63. What did the author think of
his theft?
A. He was afraid of being punished.
B. He thought he had to do it.
C. He believed that the law would allow him to do so.
D. He did it with pride.
C
He was killed 45 years ago. Since then his memory has been clouded by
dark tales of affairs with the likes of Marilyn Monroe (玛莉莲·梦露), and links with the Mafia(黑手党).
But the myth(神话)of John F. Kennedy, the 35th
President of the US,
will not disappear. As America
marked the anniversary of his death in Dallas,
Texas ,on November 22,1963
,questions were still being asked.
The official conclusion was
that Lee Harvey Oswald, who worked at a Dallas
book storehouse, murdered Kennedy. But all kinds of other ideas have been put
forward as to what happened and why.
Some people believe Oswald
was a madman, who spent some time in Russia
and was an admirer of Fidel Castro, president of Cuba. It is said he was inspired by
James Bond's spy novels and killed Kennedy as a gift for Castro.
But Oswald's brother thought he was a sad and lonely man who murdered
the president to get attention and show off his shooting skills.
Meanwhile, some experts said that Oswald was really aiming for Texas
Governor John Connally. He was said to have been angry with Connally, who was
also secretary of the navy, over how he had been forced to leave the service.
A large number of people think the truth has been covered up on purpose
;even now, surveys show that more than half of Americans believe that Oswald
was not working alone. An investigation (调查)found that four shots were fired
,with one shot coming from the building that Oswald was in.
But two days after the murder, Oswald himself was killed by Jack
Rubinstein, a night-club owner. Rubinstein had Mafia connections and this has
led to the theory that they were actually responsible for killing Kennedy.
Lyndon Johnson, who became president after Kennedy, has also been
accused of being behind it all. According to reports, Johnson was sworn in (宣誓就职) even before Kennedy's death was announced. "We have a really
tough decision that we don't want to face. There was a conspiracy(合谋)and people want an answer, " said Barr McClellan, who has written
a book about the murder.
"The myth is very powerful," said Robert Dallek, a historian
at Boston University, who has just published a
book about Kennedy. "He was the first president to appear on television.
He is frozen in our minds aged 46, forever young, energetic and charming.
"