“All of our victims have been defenseless, but to kill children is one step too far. Our children don't deserve this,” said police Charles Moose.(From New York Times)

　　56How many victims had been killed in the series of shootings around Washington before October7th?

　　ASeven. BSix. CNine. DEight.

　　57Why did many parents keep their children at home?

　　ABecause the shooting made them frightened.

　　BBecause the school asked them to do so.

　　CBecause the children were afraid of the shooting.

　　DBecause the parents were worried abort the safety of their children.

　　58The phrase“drop off”in the passage means.

　　Afall off something Bget away from the driver

　　Csend sb. off a car or a bus Dsend the children to school

　　(B)

　　One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to ambit one's mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like “I was wrong about that,” and it is even harder to say, “I was wrong, and you were right about that.” I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a cartons(纸箱).Then he talked of an in cadent and I began to remember the incident he was describing.

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