单选题
单选题 Where was the first hero Mr. Todd Beamer traveling on September eleventh?
  • a. He was traveling to Mo Colorado.
  • b. He was traveling to California.
  • c. He was traveling to Florida.
  • d. He was traveling to Arizona.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 26-30 During the September eleventh terrorist attacks on the United States, some people died while trying to save the lives of others. One of them was thirty-two-year-old Todd Beamer, who worked for Oracle computer company. He was traveling to California for business on September eleventh. Normally, Mr. Beamer would have left the night before, but he and his wife Lisa had just returned from a week-long trip to Italy. He wanted to spend some extra time with his two young children. Lisa Beamer told reporters she never received a telephone call from her husband before his plane crashed on September eleventh. Mrs. Beamer said she thought this was strange, because her husband was known for using his personal phone all the time. Later she found out he did try to reach her, but his call mistakenly went to a telephone operator instead. The operator said he sounded brave and calm in his final minutes. She believes that Todd Beamer was one of the passengers who led the effort to fight the hijackers. Another fearless passenger on the same place was thirty-one-year-old Mark Bingham. In college, he played rugby for his school team. Friends told reporters that he even fought with a robber at one time to get a gun out of the man's hands. Mark Bingham called his mother about twenty minutes before the plane crashed. His final words were: "If I don't see you again, I love you all. It doesn't look good." Several women on the plane also tried to fight back. One of the crewmembers was thirty- eight-year-old Sandy Bradshaw. She called her husband, Phil, just minutes before the plane crashed. She said that she and other crewmembers were boiling hot water to throw on the hijackers. Sandy Bradshaw reportedly promised her husband that if she lived, she would leave her job to stay at home with their three children.
单选题 Why did Mrs. Beamer not receive a phone call from Mr. Beamer before the plane crashed?
  • a. Because Mr. Beamer did not want his wife to worry about his dangerous situation.
  • b. Because Mr. Beamer's phone call to his wife mistakenly went to the operator.
  • c. Because Mr. Beamer was too frightened to give his wife a phone call.
  • d. Because it is forbidden for anyone to use mobile phone on a flying plane.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】
单选题 Why did Mr. Beamer postpone his plane from September tenth to September eleventh?
  • a. Because Mr. Beamer wanted to spend more together with his family.
  • b. Because Mr. Beamer returned from Italy one day later than originally planned.
  • c. Because Mr. Beamer did not prepare well for a business trip on September tenth.
  • d. Because an urgent issue in Mr. Beamer's company prevented him from a normal business trip on September tenth.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】
单选题 Which of the following statements is the most reasonable inference about the last words of Mr. Mark Bingham, the second hero reported by the speaker?
  • a. Mr. Mark Bingham did not finish what he had wanted to say to his mother
  • b. Mr. Mark Bingham finished his words and then fought with the hijackers.
  • c. Mr. Mark Bingham did not want his mother to worry about his safety.
  • d. Mr. Mark Bingham believed he was able to subdue the hijackers as he had always been a brave man.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】
单选题 Which of the following statements is not tree about Sandy Bradshaw?
  • a. Sandy Bradshaw regretted that she had worked on the plane.
  • b. Sandy Bradshaw had three children.
  • c. Sandy Bradshaw and her colleagues were boiling hot water to throw on the hijackers.
  • d. Sandy Bradshaw told her husband she would quit her job if she would survive.
【正确答案】 A
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