Wednesday, October 29,2008.
The United States federal government had two young men in
the state of Tennessee arrested on October 22 on unknown charges.
In court documents published on Monday, it came to light
that the men had discussed attacking an African – American school and killing
14 of them.
Another crime was about planning to murder Presidential
candidate Barack Obama. According to their affidavits (口供),
the suspects’ “final act of violence” would be like this: when they attacked
Obama they would wear white suits and top hats and drive “their vehicle as fast
as they could toward Obama shooting at him from the windows.”
The two suspects are Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena,
Arkansas and Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tennessee. According to the court
papers, they met last month over the Internet through a friend. Schlesselman
and Cowart are believed to share “very strong views” about White Power.
Schlesselman listed “being racist” as his occupation on his
MySpace page. He further wrote: “I'm white. I'm proud. I get angry. I like
guns.”
Cowart also had a MySpace page on which photos of guns were
presented under a heading of “My Guns”. On his page he wrote, “Better to die
quick fighting on your feet than to live forever begging on your knees.”
Some have questioned the pair's ability to carry out the
charged plan, but authorities have been very concerned about Obama as the first
black presidential candidate from a major party.
“We honestly don't know if they had the ability or the
skill to carry out the kind of plan that they talked about.” said Malcolm
Wiley, of the United Satates Secret Service in an interview with The New York
Times. “But we take any threat seriously no matter how big or how small it is.”
Cowart and Schlesselman are scheduled to appear before a
judge on Thursady.
1.The passage is mainly about____________.
A．Americans’ attitudes towards Barack
Obarma B．two young men
planning to commit violence
C．the violence in the United
States
D．the disadvantages of the Internet
2.From the passage, we can know that the two young
men_________.
A．shot 14 students in an African – American school
B．came from the state of Tennessee
C．were proud of Barack
Obama
D．have not been sentenced yet
3.Which of the following shows the right order of the
events?
a．The two suspects were arrested.
b．The two suspects will be tried in the court.
c．Cowart set up his MySpace page on the Internet.
d．Malcolm Wiley was interviewed by The New York
Times.
A．a; b; c; d B．d;
c; b; a C．c;
a; d; b D．c;
a; b; d
4.What can we infer from the news?
A．Most of the white
people in the United States don’t like Barack Obama.
B．The two young men planned to shoot President
Barack Obama.
C．The two young men were innocent in fact.
D．The two young men strongly believed that the
president should be a white man
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