题目内容
Katherine Ilachinsiki, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast (一阵)of heat exploding from the neighboring tower, was one of those. Despite her 70 years of age, Mrs Ilachinsiki, an architect working on the 91st floor of 2 World Trade Center, the south tower, went for the stairs. Twelve floors above her, Judy Wein, an executive (经理), cried sharply and set off too.
But others up and down the 110 floors, many without seeing the damage across the way and thus unclear about what was happening, were not so sure. And the 18 minutes before the next plane would hit were ticking off.
Most people had no idea about what was the best thing to do, formal announcements inside the south tower asked people to stay put, assuring them that the building was sound and the threat was limited to the other tower.
Some left, others stayed. Some began to climb down and, when met with more announcements and other cautions (警告) to stop or return, went back up. The decisions made in those instants proved to be of great importance, because many who chose to stay were killed completely when the second plane crashed into the south tower.
One of those caught in indecision (犹豫不决) was the executive at Fuji Bank USA.
Richard Jacobs of Fuji Bank left the 79th floor with the other office workers, but on the 48th floor they heard the announcement that the situation was under control. Several got in the lifts and went back up, two minutes or so before the plane crashed into their floor.
“I just don’t know what happened to them,” Mr Jacobs said.
- 1.
From the passage, we know that the south tower was hit by the plane ________.
- A.at 8:30
- B.18 minutes earlier than the north tower
- C.at around 9:06
- D.at 8:48
- A.
- 2.
The underlined words “stay put” means ________.
- A.stay in the building
- B.leave at once
- C.put everything back and then leave
- D.keep silent
- A.
- 3.
Which floor was hit by the second plane?
- A.The 91st floor
- B.The 103rd floor
- C.The 60th floor
- D.The 79th floor
- A.
- 4.
Fewer people would have died if .
- A.more announcements had been made
- B.people hadn’t used the lifts
- C.the attack had happened on a weekend
- D.the people had obeyed the office rules
- A.

Perhaps you have never heard of Katherine Lawes.Katherine was the wife of Lewis Lawes, warden (监狱长) at Sing Sing Prison from 1920 to 1941.In these 21 years he made many reforms --- and an important part of his success was due to his wife Katherine.
Katherine took seriously the idea that the prisoners are human beings ,worthy of attention and respect .She regularly visited inside the walls of Sing Sing.She encouraged the prisoners, took things to them and spent time listening to them.Most importantly, she cared about them.And as a result, they cared deeply about her.
Then one night in October of 1937, news was "telegraphed" between the prison cells that Katherine had been killed in an accident.The prisoners asked the warden to allow them to attend her funeral.He agreed to their strange request and a few days later the south gate of Sing Sing swung slowly open.Hundreds of men who had committed almost every crime imaginable marched slowly out of the prison, later gathered again at the gate and returned to their cells.There were so many that they proceeded unguarded.But no one tried to escape.If he had, the others might have killed him immediately.So devoted were they to Katherine Lawes, the woman who daily walked into Hell to show the men a piece of Heaven.
Katherine’ s strength was to see the men less as prisoners and more as individuals.Thomas Moore once said, "We can only treat badly those things or people whose souls we show no respect for."
【小题1】When Katherine’s husband was the warden at Sing Sing Prison, she did the following things EXCEPT_______________.
A.encouraging the prisoners | B.visiting the prison houses |
C.spending time in listening to the prisoners | D.doing some writing for the prisoner |
A.Because Katherine was the wife of the warden. |
B.Because Katherine didn’t look down upon them and cared about them. |
C.Because Katherine made reforms in the prison. |
D.Because Katherine had been killed by one of them. |
A.The policemen at the funeral. | B.The guards. |
C.The other prisoners. | D.The policemen from other prisons. |
A.To Honor Their Souls | B.Reforms at Sing Sing Prison |
C.To Meet Their Requirement | D. Katherine Lawes’ s Life |