WASHINGTON—A chaotic scene unfolded near the U S．Capitol（美國國會(huì)大廈）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．
小題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．
小題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
小題3:Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word“chaotic”？
A．disorderedB．a(chǎn)ccessibleC．lifelikeD．a(chǎn)rranged
小題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
小題1:C小題1:C小題1:B小題1:A
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A．The prediction of economists.B．The situation of economy
C．The increase of oil priceD．The American response to high price
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D．Many Chinese students are sent abroad for culture exchanges every year.
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To get the latest updates, go to www.unsv.com.
Contributing: James Brooke
小題1:The passage mainly tells us __________.
A．What measures the Japan Government takes to solve the nuclear crisis .
B．Worries and influences caused by the nuclear crisis .
C．With great efforts of scientists , the Japan Government has put the nuclear crisis under control .
D．To explain that the nuclear crisis has less effect on its neighboring countries.
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A．Workers at the nuclear station are suffering the risk of death .
B．People can get cancer from low doses of ionizing radiation, the kind released in a nuclear accident.
C．The radioactive material may be blown over the area causing the pollution to water .
D．The concentration of radioactivity in the seawater can not be diluted.
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A．chemicalB．salt C．dissolutionD．elimination
小題4:According to the passage which of the following is not TRUE ?
A．Water people drink ,food and vegetables people eat may be polluted by nuclear radiation .
B．Japan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on it.
C．You can go to www.unsv.com. to get the latest news .
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A．1B．2C．3D．4
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A．the application of abbreviations will make Chinese popular.
B．the application of abbreviations will attract the youth.
C．the application of abbreviations will not simplify the understanding.
D．the application of abbreviations will not bring Chinese to an end.
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    It is reported that the gunman left a suicide note that was found at his home by relatives． A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity （匿名） said the note indicated that the gunman wanted to “go out in style．”
The shootings broke the usually banal routine of holiday shopping． The gunman was said by some witnesses to have fired about 20 shots into a crowd． Some customers and workers ran screaming from the mall, while others dived into dressing rooms to hide from the shooter．
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小題1: Where did the shooting first come out?
A．In a newspaper B．On the Internet
C．In TV newsD．In a police poster
小題2: What do the underlined words “go out in style” probably mean?
A．go out of the mall in particular clothes
B．walk in the mall with everybody focused on
C．go to a socially event by fashionable means
D．stop his life in a impressive way
小題3: Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Nobody knows why the shooter did so and nothing was found at his home．
B．The city’s mayor happened not to be in the city when the shooting took place．
C．Police arrived at the mall before the shootings were over and rescued customers．
D．The official who showed what the note mean have no request of his own identity．
小題4: We can infer from the passage that ______．
A．There is only one shooter in this event．
B．The shooting created fears among the customers．
C．An important holiday is coming soon．
D．President Bush came here for the shooting．

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