On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 26 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she 27 a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 28 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”
Neilson 29.
Pulling open her door, the man seized her 30 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 31 her purse and the keys.
Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a 32, heard the screams and began running .
When they 33 Neilson’s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver’s seat and was 34 searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 35 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no 36 for the two athletic men.
Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 37 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes —— used to tie up newspapers.
With his arms 38 tightly behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 39 , “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves—— you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 40 him and waited for the police.
Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 41 carjacker （劫车者）and suspected murderer, whose 42—— but with a full head of hair—— had been recently printed in their own newspaper.
Neilson considers herself lucky 43 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a 44 ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she says, “many people would 45 have done what they did, and that’s the real truth.”
26. A. bring B. let C. gather D. send
27 A. recognized B. watched C. noticed D. met
28. A. realize B. understand C. imagine D. conclude
29. A. escaped B. struggled C. refused D. obeyed
30. A. by B. around C. with D. on
31. A. burying B. forgetting C. offering D. grabbing
32. A. trip B. visit C. break D. holiday
33. A. started B. stopped C. entered D. reached
34. A. carefully B. madly C. disappointedly D. patiently
35. A. fought B. turned C. jumped D. shouted
36. A. match B. target C. equal D.companion
37. A. remind B. phone C. invite D. beg
38. A. rolled B. folded C. bent D. tied[]
39. A. angrily B. kindly C. coldly D. warmly
40. A. caught B. thanked C. comforted D. ignored
41. A. ordinary B. professional C. honest D.outstanding
42. A. picture B. background C. character D. story
43. A. and B. but C. though D. when
44. A. ridiculous B. similar C. strange D.different
45. A. sometimes B. never C. often D. forever