[单项选择]A) Because a police-car followed his.
B) Because he wanted the man in his car arrested.
C) Because it grew darker and darker.
D) Because he wanted to return home earlier.

[单项选择]
In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked [A], [B] , [C], and [D]. Choose the one that you think is the best answer.
Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.


For the executive producer of a network nightly news program, the workday often begins at midnight— as mine did during seven years with ABC’s evening newscast^①. The first order of business was a call to the assignment desk for a pre-bedtime rundown of latest developments.
The assignment desk operates 24 hours a day, staffed by editors who move crews, correspondents and equipment to the scene of events. Assignment-desk editors are logistics experts; they have to know plane schedules, satellite availability, and whom to get in touch with at local stations and overseas broadcasting systems.
A. To illustrate the important role and function of the assignment desk.
B. To give us a brief introduction of their working conditions.
C. To exemplify the cooperation of all sections in the company.
D. To emphasize the mission of the correspondents.