Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statementsnumbered 1 through 5. For each guestion or statement there are 4 choices marked A. B, C and D.Sussex police were ordered to search for a six-foot, dark-haired youth of about 20 who failed to mug (e) a five-foot, 74-year-old high-fashion designer. The youth rushed at Mrs. West and tried to take herthings and money when she was walking out of a fashion show. The result should have been an expectedconclusion. Surprisingly, however, when Mrs. West grasped the mugger’s wrist (手肠), he cried,“Oh, God!Oh, no! Stop! Encouraged by these pleas (求), she put him in arm lock at which the mugger cried,“Ohno! Oh! God!”and ran away.“lf l hadn’ t been carrying my shopping l would really have put him on hisbacksaid Mrs. West who had practiced judo () when younger,"When my husband was living, I useoto practice throwing him at Christmas”, she explained.
() Why did the youth cry when grasped by the high-fashion designer? Because he.
A)A. was sorry for his failure
B. couldn. t bear the pain and had to ask for mercy
C. felt angry with the high-fashion designer
D. became so excited that he couldn. t help doing so
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