第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。                         A
Jersey City, New Jersey, Nov.10
An underworld leader Gelato and three bodyguards were gunned down Thursday by unknown attackers after a short gun battle.
Gelato and two of the bodyguards died immediately, the police said, while the third body-guard remains in serious condition at Margaret Haig Hospital.
The only eyewitness(目击者) told the police the three or four gunmen were dressed in overalls and hard hats like building workers. One pulled a light machine gun out of a bag and sprayed the four with bullets, the witness said. The other gunmen fired handguns.
Three of the men fell immediately, but one of the bodyguards managed to pull his handgun and returned the fire before being shot himself, the witness said.
The gunmen then jumped into a black car and drove off. Police said the car was later found in Stegmen Street.
Police sources said the 48-year-old Gelato was the leader of a new crime syndicate (犯罪团伙), challenging the city gangsters(暴徒) for control of the city. The city gangsters decided to get rid of him. Killers were brought in from outside the state to do the job.
Police are now waiting to question the surviving bodyguard when he came back to life.
Gelato had a long police record with his first arrest when he was 14 years old. He served a total of 17 years in prison for different crimes, from illegal possession of guns to armed robbery.
56. The murder took place in ____.
A. the United States B. Canada       C. Australia    D. England
57. Altogether, ____ were killed in the gun battle.
A. three people, Gelato and two gunmen
B. three people, Gelato and his two bodyguards.
C. four people, Gelato and three gunmen
D. four people, Gelato and his three bodyguards
58. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Nobody knew exactly how many people took part in the murder.
B. Many people saw the gun battle when it began
C. The gun battle lasted for quite a long time
D. The bodyguards didn’t have any reaction before they were shot down.
59. The reason why they killed Gelato was that ____.
A. he served so many years in prison for different crimes
B. he would be arrested again by the police
C. he had killed some of the city gangsters
D. he wanted to control the city against the city gangsters
60. Why didn’t they take the job of murder themselves, but brought killers from other states?
A. They were afraid of Gelato and his men.
B. They didn’t have the proper opportunity.
C. They didn’t want themselves to get into trouble.
D. They never killed any men themselves.