Holly Ashcratf, 21, from Billings, Mont., faces counts of murder and child abuse in (…1) abandonment of her newborn in a trash bin. Holly, described by the manager of her apartment building as a sweet young woman from Montana, was charged (...2) murder and child abuse in a Los Angelos courtroom Thursday. Police say the full-term boy was born alive before he was put in a cardboard box and placed in a trash bin near a popular USC hangout late Sunday. A homeless man searching for (3…) discovered the child and called the police, authorities said. Ashcraft made a brief court appearance, looking calm and responding in a clear voice to questions from the Judge.
(…4) request of prosecutors, who described her as high flight risk, the bail was raised from $1 million to $2 million . Journalists said they wondered whether, as an (…5) resident , she was even aware of a California law that allows a mother to (…6) an unwanted newborn at any hospital of fire station. USC (…7) James Grant said Ashcraft was a full-time student in her third year. Citing privacy rules, Grant said he could not confirm a police statement that Ashcraft had been suspended because of academic problems but said she has now been suspended, (…8) the outcome of the criminal case. Supervisor on the LA police, Peggy Leberknight, said there quite a few women who don’t want to reveal their pregnancy for ( … 9) reason, and maybe don’t know about law.
1. A. alleged B. so to say C. perhaps D. gossipped
2. A. of b. with C. about D. by
3. A. recycled B. the recycled C. recyclables D. recyclabilities
4. A. By B. At C. On D. Upon
5. A. alien B. out-of-state C. immigrant D. outcast
6. A. relinquish B. abandon C. surrender D. give up
7. A. speaker B. ambassador C. mediator D. spokesman
8. A. waiting B. pending C. foreboding D. foreseeing
9. A. whatever B. no C. nowhere D. every
Keys: 1. A. 2.B .3.C. 4.A,B,C,D. 5.B. 6.A. 7.D. 8.B. 9.A. | 