英语六级考试冲刺阅读精选十
<p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="spectacular">spectacular</span> <span word="terrorist">terrorist</span> <span word="episodes">episodes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="history">history</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bombing">bombing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Trade">Trade</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1993 <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="radicals">radicals</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="aroused">aroused</span> <span word="anxiety">anxiety</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="posed">posed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="nations">nations</span> <span word="hostile">hostile</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>. <span word="Six">Six</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="blast">blast</span>， <span word="which">which</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> $600 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="property">property</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="damage">damage</span>. <span word="Trials">Trials</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="convicted">convicted</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="attack">attack</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span>-<span word="sponsored">sponsored</span> <span word="terrorism">terrorism</span>， <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ample">ample</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> <span word="terrorism">terrorism</span>. <span word="Early">Early</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 20<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>， <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="William">William</span> <span word="Dudley">Dudley</span> <span word="openly">openly</span> <span word="espoused">espoused</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="philosophy">philosophy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="revolutionary">revolutionary</span> <span word="violence">violence</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="late">late</span> 1960<span word="s">s</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="early">early</span> 1970<span word="s">s</span>， <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latter">latter</span> <span word="stages">stages</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="involvement">involvement</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Vietnam">Vietnam</span> <span word="War">War</span>， <span word="some">some</span> <span word="terrorist">terrorist</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="bombed">bombed</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="campuses">campuses</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="corporation">corporation</span> <span word="headquarters">headquarters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="City">City</span>.</p><p> <span word="Between">Between</span> 1978 <span word="and">and</span> 1995， <span word="an">an</span> <span word="anarchist">anarchist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="terrorist">terrorist</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Unabomber">Unabomber</span> <span word="planted">planted</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="mailed">mailed</span> <span word="homemade">homemade</span> <span word="bombs">bombs</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> 3 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wounded">wounded</span> 23 <span word="others">others</span> <span word="in">in</span> 16 <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="incidents">incidents</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Unabomber">Unabomber</span>， <span word="who">who</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="allegiance">allegiance</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="radical">radical</span> <span word="environmentalists">environmentalists</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="others">others</span> <span word="opposed">opposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="effects">effects</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="industrialization">industrialization</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>， <span word="targeted">targeted</span> <span word="university">university</span> <span word="professors">professors</span>， <span word="corporate">corporate</span> <span word="executives">executives</span>， <span word="and">and</span> <span word="computer">computer</span> <span word="merchants">merchants</span>.</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="April">April</span> 1996 <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="agents">agents</span> <span word="arrested">arrested</span> <span word="Theodore">Theodore</span> <span word="Kaczynski">Kaczynski</span>， <span word="a">a</span> <span word="suspect">suspect</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Unabomber">Unabomber</span>. <span word="Kaczynski">Kaczynski</span>， <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span>-<span word="educated">educated</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="math">math</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="recluse">recluse</span>， <span word="pled">pled</span> <span word="guilty">guilty</span> <span word="to">to</span> 13 <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="charges">charges</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1998 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="exchange">exchange</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="agreement">agreement</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="prosecutors">prosecutors</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="seek">seek</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="penalty">penalty</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="sentencing">sentencing</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="sentenced">sentenced</span> <span word="Kaczynski">Kaczynski</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="plus">plus</span> 30 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ordered">ordered</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> $15 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="restitution">restitution</span>.</p>
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