Wrongly Convicted Man and His Accuser Tell Their Story

　　NEW YORK, NY, January 5,2010. St, Martin's Press has announced the release of the paperback edition of Picking Cotton, a remarkable true story of what novelist John Grisham calls an "account of violence, rage, redemption (救赎), and, ultimately forgiveness".

　　The story began in 1987, in Burlington, North Carolina, with the rape of a young white college student named Jennifer Thompson. During her ordeal, Thompson swore to herself that she would never forget the face of her rapist, a man who climbed through the window of her apartment and assaulted her brutally.46 When the police asked her if she could identify the assailant (袭击者) from a book of mug shots, she picked one that she was sure was correct, and later she identified the same man in a lineup.

　　Based on her convincing eye witness testimony, a 22-year-old black man named Ronald Cotton was sentenced to prison for two life terms. Cotton's lawyer appealed the decision, and by the time of the appeals hearing, evidence had come to light suggesting that the real rapist might have been a man who looked very like Cotton, an imprisoned criminal named Bobby Poole. 47 Jennifer Thompson looked at both men face to face, and once again said that Ronald Cotton was the one who raped her.

　　Eleven years later, DNA evidence completely exonerated (证明……清白 ) Cotton and just as unequivocally ( 明确地) convicted Poole, who confessed to the crime.48 "The man I was so sure I had never seen in my life was the man who was inches from my throat, who raped me, who hurt me, who took my spirit away, who robbed me of my soul," she wrote. "And the man I had identified so surely on so many occasions was absolutely innocent."

　　49 Remarkably both were able to put this tragedy behind them, overcome the racial barrier that divided them, and write a book, which they have subtitled "Our memoir of injustice and redemption".

　　Nevertheless, Thompson says, she still lives "with constant pain that my profound mistake cost him so dearly.50"

　　A. Jennifer Thompson decided to meet Cotton and apologize to him personally.

　　B. Many criminals are sent to prison on the basis of accurate testimony by eye witnesses.

　　C. I cannot begin to imagine what would have happened had my mistaken identification

　　occurred in a capital case.

　　D. Another trial was held.

　　E. Thompson was shocked and devastated.

　　F. During the attack, she made an effort to memorize every detail of his face, looking for scars, tattoos (纹身), or other identifying marks.

　　46.F。该空前一句讲到“****犯从窗户爬上来，袭击了她”，空格处就应填入与袭击(assault)相关的语义。选项F中的attack与assault有语义上的承接关系，并根据文章语义，可知这里填入F是最合适的。

　　47.D。该空前面提到在appeal hearing(起诉听证会)上，有证据表明真正的****犯或许另有其人。空格处应该是对这一语义进行顺承，选项D中的another承接了appeal hearin9，并且“再一次举行了听证会”也能顺承全文的语义。因此本题答案为D。

　　48.E。空格前讲到ll年后，DNA的测验结果表明****犯真的另有其人。引号中空格后谈论Jennifer懊恼的心情：那个她自己确认从未见过的人却是离她咫尺之遥，袭击她，伤害她，夺走了她的灵魂。显然真正的罪犯自投罗网让她十分震惊。因此此处填入E来表示她崩溃的心情最为合适。

　　49.A。空格后讲到两个人将这一个悲剧置之身后(put the tragedy behind them)，并跨越了种族障碍。接着下一段用nevertheless表示转折，表示尽管如此，Jennifer仍然时常感到痛苦。因此空格前应该是二人“和好”的语义，故A最合适(Jennifer上门亲自道歉)。

　　50.C。该空前讲到Jennifer一直生活在痛苦(constant pain)中，原因是她的错误给对方带来如此重大的代价，那么空格后是她对自己所犯错误严重性的解释，因此这里用C选项来加强Jennifer的悔恨。