C

The great American blackout happened in New York on 10 November 1965. It was the biggest blackout in American history. People were scared. Lights, lifts and trains...all stopped working.

The blackout happened at 5:30 pm when many people were going home. More than 250,000 people were using the New York subway. Many people were shocked to discover that they could not open the train doors. In apartments and offices, people couldn’t go out of the lifts(电梯).

There was also trouble at a prison (监狱) near Boston. The prisoners(囚犯) were fighting. Thousands of police had to go to control them. At the same time, in other big towns, people broke the windows of shops and took things.

In New York, the only lights were from the cars. The traffic signals(交通信号灯) were not working so the cars could not move. Thousands of people slept in the streets.

A New Yorker Frank Benson wrote to the newspaper, “...We couldn’t see anything .It was very frightening . People started screaming...”

71. What does the word “blackout” mean? It means ________.

A. no electricity B. a lot of lights C. power D. brightness

72. The blackout happened _____.

A. in winter B. in autumn C. in summer D. spring

73. More than 250,000 people went to work _______

A. by bus B. by subway C. by car D. by ship

74. _________, thousands of people had to sleep in their cars in the street.

A. In New York B. Near Boston C. In other cities D. Washington

75. Which of the following is true?

A. The prisoners were helping each other.

B. The prisoners and police were fighting with each other.

C. Thousands of police had to go to control the prisoners because they started to fight.

D. The police were fighting because the prisoners wanted to run away.

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