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Read the following passage and choose A, B, C, or D to fill in the gaps:

John Lennon, _(1)_ member of the Beatles, _(2)_ murdered just before 11 p.m _(3)_ the 8th December 1980, outside his home in New York City. He had just got out of a car, and was walking to the entrance _(4)_ a voice called “Mr Lennon”. Lennon turned and _(5)_ five times. The killer threw his gun down, and stood there smiling Lennon was _(6)_ to hospital in a police patrol car, but it was _(7)_ late. The killer was 25-year-old Mark Chapman from Hawaii. Earlier the same evening he had asked Lennon for his autograph. _(8)_ fact, he had been hanging around outside the apartment building for several days. Chapman was a _(9)_ of the Beatles and Lennon, and had tried to imitated him in many ways. It is _(10)_ that he even believed he was John Lennon.

1. A.  a               B. one               C. the             D. an
2. A. was            B. were            C. are               D. is
3. A. on              B. in                C. at                 D. into
4. A. while          B. after             C. before           D. when
5. A. shoot         B. were shot      C. is shot          D. was shot
6. A. ran             B. run            C. rushed             D. rush
7. A. much          B . more           C. and               D. too
8. A. In                B. At               C. for                 D. sbout
9. A. man            B. woman          C. fan              D. boy
10.A. said          B. talked             C. spoke           D. told