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(jiàn))．

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(假發(fā)) 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

Ⅰ. 1. 解析：選A。聯(lián)系下文“Yes, I believe in God.”可知，此處是問(wèn)是否相信上帝。care for關(guān)心；在乎，fight against反對(duì)， rely on依靠。

2. 解析：選C。聯(lián)系后文可知，因?yàn)樗f(shuō)了相信上帝，她獻(xiàn)出了自己的生命，因此此處說(shuō)她以自己的生命作為代價(jià)。

3. 解析：選B。聯(lián)系文章最后兩句“Cassia did not have a chance to respond；the gunman had already shot her dead”可知，“我相信上帝”是它說(shuō)的最后一句話。

4. 解析：選D。聯(lián)系上文的內(nèi)容可知，那是“我”對(duì)事件的描述。

5. 解析：選A。聯(lián)系空前的the Washington Post可知，華盛頓郵報(bào)對(duì)此事進(jìn)行了報(bào)道。

6. 解析：選A。聯(lián)系空后的out of ugly prejudices可知，他們對(duì)受害者是有選擇的。

7. 解析：選C。根據(jù)文意可知，他們是出于丑惡的偏見(jiàn)才采取這樣的行動(dòng)的。

8. 解析：選B。媒體集中于殺人者對(duì)少數(shù)種族和運(yùn)動(dòng)員的仇視，其實(shí)也有其他原因。

9. 解析：選D。聯(lián)系空前的hostility和空后的as much可知，他們對(duì)基督徒的仇視一點(diǎn)也不少。

10. 解析：選A�？蘸笫蔷唧w的數(shù)字，因此這里講的是統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字。

11. 解析：選B。the dramatic decision在這里指的是寧愿被殺死，也要說(shuō)自己信奉上帝的生死抉擇。

12. 解析：選A。聯(lián)系下文“in which the hero dies a martyr's(殉教的) __13__”可知，因?yàn)椤队赂业男摹返闹魅斯珵榻塘x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．..death為固定搭配，意為“死得……”。

14. 解析：選C。聯(lián)系空后的have made into wigs for cancer patients可知，她把自己的頭發(fā)留起來(lái)，以準(zhǔn)備將來(lái)把它剪下來(lái)留給癌癥病人。dress up裝扮；打扮；put up 張貼；建立；make smart弄整潔。

15. 解析：選B。聯(lián)系空后的through chemotherapy可知，癌癥病人因?yàn)榛煂?dǎo)致頭發(fā)沒(méi)有了。

16. 解析：選A。因?yàn)樗泻苌畹淖诮绦叛�，再�?lián)系空后的at West Pool's Community Church可知，她在教會(huì)是非常積極活躍的。

17. 解析：選B。聯(lián)系空后的a Bible to school可知，她每天帶《圣經(jīng)》到學(xué)校。

18. 解析：選D。burst in意為“沖進(jìn)來(lái)”，說(shuō)明暴徒的瘋狂。

19. 解析：選C。聯(lián)系空后的his gun at Cassia可知，是用槍指著Gassia。

20. 解析：選A。pause意為“稍微停頓”，符合此時(shí)她在考慮是說(shuō)假話保全性命還是說(shuō)真話維護(hù)自己的信仰。

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