单选题By whom has Michael Morales been spared the second time in twenty-four hours?ABy the courts.BBy the governor.CBy doctors.
单选题
By whom has Michael Morales been spared the second time in twenty-four hours?
A
By the courts.
B
By the governor.
C
By doctors.
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解析：
新闻前面有很多叙述，但but一词引出了答案。
【录音原文】
It is the second time in twenty-four hours that the condemned man, Michael Morales, has been spared, not by the actions of the courts or by the governor, but by doctors.Morales, convicted of killing a seventeen-year-old girl twenty-five years ago, had been due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday night.
【录音原文】
It is the second time in twenty-four hours that the condemned man, Michael Morales, has been spared, not by the actions of the courts or by the governor, but by doctors.Morales, convicted of killing a seventeen-year-old girl twenty-five years ago, had been due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday night.
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