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职称英语综合类阅读理解8职称英语综合类阅读理解8PASSAGE18MartinLutherKingJr.?BythetimetheMontgomeryImprovementAssociationchosethe26-year-oldMartinLutherKingJr.asitsleader,thehours-oldbusboycottbytheblackcitizensofMontgomery,Alabama,wasalreadyanoverwhelmingsuccess.Kingwouldlaterwritethathisunanticipatedcalltoleadership"happenedsoquicklythatIdidnothavetimetothinkinthrough.""ItisprobablethatifIhad,Iwouldhavedeclinedthenomination."Althoughpressreportsatthetimefocusedonhisinspiringoratory,Kingwasactuallyareluctantleaderofamovementinitiatedbyothers.(TheboycottbeganonDec.51955.)Hissubsequentwritingsandprivatecorrespondencerevealmanwhoseinnerdoubtssharplycontrastwithhispublicpersona.Intheearlydaysofhisinvolvement,Kingwastroubledbytelephonethreats,discordwithintheblackcommunityandMontgomery#39;s"gettough"policy,towhichkingattributedhisjailingonaminortrafficviolation.Onenight,asheconsideredwaysto"moveoutofthepicturewithoutappearingacoward,"hebegantoprayaloudand,atthatmoment,"experiencedthepresenceoftheGodasIhadneverexperiencedHimbefore."Hewouldlateradmitthatwhentheboycottbegan,hewasnotyetfirmlycommittedtoGandhianprinciples.Althoughhehadbeenexposedtothoseteachingsincollege,hehadremainedskeptical."Ithoughttheonlywaywecouldsolveourproblemofsegregationwasanarmedrevolt,"herecalled."IfeltthattheChristianethicoflovewasconfinedtoinpidualrelationships."OnlyafterhishomewasbombedinlateJanuarydidkingreconsiderhisviewsonviolence.(Atthetime,hewasseekingagunpermitandwasprotectedbyarmedbodyguards.)CompetingwitheachothertoinfluenceKingweretwoardentpacifists:BayardRustin,ablackactivistwiththeWarResistersLeague,andtheRev.GlennE.Smiley,awhitestaffmemberoftheFellowshipofReconciliation.RustinwasshockedtodiscoveraguninKing#39;shouse,whileSmileyinformedfellowpacifiststhatKing#39;shomewas"anarsenal."1.WhatdidKingthinkofhisnominationasleaderoftheMontgomeryBoycott?A)Hehadn#39;texpectedit.B)Hehadtothinkaboutitcarefully.C)Hewouldrefusetoacceptit.D)Hewaspreparedtoacceptit.2.WhywasKingunwillingtoleadthemovementatfirst?A)Becausehe