I decided a few months ago that I was going to treat myself to a 4-day getaway from Los Angeles and visit Chicago. I got a free airplane ticket, but had to pay the hotel in cash, which I really couldn’t afford. I found a travel website where a discounted 3-night stay was purchased from a recently opened hotel.

About three weeks before the trip, I had to regretfully cancel and only then realized the room, while transferable (可转手的) to another person, couldn't be changed to a later date and wasn't refundable. For the next two weeks I tried selling it on Craig's list with no success. Five days before the "big weekend", I gave up trying to get any money back and decided I'd contact some acquaintances who live in Chicago and offer someone a free "staycation". After trying a handful of people all of whom already had their own plans, I was determined to have the room not go to waste.

That's when it suddenly occurred to me that I was looking at the rooms in the wrong way. Instead of viewing them for vacation purposes, surely there must be a way to put them to good use, and that was when the idea that some sort of shelter might be able to use it. I eventually found one whose focus is aiding victims of domestic violence. This particular one was willing to listen to my out-of-left-field story and made it easier to transfer the rooms. The shelter was working with a desperate woman and her daughter, who were fortunately able to make use of the room. I was later told by the shelter "they had a blast".

1.We can learn from paragraph 1 that the author______.

A. planed to go on business in Chicago

B. bought his flight using credit cards

C. had a light budget for his holiday

D. employed someone from a website

2.What happened to his plan three weeks before the trip?

A. The room reservation was canceled.

B. The author couldn't make the trip.

C. The hotel was no longer available.

D. The author regretted making the plan.

3.What did the author finally do with his room reservation?

A. He sold it to someone on vacation.

B. He used it for domestic violence.

C. He put it off to a later holiday time.

D. He donated it to needy strangers.

4.From the underlined sentence in the last paragraph, we can infer that______.

A. the women were grateful for the room

B. the program was shocked by the event

C. the shelter was asking for more rooms

D. the author was unhappy with the result

.Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
At 1:30 p.m.on March 31, 1981, John Hinckley Jr.stepped from a crowd of onlookers and tried to kill Ronald Reagan, the president of the United States.Although he failed, he did cause injury to the president.The crime was committed in clear view of many people.__________, at the end of his trial, Hinckley was found not _________ by reason of insanity(精神失常).Instead of prison, Hinckley was sent to a mental hospital, where he remains.
The judgment in Hinckley’s case did more than annoy a few people.It ______ a nationwide debate about whether people accused of a crime can claim they were insane when they did it.If they were capable of _______ and then committing a crime, how could they later claim to have been insane? One starting point is to identify what insane means in a U.S.court of law.
Very young children cannot be ______ if they do not know right from wrong, because they cannot be held morally responsible for their actions.For most people, moral responsibility comes with age and maturity.Psychologists, however, say that there are some adults who cannot recognize right from wrong.Since these adults cannot tell the ______, they should not be held morally responsible for their actions.In a U.S.court of law, an adult like this may be considered insane.Hinckley was judged insane because _______ determined that his mind was not functioning like a(n) _______ adult’s so he had no idea what he was doing.Instead of spending the rest of his life in prison, Hinckley would be committed to a mental hospital, where he could be treated for his illness.
People who are against the use of an insanity defense say that criminals like Hinckley do know what they are doing._____ of the insanity defense say that everyone who commits a serous crime like Hinckley’s could be said to be mentally ill.Otherwise, the person would not commit the crime _______.There are many people who struggle with severe mental illness who do not commit crimes.The illnesses should not be used as a(n) ______ for violent behavior.
People who _______ the insanity defense believe that mental illnesses are not always treatable.Psychologists have been able to detect patterns of behavior.These mental detectives have _____ evidence that a person can be insane but seem normal.Hinckley and others with ______ conditions suffer from delusions(错觉).Even though people with delusions may seem normal, the world does not appear to them as it does to other people.Therefore, experts say, such people cannot be held to the rules of behavior other people are held to.Their punishments should be _____.
1.A. Therefore B. However C. Otherwise D. Moreover
2.A. hurt B. healthy C. safe D. guilty
3.A. kicked off B. cleared up C. let out D. put away
4.A. confessing B. starting C. planning D. discovering
5.A. sentenced B. punished C. annoyed D. defended
6.A. insanity B. truth C. responsibility D. difference
7.A. judges B. psychologists C. experts D. detectives
8.A. mature B. independent C. normal D. capable
9.A. Opponents B. Onlookers C. Victims D. Researchers
10.A. on the contrary B. by this means C. in the first placeD. at the same time
11.A. example B. excuse C. defense D. idea
12.A. study B. refuse C. transform D. support
13.A. destroyed B. compared C. examined D. gathered
14.A. realistic B. ordinary C. similar D. treatable
15.A. severe B. negotiable C. acceptable D. legal

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