The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He   38   at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11. The police were   39   him.

Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but set her free after she begged him not to take her   40   again and again. "I told him if he hurt me; my little girl wouldn't have a mummy, "she said with tears.

"I just talked to him and tried to   41   him believe me, " Smith said.

She asked Nichols why he chose her. "He said he thought I was an angel(天使)  42   from God, and God asked him to do so. "

Smith even  43   for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was  44   when she made him breakfast and then the two of them watched TV, seeing  45  looking for him. "I cannot   46   that's me on the TV." Nichols told the woman.

Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do. She said, "1 think you should turn yourself in. If you don't, lots of more people are going to get   47  ."

Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.

(二)完形填空(共12分，每小题1分)

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的四个选项中选择能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Ashley Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man   36   her to her door, and put a gun(枪) to her side.

"I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really very   37 ," she said in a TV interview last week.

35. It's time for bed now. Before you sleep, remember to turn off the recorder. Press (按) the    key.

34. The baby stopped           and began to smile when she saw her mother.

A. cry                         B. cried                C. crying                D. to cry

33. My daughter is happy, for she's wearing a           skirt.

A. dirty                B. new                  C. big                         D. thick

32. Would you like some           ?

No, thanks. I'm not thirty at all.

A. bread                       B. water                C. bananas               D. tomatoes

31. Do you know           ? I'm going to see him.

Sorry, I don't know.

A. where does Mr. Li live                                B. where did Mr. Li live

C. where Mr. Li lives                            D. where Mr. Li lived

30. Excuse me, can you tell me the answer to this question?

   Sorry, I can't do it now. I have to           about it.

A. talk                   B. think                 C. write                  D. worry

29. In the bookshop, a reader asked the shopkeeper           《Who Moved My Cheese》 was an interesting book.

A. that                  B. how                        C. what                 D. if

28. How bright and clean your room is!

   Thank you. Our room           every day.

A. cleans               B. cleaned               C. is cleaned              D. is cleaning