in your head,” Owen said.

1Why did Kassidy Owen return to the scene of terror?

A. To get back her car for daily life.

B. To show sympathy to the victims.

C. To search for her missing friends.

D. To look into the cause of the shooting.

2Where was the gunman when the mass shooting happened?

A. Behind a car. B. In the parking lot.

C. On the stage. D. In a tall building.

3Why did Owen keep hearing the gunshots in her head?

A. Because she had escaped being caught.

B. Because she wanted to find the gunman.

C. Because she couldn’t rid herself of those terrible scenes.

D. Because she had saved others’ lives by turning off the car.

4Where is the text probably taken from?

A. A story book. B. A newspaper.

C. A guide book. D. A research report.

【答案】

1A

2D

3C

4B

【解析】本文屬于社會(huì)熱點(diǎn)話題。本文主要介紹拉斯維加斯音樂會(huì)槍擊事件。

1A

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段中的“…needed their cars to move on with their lives — to get back to work, to school, home. It was the first time they were returning to a scene that would forever change them” 槍擊事件的幸存者需要他們的汽車?yán)^續(xù)他們的生活——重返工作崗位,回到學(xué)校,回到家中,及第六段中“Before they could move forward, they had to go back to the place where they thought they were going to die.” 在他們能夠前進(jìn)之前,他們必須回到他們認(rèn)為他們將要死去的地方。分析這兩處可知他們?nèi)ツ莾壕褪菫榱四芑謴?fù)生活生活。故選A .

2D

. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段中的“…they fled from a gunman raining down bullets from high above in the tower of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.”注意這里的tower指的是a tall, narrow building。他們在街對面的曼德勒海灣賭場度假村大樓里出來的槍手的子彈下逃離的。選D(高大的建筑物里即塔里)

3C

 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章中的語句“Her eyes were swollen and red. This was a long way from over.” 現(xiàn)在,過去了三天,她回來了,坐在她的SUV的駕駛座上。她的眼睛紅腫。還要好久才忘記這一切。 “You just keep hearing the gunshots in your head,” Owen said.你腦子里一直聽到槍聲。從這兩處可知,槍擊聲不停地出現(xiàn)在Owen的腦海中是因?yàn)樗裏o法忘掉自身經(jīng)歷的恐怖槍擊場景。C項(xiàng)(因?yàn)樗裏o法擺脫那些可怕的場面。)符合題意,故選C。

4B

推理判斷題。由文章第一段結(jié)構(gòu)和全文內(nèi)容可知,這是介紹拉斯維加斯音樂會(huì)槍擊事件,故其是選自新聞媒體,因此選B。

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