The vast majority of New Yorkers, however, tried to help strangers, handed out candles, and tried to get through the dark world without traffic lights, refrigerators, water and electrical power．For 24 hours, New York realized how helpless it was without electricity．

　　1．Look at the first paragraph．Who were right, the government officials or the pessimists?

　　A．The government officials

　　B．The pessimists

　　C．Both

　　D．Neither．

　　2．In what way was the blackout of 1977 different from that of 1965?

　　A．There was much more disorder

　　B．This time the electricity supply failed．

　　C．It was quite unexpected

　　D．It came in the cool autumn．

　　3．Why did many persons manage to escape the police?

　　A．Because the police could not see them in the darkness．

　　Many of them carried guns．

　　C．There were not enough policemen to catch them all

　　D．They were hidden inside big buildings．

　　4．The 1977 New York electricity failure lasted______．

　　a whole week

　　B．twenty-four hours

　　C．three days

　　D．a whole night．

　　B

　　After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student．An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him．I agreed．

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