WASHINGTON—A chaotic scene unfolded near the U S．Capitol（美国国会大厦）on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly．
U S．Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt．Kim Schneider said the unidentified 35-year-old man sped away in a white car after being stopped a few blocks from the Capitol．The man drove the wrong way down a street and crashed into a police car in a heavily guarded area about a block north of the Capitol grounds，striking two officers with his car along the way，she said．    Police then opened fire after seeing the man hold up his handgun and refuse to put it down，said Schneider，who described the melee（人群）as“very fast moving”．“The officers felt they were being threatened-they were in fear for their lives，”Schneider said．
She did not know if the man ever fired at police．He was taken to a hospital，where he was pronounced dead．
The officers who were hit——one of whom was on a motorcycle——had minor injuries，Schneider said．
The late afternoon scare occurred as lawmakers were wrapping up a third day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor．Police briefly closed up part of the Capiltol as a precaution，but the buildings were reopened about a half—hour later．Authorities said the shooting was not related to the Capitol．
Carol Lanigan，of Toledo，Ohio，described how she save a white car come flying down the street with two police cars chasing it．She said she heard about four or five shots．
“There were so many gunshots being fired，my family got down．”said Robert Drumm of Oklahoma，who was touring the nation’s capital with his family．
Numerous emergency vehicles came together quickly on the area．
Lanigan’s husband，Dale Lanigan，described a similar scene，saying that as the car sped past him the driver had one hand on the wheel and it looked like he was reaching for something．
【小题1】What can be learned from the passage？

   WASHINGTON—A chaotic scene unfolded near the U S．Capitol（美国国会大厦）on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly．

    U S．Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt．Kim Schneider said the unidentified 35-year-old man sped away in a white car after being stopped a few blocks from the Capitol．The man drove the wrong way down a street and crashed into a police car in a heavily guarded area about a block north of the Capitol grounds，striking two officers with his car along the way，she said．    Police then opened fire after seeing the man hold up his handgun and refuse to put it down，said Schneider，who described the melee（人群）as“very fast moving”．“The officers felt they were being threatened-they were in fear for their lives，”Schneider said．

    She did not know if the man ever fired at police．He was taken to a hospital，where he was pronounced dead．

    The officers who were hit——one of whom was on a motorcycle——had minor injuries，Schneider said．

    The late afternoon scare occurred as lawmakers were wrapping up a third day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor．Police briefly closed up part of the Capiltol as a precaution，but the buildings were reopened about a half—hour later．Authorities said the shooting was not related to the Capitol．

    Carol Lanigan，of Toledo，Ohio，described how she save a white car come flying down the street with two police cars chasing it．She said she heard about four or five shots．

    “There were so many gunshots being fired，my family got down．”said Robert Drumm of Oklahoma，who was touring the nation’s capital with his family．

    Numerous emergency vehicles came together quickly on the area．

    Lanigan’s husband，Dale Lanigan，described a similar scene，saying that as the car sped past him the driver had one hand on the wheel and it looked like he was reaching for something．

What can be learned from the passage？

    A．Three police officers were hurt in the shooting．

    B．The shooting had something to do with the Capitol．

    C．The Capitol was unprotected when the gunshot happened．

    D．The gunshot case had nothing to do with the Capitol．

When the case happened，     ．

    A．CaroI Lanigan heard five shots exactly

    B．many emergency vehicles appeared in the area

    C．Robert Drumm stopped to tour the nation’s capital by himself

    D．Carol Lanigan didn’t come to the scene

Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word“chaotic”？

    A．disordered       B．accessible       C．lifelike     D．arranged

Which of the following is the best title of the passage？

    A．A police accident near the U．S．Capitol

    B．Defend the U．S．Capitol

    C．Police chasing the peace breaker

    D．Armed man was shot near the Capitol by police

   WASHINGTON—A chaotic scene unfolded near the U S．Capitol（美国国会大厦）on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly．

    U S．Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt．Kim Schneider said the unidentified 35-year-old man sped away in a white car after being stopped a few blocks from the Capitol．The man drove the wrong way down a street and crashed into a police car in a heavily guarded area about a block north of the Capitol grounds，striking two officers with his car along the way，she said．    Police then opened fire after seeing the man hold up his handgun and refuse to put it down，said Schneider，who described the melee（人群）as“very fast moving”．“The officers felt they were being threatened-they were in fear for their lives，”Schneider said．

    She did not know if the man ever fired at police．He was taken to a hospital，where he was pronounced dead．

    The officers who were hit——one of whom was on a motorcycle——had minor injuries，Schneider said．

    The late afternoon scare occurred as lawmakers were wrapping up a third day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor．Police briefly closed up part of the Capiltol as a precaution，but the buildings were reopened about a half—hour later．Authorities said the shooting was not related to the Capitol．

    Carol Lanigan，of Toledo，Ohio，described how she save a white car come flying down the street with two police cars chasing it．She said she heard about four or five shots．

    “There were so many gunshots being fired，my family got down．”said Robert Drumm of Oklahoma，who was touring the nation’s capital with his family．

    Numerous emergency vehicles came together quickly on the area．

    Lanigan’s husband，Dale Lanigan，described a similar scene，saying that as the car sped past him the driver had one hand on the wheel and it looked like he was reaching for something．

1.What can be learned from the passage？

    A．Three police officers were hurt in the shooting．

    B．The shooting had something to do with the Capitol．

    C．The Capitol was unprotected when the gunshot happened．

    D．The gunshot case had nothing to do with the Capitol．

2.When the case happened，     ．

    A．CaroI Lanigan heard five shots exactly

    B．many emergency vehicles appeared in the area

    C．Robert Drumm stopped to tour the nation’s capital by himself

    D．Carol Lanigan didn’t come to the scene

3.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word“chaotic”？

    A．disordered     B．accessible    C．lifelike       D．arranged

4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage？

    A．A police accident near the U．S．Capitol

    B．Defend the U．S．Capitol

    C．Police chasing the peace breaker

    D．Armed man was shot near the Capitol by police

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　　A hotel worker went on a shooting rampage at a Tampa(坦帕,美国港市) hotel on Thursday, killing four co-workers in the hotel and a woman in a nearby parking lot, police said. The gunman also wounded three people before he was taken into custody (拘留). Police said this latest one in a series of mass (人数极多的) shootings in the United States, began about mid-afternoon at the Radisson Bay Harbour on Courtney Campbell. Witnesses (目击者) described a chaotic (处于混乱状态的)scene as the gunman fired shots in the lobby and pool area of the hotel before commandeering (强取) a car and fleeing. “I came here from New York City to escape the craziness there and wound up in one of the most insane (疯狂的) situations I have ever been in,” a witness to the shootings told local media (大众传媒). Police said the gunman fled to a nearby restaurant parking lot, where he shot and killed a woman and took another car. The gun-man, who had two weapons, was quickly cornered by pursuing (追捕,追赶) police and offered no resistance when he was taken into custody. It was the worst shooting rampages in Tampa since May of 1998, when a man who had been arrested as a suspect (嫌疑犯) in the shooting death of his four-year-old son escaped from police custody and shot to death three police officers. That assailant (攻击者) ,Hank Earl Cart, held police at bay for four hours at a gas station north of Tampa before killing himself.

　　The hotel killings were the latest in a series of mass shootings in the United States. last month, in the worst mass murder in Hawaii’s history, a 15-year employee of Xerox shot seven men to death at the Honolulu warehouse where he worked. In September a gunman killed seven people at a youth group at the crowded Wedgwood Baptist Church in Texas before turning the gun on himself. And in July a gunman described as a depressed (沮丧的) person killed nine people in Atlanta before turning the gun on himself. He had earlier killed his wife and two children in a suburb.

1．There are ________ people killed in the Tampa hotel shootings.

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2．The word “rampage” (Sentence 1, Para. 1) most probablymeans ________.

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3．The passage is probably found in ________.

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4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

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A．There are a series of mass shootings in the United States.

B．The shooting at a Tampa hotel is the worst one up to now.

C．Many gunmen killed themselves after shooting people dead.

D．The gunman in Atlanta case killed nine people before he killed his family members.

5．The passage mainly tells us about ________.

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A．hotel shootings in America

B．the latest shootings in America

C．serious shootings in American

D．the worst shooting in America