No one in the United States could forget the sorrowful story, April 14th, 1865
36 Abraham Lincoln was murdered.
The night after a very busy
37 , the President and his wife went to Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C where a new play was to be put on.
Near the theatre
38 a 25-year-old unsuccessful actor named John Wilkes Booth, who was strongly against the North though he hadn’t fought
39 the South himself. As the play
40 after a moment of rest, Booth came into the theatre. He walked slowly and quietly
41 the door through which he could see the President’s
42. He looked
43 carefully so as to find the guards
44 task was to protect the President from the enemy. To his joy, there was none of
45 and nobody noticed him. He reached the door quickly and began to get hold of the gun
46 in his pocket.
It was quiet in the theatre and everyone
47 his eyes on the stage. Suddenly a terrible sound of
48 broke in on the play. It surprised everyone and soon they looked
49 where the sound had just come .Smoke was seen coming out of the President’s box, where the
50 had enjoyed the play. Right away the theatre was full of shouting and excited people. Soldiers hurried in to
_51 the building, but it was too
52 ! The murderer had already
53 from the box onto the stage, from which then he hurriedly ran out of the theatre and soon disappeared in the
54_.
The news came that Lincoln, whom the people had
55 to love as an inspiring leader and a wise, warm-hearted, honest man, was short in the chest and died early the next morning.
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| 小题4: | | A．against | B．with | C．for | D．under |
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| 小题5: | | A．stopped | B．started | C．lasted | D．ended |
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| 小题6: | | A．towards | B．into | C．up | D．over |
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| 小题8: | | A．around | B．behind | C．back | D．forward |
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| 小题9: | | A．which | B．whose | C．that | D．their |
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| 小题10: | | A．guards | B．them | C．people | D．soldiers |
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| 小题11: | | A．hidden | B．put | C．kept | D．lain |
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| 小题12: | | A．put | B．fixed | C．made | D．fastened |
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| 小题15: | | A．wife | B．guard | C．Lincolns | D．President |
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| 小题16: | | A．search | B．enclose | C．search for | D．looked at |
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| 小题17: | | A．noisy | B．dark | C．late | D．smoky |
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| 小题18: | | A．went | B．rushed | C．run | D．jumped |
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| 小题19: | | A．building | B．dark | C．crowds | D．country |
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| 小题20: | | A．wanted | B．gone | C．come | D．meant |
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