Question

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.

1.	A．as B．where C．when D．how

2.	A．time B．work C．day D．hour

3.	A．lived B．stayed C．stood D．worked

4.	A．against B．with C．for D．under

5.	A．stopped B．started C．lasted D．ended

6.	A．towards B．into C．up D．over

7.	A．face B．wife C．box D．hat

8.	A．around B．behind C．back D．forward

9.	A．which B．whose C．that D．their

10.	A．guards B．them C．people D．soldiers

11.	A．hidden B．put C．kept D．lain

12.	A．put B．fixed C．made D．fastened

13.	A．gun B．cry C．shot D．noise

14.	A．at B．up C．down D．to

15.	A．wife B．guard C．Lincolns D．President

16.	A．search B．enclose C．search for D．looked at

17.	A．noisy B．dark C．late D．smoky

18.	A．went B．rushed C．run D．jumped

19.	A．building B．dark C．crowds D．country

20.	A．wanted B．gone C．come D．meant

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.C

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】略