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SSAT考试阅读真题Although witnesses vouched that all the members of the Czars family had beenexecuted,there were rumors suggesting that Anastasia had survived.Over the years,a number of women claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia.Perhaps the best nownclaimant was Anastasia Tschaikovsky,who was also known as Anna Anderson.In 1920,eighteen months after the Czars execution,this terrified young womanwas rescued from drowning in a Berlin river.She spent two years in a hospital,whereshe attempted to reclaim her health and shattered mind.The doctors and nursesthought that she resembled Anastasia and questioned heer about her background.Shedisclaimed any connection with the Czars family.Eight years later,though,she claimed that she was Anastasia.She said thatshe had been rescued by two Russian soldiers after the Czar and the rest of her familyhad been killed.Two brothers named Tschaikovsky had carried her into Romania.Shehad married one of the brothers,who had taken her to Berlin and left her there,penniless and without a vocation.Unable to invoke the aid of her mother s familyin Germany,she had tried to drown herself.During the next few years,scores of the Czar s relatives,ex-servants,andacquaintances interviewed her.Many of these people said that her looks andmannerisms were evocative of the Anastasia that they had known.Her grandmother andother relatives denied that she was the real Anastasia,however.Tried of being accused of fraud,Anastasia immigrated to the United States in1928 and took the name Anna Anderson.She still wished to prove that she was Anastasia,though,and returned to Germany in 1933 to bring suit against her mother s family.There she declaimed to the court,asserting that she was indeed Anastasia anddeserved her inheritance.In 1957,the court decided that it could neither confirm nor deny Anastasia sidentity.Although we will probably never know whether this woman was the GrandDuchess Anastasia,her search to establish her identity has been the subject ofnumerous books,plays,and movies.1.Some Russian peasants and workers_for social reform.A.longedB.cried outC.beggedD.hopedE.thought much2.Witnesses _ that all members of the Czar s family had been executed.上海 SSAT 培训,请关注环球环球 SSATSSAT;A.gave assuranceB.thoughtC.hopedD.convinced someE.answer not stated3.Tschaikovsky _any connection with the Czar s family.A.deniedB.stoppedC.notedD.justifiedE.answer not state4.She was unable to _the aid of her relative.A.locateB.speak aboutC.call uponD.identifyE.know5.In court she _ maintaining that she was Anastasia and deserved herinheritance.A.finally appearedB.spoke forcefullyC.testifiedD.gave evidenceE.answer not statedAnswer Key 1.B 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.B