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1、www.readinga-The Secret ServiceA Reading AZ Level U Leveled BookWord Count:1,579The Secret ServiceVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by John PerritanoLEVELED BOOK UWritten by John PerritanoThe Secret Service The Secret ServiceLevel U Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by J

2、ohn PerritanoAll rights reserved.www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL UQ4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAPhoto Credits:Front cover,page 5:REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque;back cover:J.Scott Applewhite/AP Images;title page:REUTERS/Yuri Gripas;page 3:Ted S.Warren/AP Images;page 4:Charles Dharapak/AP Images;pages

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6、;page 22:Carolyn Kaster/AP Images;page 23:Danita Delimont/AlamyBack cover:President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan arrive at the White House with their dog Rex,followed by a Secret Service agent.Title page:A U.S.Secret Service agent stands watch as the Marine One helicopter takes off with President

7、Barack Obama on board.Table of contents:A uniformed officer of the Secret Service patrols Pioneer Square in Seattle,Washington,prior to a visit by President Barack Obama on August 17,2010.www.readinga-34Table of ContentsIntroduction.4President of the People.7Life in a Cage.9A“Slave of His Office”.12

8、On Guard .14Family Affair .18Shades and Sleeves.20Danger Is Their Business .21Glossary .24 IntroductionAll eyes were on Washington D.C.s newest couplethe Obamas.It was January 21,2009.Barack Obama had just been sworn in as the first African-American president of the United States.The new president s

9、miled as he walked down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House.He held hands with the First Lady,Michelle Obama.The couple waved to the cheering crowd.Nearby,groups of men and women dressed in dark suits,some wearing sunglasses,moved along with the couple.Unlike most people in the crowd,these indivi

10、duals were not looking at the new president and First Lady.Instead,their eyes were searching the crowd of people lining the street,looking for any hint of danger.These men and women were agents of the U.S.Secret Service.The Obamas walk to the White House on Inauguration Day 2009.The Secret Service L

11、evel U56Even though it was freezing cold outside,the agents had their suit jackets open and their hands close to their hidden weapons.They had sworn an oath to protect the president and had been planning for Inauguration Day for months.The agents left nothing to chance.They had blocked many of Washi

12、ngtons streets and added security checkpoints.Soldiers kept careful watch from the tops of buildings.Fighter jets circled overhead.Boats patrolled the Potomac River.Agents even built the president a new car,which they nicknamed“The Beast.”It looked like a black limousine,but it was really a tank.Its

13、 eight inches of armor could protect the Obamas from just about anything.All day,agents stuck close to the first couple as the Obamas made their way from the inaugural parade to dances and balls.Nothing bad happened.Thats the way it was supposed to be.The planning and hard work of the Secret Service

14、 had paid off.It was all in a days work.Secret Service agents closed off the streets to provide security during the Obama inauguration.The door of“The Beast”reveals its thick armor.The Secret Service Level U78President of the PeopleIf Thomas Jefferson,John Adams,and Andrew Jackson had been alive in

15、2009,they would have been shocked.In their day,only rulers of foreign countriesnot the president of the United Stateshad bodyguards.In fact,the door to the White House was rarely locked.Anyone could pop in,and many did just that.In the early days of the United States,people came by to chat or to sha

16、re a cup of tea with the First Lady and president.Others came looking for a job or a special favor.Why were these early presidents so easy to meet with?The United States was founded as a democracy.Americans didnt want to be ruled by a king or queen who just happened to be born into a royal family.In

17、stead,Americans wanted to choose their own leaders through elections.Presidents had to listen to the wishes of voters if they wanted to keep their jobs.For their part,Jefferson,Adams,and others made time to meet the people who voted them into office.They were happy to talk,shake hands,and hear what

18、people were thinking.They wanted to be seen as just like everyone else.As the nation grew,so did the threats against the presidents life.It became difficult to allow people to freely meet with the president while also making sure the nations leader was kept safe.Something needed to be done.This engr

19、aving from around 1850 shows how the White House used to be open to the general public.Today,an iron fence surrounds the building.President George W.Bush greets local people at a diner in Crawford,Texas,in 2004.The Secret Service Level U910Abraham Lincoln spent his summers at a cottage on the edge o

20、f Washington,D.C.,and often rode his horse three miles to the White House.Life in a CageCongress formed the Secret Service in 1865,but at first its job wasnt to protect the president.Instead,Congress wanted the Secret Service to track down and arrest people for printing fake moneya crime called coun

21、terfeiting.At the time,nearly half the paper money in the United States was fake.The agency got its name because it worked in secret to find and catch counterfeiters.The Secret Service began its work three months after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.Lincoln was president during the Civil War(18611

22、865).At the time,many Southern states wanted to leave the Union.The capital city of Washington was full of thieves and plotters.Many people wanted Lincoln dead.Some tried to kidnap him.Others took shots at him.A musket ball knocked Lincolns hat off his head one day when he was riding a horse along a

23、 country road.Allan Pinkerton(seated at left)led the Union Intelligence Service during the Civil War.His agents laid the groundwork for the U.S.Secret Service.The Secret Service Level U1112Still,Lincoln refused any protection.He took walks alone at night to the War Department.He wanted news of the w

24、ar.“Though it would be safer for a president to live in a cage,it would interfere with his business,”he said.Late in the war,Lincoln finally agreed to allow Washington police officers to follow him.Only one bodyguard was on duty when John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln on April 14,1865,at Fords Theatre i

25、n Washington.A“Slave of His Office”Even after Lincolns assassination,it took some time for the government to decide whose job it was to protect the president.Sometimes the U.S.Army guarded the president.Other times,it was the Washington,D.C.,police department.Not much changed even after President Ja

26、mes A.Garfield died on the morning of July 2,1881,after being shot by a man at a Washington train station.The man had met Garfield earlier at the White House.He asked the president for a job.Garfield said no.Lincoln was seated in this box at Fords Theatre when he was fatally shot by John Wilkes Boot

27、h.James Garfield was president for only two hundred days before his assassination rocked the nation.The Secret Service Level U1314The assassination of a second U.S.president shocked the nation.The New York Tribune,a leading newspaper of the day,warned against presidential bodyguards.The newspaper sa

28、id guards would make the president a“slave of his office.”The next president,Chester A.Arthur,refused to be followed by the Secret Service,although agents tried.Like earlier presidents,Arthur wanted citizens to be able to freely meet with him.In 1901,President William McKinley was assassinated in Bu

29、ffalo,New York.Afterward,Congress asked the Secret Service to protect all future presidents.On GuardThe headquarters of the Secret Service is a plain office building not far from the White House.On the ninth floor,agents work quickly to keep track of the people they are protecting.Besides protecting

30、 the president,the Secret Service also guards presidential candidates,officials from other countries,the vice president,and others.William McKinley delivers a speech during his presidential inauguration.A Secret Service agent guards presidential candidate Mitt Romney at a campaign event in Miami,Flo

31、rida,on August 13,2012.The Secret Service Level U1516The agency also gives protection at special events,including the Olympic Games and the Super Bowl.Every day,the Secret Service learns of new threats against the people they are protecting,including the president.The threats can come over the telep

32、hone,in the mail,or over the Internet.A Secret Service agent stands guard at a football stadium.Important Dates in Secret Service History1865Congress creates the Secret Service Division on July 5 to battle counterfeiting of U.S.currency.The agency is part of the U.S.Treasury Department.1867Congress

33、increases the power of the Secret Service to investigate“frauds against the government,”such as land swindles.1901Congress requests that the Secret Service begin protecting presidents following the assassination of President William McKinley.1915President Woodrow Wilson directs the Secret Service to

34、 investigate foreign spies in the United States.1922Congress forms the White House Police to guard the building.1951The Secret Service begins protecting the presidents family.1965Congress allows the Secret Service to protect former presidents and their spouses.2002The Secret Service becomes part of

35、the Department of Homeland Security following the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001.Woodrow WilsonJacqueline and Caroline KennedyU.S.currency from the Civil War eraThe Secret Service Level U1718Family AffairThe Secret Service rarely leaves the presidents side.They are there,whether the presiden

36、t is on vacation,playing golf,or meeting with foreign leaders.Teams of agents follow the presidents every move.They also stick close to the first family.Their presence can sometimes cause problems,especially for the presidents children.It can be difficult to be a child of the president.Their every m

37、ove is watched.They cant go to the mall whenever they wish like other children or go to their friends house after school.If they do,the Secret Service has to be nearby.Sometimes kids rebel.Theodore Roosevelt had six children.One son,Quentin,climbed onto the roof of the White House and threw snowball

38、s at Secret Service agents.Archie and Quentin,sons of President Theodore Roosevelt,pose for a photo with White House police officers.Agents take every threat seriously and investigate it.Sometimes agents meet with the person who made the threat to ask them questions.Most of the threats are not serio

39、us.Sometimes people make a threat but dont really plan to hurt anyone.Some threats,though,are very serious.Agents keep careful watch on people who might really try to follow through on their threat.A Secret Service agent greets a Chicago police officer while on assignment.The Secret Service Level U1

40、920Shades and SleevesIts not hard to spot a Secret Service agent.Just look for the man or woman wearing sunglasses.The glasses allow the agent to see what people in a crowd are doing,even in bright sunlight.Agents also wear a tiny speaker in their ear.Thats because the Secret Service has its own com

41、munication system.The speaker allows agents to hear directions from a special command unit.Agents often look as if they are whispering words into the sleeve of their clothing.Inside the sleeve is a tiny microphone that allows agents to talk to one another.Sunglasses and communications earpieces are

42、often worn by agents on duty.Barbara and Jenna Bush,the twin daughters of President George W.Bush,just wanted to be normal teenagers.They were upset that they couldnt take a walk or go shopping without agents following them.Jenna once snuck out of the White House to escape her security team.First La

43、dies also often get tired of having armed guards following their every move.“We love them dearly and they do a great job,”says Michelle Obama.She also says that sometimes she would like to“sneak out”and“walk out the front door”without them.Barbara and Jenna Bush sometimes grew tired of Secret Servic

44、e protection.The Secret Service Level U2122Why do Secret Service agents keep doing their job if it is so dangerous?Its more than a job.By protecting the president,agents are serving their country.The death of a president can change the course of history.Thats why thirty-five Secret Service agents,of

45、ficers,and other agency workers have given their lives in the line of duty.Secret Service agents are trained to“take a bullet”for the president.As long as there are people willing to harm Americas elected leader,there will be Secret Service agents sworn to stop them.President Barack Obama is flanked

46、 by agents after flying to Tampa,Florida,aboard Air Force One.Danger Is Their BusinessPresident Ronald Reagan was leaving a Washington,D.C.,hotel after giving a speech.Pop!Pop!Pop!Someone was firing a pistol.Agent Timothy McCarthy quickly responded.He used his body to shield Reagan from the shooter.

47、McCarthy was struck by a bullet.He later recovered from his wounds.Another agent,Dennis McCarthy,grabbed the attacker and stopped the shooting.Although he was wounded,Reagan survived the attack.“I forgot to duck,”he famously said.Still,President Reagans close call shows the dangers that Secret Servi

48、ce agents face.President Ronald Reagan waves to the crowd just moments before being shot on March 30,1981.The Secret Service Level U2324Code NamesEvery president in modern times has had one.Bill Clintons was“Eagle.”Ronald Reagan went by“Rawhide.”John F.Kennedys was“Lancer.”Actually,every person the

49、Secret Service protects gets a code name.It allows agents to avoid mixing up the names of people they are protecting.Its also a good way to keep the subject of the agents conversations a secret.Where do code names come from?President Reagan was an actor who starred in many Western movies.“Rawhide”is

50、 an old Western term for the animal skins worn by Native Americans and cowboys.Reagans wife,Nancy,went by“Rainbow”because she often wore brightly colored clothes.Vice President Dick Cheney loved to fish.He went by the code name“Angler,”which is another word for a fisherman.Even people whom the Secre