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【单选题】Six years later, in an about-face, the FBI admits that federal agents fired tear gas canisters capable of causing a fire at theBranchDavidian compound near Waco, Texas in 1993.But the law enforcement official said the firing came several hours before the structure burst into flames, killing 80 people including theDavidians’ leader,David Koresh.
"In looking into this, we’ve come across information that shows some canisters that can be deemed pyrotechnic in nature were fired—hours before the fire started," the official saiD、"Devices were fired at the bunker, not at the main structure where theDavidians were camped out."
The FederalBureau of Investigation maintains it did not start what turned to be a series of fiery bursts of flames that ended a 51-day standoff between branch members and the federal government. "This doesn’t change the bottom line thatDavid Koresh started the fire and the government did not," the official saiD、"It simply shows that devices that could probably be flammable were used in the early morning hours."
The law enforcement official said the canisters were fired not at the main structure where theDavidian members were camped out but at the nearby underground bunker. They bounced off the bunkers concrete roof mad landed in an open field well, the official saiD、The canisters were fired at around 6A、m., and the fire that destroyed the wooden compound started around noon, the official saiD、The official also added that other tear gas canisters used by agent that day were not flammable or potentially explosive.
WhileCoulson denied the grenades played a role in starting the fire, his statement marked the first time that any U. S. government official has publicly contradicted the govemment’s position that federal agents used nothing on the final day of the siege at Waco that could have sparked the fire that engulfed the compounD、The cause of the fiery end is a major focus of an ongoing inquiry by the Texas Rangers into the Waco siege.
Coulson’s speech has ______.A．made the matter even more complicated and confusing
B．been approved by the government
C．met sharp criticism
D．brought the whole matter into broad daylight

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
从文中看来，Coulson一方面承认FBI探员向庄园发射了可能导致火灾的催泪弹，另一方面坚持说火灾不是这些催泪弹引起的，使整个事件变得更加扑朔迷离，因此A是正确的。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>