U.S.— A South African man could face up to 25 years in prison for joking that he was carrying a bomb on an airline, police said Friday.
The 40-year-old man was arrested at Johannesburg airport on Thursday after he told an airhostess on nationwide airliner after take-off from Durban that he had a bomb in his bag.
“We don’t take this sort of thing lightly. He could face a jail term of between five and twenty-five years without the option (选择) of a fine.”
Security precautions (安全措施) were taken against the man — a resident from the wealthy (富有) Johannesburg suburb of Sandown — on the flight.
Airline people didn’t find any explosives or weapons in his bags.
“Security measures at airport and on plane have been intensified（加强） immediately after the recent horrific and tragic terror（恐怖）attacks in America,” a police statement said.
Thousands of people are believed to have died after the hijacked (劫机) airliners flew into the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center in the worst terror attack in U.S. history.
66. The man was arrested because he _______.
- went aboard the plane with a bomb in his bag
- security measures at airport and plane have been intensified.
- was joking at the airport.
- said on the plane that he was carrying a bomb in his bag.
67. The man may _______.
A. serve as many as 25 years in prison
B. get away after paying a large sum of money.
C. get locked up in his wealthy home in Sandown.
D. be ordered to give up his weapons to the police.
68. Security measures have been strengthened at airports in the States to counterattack (反击) ______.
A. air crashes B. smuggling C. terror attacks D. shoplifting
69. This news article is mainly about ________.
A. a terror attack in America
B. a high cost for a joke
C. the bad luck of a rich man
D. the security measures at an airport in America.