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问答题Passage 2  The admission by the chief of the Pakistani Taleban, Baitullah Mehsud, that his group was behind Monday’s attack on a police academy in Lahore comes as little surprise.  Analysts and officials said in the immediate aftermath of the attack th

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Passage 2  The admission by the chief of the Pakistani Taleban, Baitullah Mehsud, that his group was behind Monday’s attack on a police academy in Lahore comes as little surprise.  Analysts and officials said in the immediate aftermath of the attack that the most likely connection was with Mr. Mehsud’s Tehrik-e-Taleban (TeT) organisation.  What has caught many off guard is how quickly and openly Mr. Mehsud accepted responsibility. Previously he and his organisation would either refrain from accepting responsibility for major attacks, or wait several months before acknowledging their role.  It is another indication of how much the power of the Taleban has grown and how secure they feel in their safe havens along the border with Afghanistan.  In particular, the Waziristan tribal region—part of which is controlled by Mr. Mehsud—stands out as the place which currently harbours some of the most wanted men in the world.  For Pakistani security forces and the US, it has increasingly become centre stage in what was once called “the war on terror”.  Everybody from Osama bin Laden to the trans-Atlantic bombing suspect, Rashid Rauf, has at one time or another said to have been based in this territory.  If there is a place in the world which can continue to provide shelter for al-Qaeda, this is it. It is a land of steep mountains and narrow valleys populated by tribesmen proud of their long history of “dying gloriously” in battle.  During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Waziristan remained the vanguard of the struggle. The first of the Afghan cities to be lost by the Soviets was to a commander from this region, when Khost fell to the now legendary Jalaluddin Haqqani.  It is his son Sirajuddin who now heads the Afghan Taleban’s command in this region and the adjoining provinces of Afghanistan.  He was recently declared wanted by the US with a reward of $ 5m for his capture.  But the most famous and notorious of the Taleban warlords remains Baitullah Mehsud.  He and his TeT organisation are responsible for much of the spread of Taleban ideology across Pakistan.  Intelligence officials confirm that it was the help and training of TeT that enabled the Swat Taleban to demand and achieve a separate legal system in that Pakistani district.  They also say that his support was crucial to the Taleban in nearby Bajaur, enabling them to reach a peace deal with the army despite the military having much of the upper hand.  The TeT is also said to maintain networks as far afield as the southern port city of Karachi.  Increasingly, it has grown as a clear and present danger to the state of Pakistan.  But while the country’s security forces have been able to thwart Mr. Mehsud’s plans outside the tribal areas, it has been almost impossible to curtail his activities—and those of other Taleban leaders—in Waziristan.  In a series of tactical campaigns, starting in 2004, the Taleban have all but pushed the security forces out of Waziristan. The few that remain are confined to their forts.  Over the last year, the only thing that has penetrated the Waziristan tribal region are suspected US drones. These have killed hundreds of people, many of them militants, but also many civilians. That has angered ordinary Pakistanis and raised anti-American sentiments to an all-time high. Pakistan’s security forces say the drone strikes also prevent them from acting more strongly against the militants.  In fact, other than killing a lot of junior and mid-level al-Qaeda and Taleban personnel, the attacks have united all Taleban factions in Pakistan.  In a recent declaration, Pakistan’s other two Taleban factions—led by Maulvi Nazir and Hafiz Gul Bahadur-said they had formed an alliance with Mr. Mehsud.  The two belong to the Ahmedzai Wazir tribe, the Mehsud’s traditional enemy.  The Ahmedzai Wazir is the larger tribe and exists on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. They are believed to harbour most of the senior al-Qaeda leadership, including Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri.  The harsh realities on the ground have made some analysts adamant that Pakistani and US authorities have little choice except direct military action in Waziristan.  “This would mean bloody and entrenched fighting with serious losses against a battle-hardened enemy” says an ex-army official familiar with the region.  Whether both sides are willing to take this on, in the face of declining public support for the conflict and its casualties, remains one of the great unanswered questions in this increasingly bloody war.  1. What is the main difference in Mehsud accepting responsibilities between previous attacks and this one?  2. What are the unexpected impacts that the US strikes in Waziristan have?  3. Why does the author take the example of the legendary Jalaluddin Haqqani?

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4.Passage FourOne evening Mr. Green was driving home along a lonely country road. He had £ 100.00 in his pock et. At the loneliest part of the road, a man asked for a lift (搭车). Mr. Green told him to get into the car and continued his driving. When he talked to the man and learned that the man had been in prison for robbery and had broken out of prison two days before, Mr. Green was very worried.Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a bright idea. He just reached a small town where the speed limit (限制速度) was 30 miles an hour. But he drove the car as fast as it could go. He looked back and saw that the police-car had begun to chase (追) him. After a mile or so the police-car overtook (赶上) him and ordered him to stop. A policeman got out and came to Mr. Green's car. Mr. Green hoped that he could tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but he felt the man had put a gun against his back. The policeman took out his notebook and pencil, saying he wanted Mr. Green's name and address. Mr. Green asked to be taken to the police station, but the policeman said, "No, you will have to appear at the police station later." Mr. Green had to do as the policeman told him. The policeman wrote his name and address down, put his notebook and pencil back in his pocket and gave Mr. Green a talk about dangerous driving. Then Mr. Green started up his car again and drove on.Just as he reached the outskirts (郊区) of London, the passenger said, "! want to get off here." Mr. Green stopped the car, the man got out and said, "Thanks for the lift. You've been good to me. This is the least I can do in return (报答)." And he handed Mr. Green the policeman's notebook, which he stole while the policeman was talking to Mr. Green.46. The man asking for a lift was ______.A. a robber who robs driversB. a policeman who had worked in prisonC. a prisoner who had escaped from prisonD. a stranger with £ 100.00 in his pocket

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  • 第1题:

    The soldiers ________ the attack after stopping for a little while.

    A renewed

    B repeated

    C recovered

    D restored


    参考答案A

  • 第2题:

    "Listen to me. My men are planning to attack your people. You’ve got to warn them." is said by().

    A、John Smith

    B、Tarzan

    C、Pocahontas

    D、Pocahontas' dad


    参考答案:A

  • 第3题:

    Text 4A writer said yesterday that Richard M. Scrushy, the former chief executive of HealthSouth, paid her through a public relations firm to produce several favorable articles for an Alabama newspaper that he reviewed before publication during his fraud trial last year.

    The articles appeared in The Birmingham Times, a black-owned weekly in Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Scrushy was acquitted in June in a six-month trial there on all 36 counts against him, despite testimony from former HealthSouth executives who said he presided over a huge accounting fraud. "I sat in that courtroom for six months, and I did every thing possible to advocate for his cause," Audrey Lewis, the author of the articles, said in a telephone interview. She said she received $10,000 from Mr. Scrushy through the Lewis Group, a public relations firm, and another $1,000 to help buy a computer. "Scrushy promised me a lot more than what I got," she said.

    Charles A. Russell, a spokesman for Mr. Scrushy, said he was not aware of an explicit agreement for the Lewis Group to pay Ms. Lewis. The payments to Ms. Lewis were first reported by The Associated Press yesterday. "There's nothing there I think Richard would have any part of," Mr. Russell said.

    Mr. Russell said that Mr. Scrushy reviewed the articles before they were published. "Richard thought she was doing a little, 'F.Y.I., here's what I'm writing,' " Mr. Russell said. Ms. Lewis said that Mr. Russell, a prominent Denver-based crisis communications consultant, was also involved in providing her with financial compensation. She said Mr. Russell wrote her a $2,500 personal check at the end of May 2005; Mr. Russell said that was true. "She was looking for freelance community-relations work after the trial," Mr. Russell said.

    Ms. Lewis came into Mr. Scrushy's sphere through Believers Temple Church; she attends services and works as an administrator there. She and Rev. Herman Henderson, the pastor, were part of a group that appeared in court with Mr. Scrushy and often prayed with him during breaks. Before and during the trial, in which 11 of the 18 jurors were black, Mr. Scrushy, who is white, forged ties with Birmingham's African-American population. He joined a predominantly black church, and his foundation donated to it and other black congregations.

    Mr. Henderson also said he received payments from Mr. Scrushy in exchange for building support for him among blacks. Mr. Scrushy said in a statement yesterday that his foundation donated money to Mr. Henderson's church, but said the payments were unrelated to his case. "My foundation donated to his church building fund and to a Katrina relief effort that his church sponsored," Mr. Scrushy said. "That's it. Period."

    Ms. Lewis, 31, said she was disclosing details about the financial arrangement because Mr. Scrushy still owes her and Mr. Henderson a significant amount of money. Ms. Lewis provided copies of a retainer agreement that Mr. Scrushy signed last April with the Lewis Group, a public relations firm controlled by Jesse J. Lewis Sr., 82 the founder of The Birmingham Times, and a check issued to her in May from the Lewis Group. (Ms Lewis and Mr. Lewis are not related.)

    第36题:The word \\\"acquitted\\\" (Line 2, Para. 2) probably means ________.

    A. discharged

    B. arrested

    C. quitted

    D. punished


    正确答案:A
    该词所在原句为“Mr. Scrushy was acquitted in June in a six-month trial there on all 36 counts against him, despite testimony from former HealthSouth executives who said he presided over a huge accounting fraud.”(Mr. Scrushy因36项指控而授受了6个月的审判,6月份……,尽管前HealthSouth主管指证其策划了一项大的账目作假。)因为前后半句是转折关系,所以可以推断Mr. Scrushy并没有受到制裁,因此选项A“宣布无罪”,B“逮捕”,C“解除”,D“惩罚”中,A符合逻辑。

  • 第4题:

    "If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" the quoted line comes from ___________.

    A.Shelley's Ode to the West Wind
    B.Walt Whitman' s Leaves of Grass
    C.John Milton' s Paradise Lost
    D.John Keat' s Ode on a Grecian Urn

    答案:A
    解析:
    考查英美文学。“冬天来了,春天还会远吗?”这句诗出自英国浪漫主义诗人雪莱的《西风颂》。

  • 第5题:

    The Vikings began to attack various parts of England from the end of the()century.

    A7th

    B8th

    C9th

    D10th


    B

  • 第6题:

    TippingPoint IPS对应用保护的过滤器分为哪几类?()

    • A、Attack Pretection,Reconnaissance,Security Policy,Informational
    • B、Attack Pretection,Scan,Security Policy,Informational
    • C、Attack Pretection,Reconnaissance,Misuser&Abuse,Informational
    • D、Attack Pretectio,Scan,Security Policy,Misuser&Abuse

    正确答案:A

  • 第7题:

    问答题
    Many have come to believe that Type A's are at a much higher risk of suffering heart attack or dying of heart disease than others.

    正确答案:
    解析:

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    Which of the following is true about the witness of the attack?
    A

    Very few witnesses were at the site.

    B

    A lot of witnesses have been interrogated seriously.

    C

    Some witnesses were inside the academy during the attack.

    D

    No witness dares to describe the scene.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    题目问的是:下列关于袭击事件的目击证人,哪一项是正确的?文章第18段提到“... officials to interrogate eyewitnesses even though there were hundreds of them inside and outside the academy.”,由此可知警察学院里里外外有成百上千名目击证人,故C正确。

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    Which of the following is what the Pakistan officials have done?
    A

    They counted the number clearly.

    B

    They gave official exact figures to the media.

    C

    They gegan being serious about the militant threat.

    D

    They claimed the attackers were sent by Baitullah Mehsud.


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    题目问的是:下列哪一项是巴基斯坦官员已经做过的?文章第19段提到“The only confusion Mr. Malik tried to clear towards the end of the day was to identify the attackers, saying they were sent by Baitullah Mehsud.”,即“(巴基斯坦酋长)马利克认定袭击者是拜图拉马赫苏德派来的”,也就是说官方已经对此发表了声明。故选D。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    The Vikings began to attack various parts of England from the end of the()century.
    A

    7th

    B

    8th

    C

    9th

    D

    10th


    正确答案: D
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    Al Qaeda is a terrorist group that
    A

    attacked U. S. intelligence agencies.

    B

    responsible for most online attacks.

    C

    once involved in a bombing plot.

    D

    plotting to attack the FBI.


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    细节推断题。新闻提到,圣诞节炸弹案阴谋未遂。接着又提到,各情报局的首脑称他们将重点关注与圣诞节炸弹案阴谋有关的恐怖组织AI Qaeda,可推测出,该组织曾参与了炸弹案的策划。故C项为正确答案。
    【听力原文】
    The heads of several U.S. intelligence agencies have the same outlook on the country’s security. During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, they said that in the next three to six months, it is certain that there will be an attempted terrorist attack on the U. S. An attempt, though, doesn’t mean an actual attack. In fact, the CIA director used the failed, Christmas Day bombing plot as an example. None of the intelligence leaders, which included the FBI director and the director of national intelligence, talked about a specific threat. But they did say that their top concern is al Qaeda, the terrorist group connected to the Christmas Day plot. The hearing also focused on cyber-security; protecting against online attacks. Those are seen as a growing threat. and one that the intelligence community needs to address. The national intelligence director said that the U.S. is not prepared for the kinds of cyber attacks it could face. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the chairwoman of the committee holding the heating, agreed that the country does need to develop an overall, cyber- security strategy.

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    NEWS BROADCAST 4  Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.   Now listen to the news. Top officials of several U. S. intelligence agencies believe that
    A

    the country’s security is not good enough.

    B

    the U. S. will face an attempted terrorist threat.

    C

    there will be no actual attack in the U.S.

    D

    an anti-terrorism practice will be held in the following months.


    正确答案: A
    解析: 事实细节题。新闻开头提到,美国各情报局的首脑们在国家安全问题上持有一致看法。参议院的听证会表示,在未来3到6个月内美国必然会遭到企图恐怖分子的袭击。可知,选项B为正确答案。

  • 第13题:

    In

    C、hina a young person comes of () on his/her 18th birthday.

    A、adult

    B、age

    C、year

    D、growth


    参考答案:B

  • 第14题:

    12 PEOPLE KILLED, 50 INJURED IN DENVER MOVIE THEATER SHOOTING LOS ANGELES, July 20 (Xinhua) -- A masked gunman released tear gas and opened fire into a crowded movie theater in a suburb of Denver early Friday, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others, police said. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates told reporters that the shooter, aged 24, had been arrested in the parking lot behind the theater. The FBI said there was so far no indication of any links to terror groups. Some moviegoers said they thought the attack was part of the show when they saw a person appearing at the front of the theater during the movie, pointing a gun at the crowd. Police and firefighters rushed to the mall shortly after the shootings occurred at around 12:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT). CNN reported at least 20 people were being treated for gunshot wounds in hospital, three of them in serious condition.

    1. In the shooting, 50 people were killed and 12 people were injured.()

    2. The shooter was arrested.()

    3. The FBI said that the shooter was from the terror groups.()

    4. The moviegoers didn’t realize the person would shoot at the crowd at first.()

    5. Only the police went to the mall to help.()


    参考答案:1:F; 2:T; 3:F; 4:T; 5:F

  • 第15题:

    Passage Four(36~40) One of Britain’s bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected (可疑的) police killer David Bieber—and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to the £30,000 reward money。

    Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber’s bedroom and to watch him secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building。

    She said: “I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there. ”

    The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious (怀疑) of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year’s Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said: “He didn’t seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact (接触). ” Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her boss Margaret, 64, and husband Stan McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 pm。

    Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes。

    “It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said ’Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’ My heart missed a beat. ”

    Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key。

    “I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man’s room, but I could see the passage. The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed (带上手铐). ”

    第36题:The underlined phrase “be in line for” (paragraph 1) means 。

    A. get B. be paid C. ask for D. own


    正确答案:A

    词汇题。根据上下文是她可能会得到这个奖赏,be in line for 意为“有可能获得……”

  • 第16题:

    Mr Tunick filed suit against the New York police department after city officials ____ his request.

    A. turned down
    B. turned in
    C. turned off
    D. turned out

    答案:A
    解析:
    tum down(tum 的本来意义是“转圈”,down 往下→音量往下转圈“调小音量”;你的要求被一次次地往下转圈,到最后成为了zero→拒绝)Tum in(转进来→上交,归还;转进被窝→上床睡觉);Tum off(转就Off 了→断开,关上电源);tum out(转出来→转来转去,晕头转向,山穷水尽疑无路,柳暗花明又一村→→原来是,结果是,证明是;)根据题干大意,答案是A。

  • 第17题:

    The Vikings began to attack various parts of England from the end of the()century.

    • A、7th
    • B、8th
    • C、9th
    • D、10th

    正确答案:B

  • 第18题:

    Where do you configure SCREEN options?()

    • A、zones on which an attack might arrive
    • B、zones you want to protect from attack
    • C、interfaces on which an attack might arrive
    • D、interfaces you want to protect from attack

    正确答案:A

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    What is NOT the result brought by this attack?
    A

    It proves Pakistan’s vulnerability to militant attacks.

    B

    It shows some Pakistan officials’ indifference to strike the Taleban militant group.

    C

    It is another blow to the government’s credibility.

    D

    It has brought an end to South Asian cricket.


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    题目问的是:下列哪一项不是这次袭击的结果?从文章倒数第7段可知南亚的板球运动的中结是因为这个月更早的一次袭击,并不是这次袭击导致的。故选D。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    Which of the following is the figure provided of the attackers in the passage?
    A

    Four men wearing backpacks scaled the academy’s walls according to a construction worker.

    B

    Punjab police chief said there were about 8 to 10 attackers.

    C

    Some injured police recruits at the hospital claimed there must have been more than 10 attackers.

    D

    Army official claimed 95 recruits were injured.


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    题目问的是:下列哪一项是篇章中提供的袭击者信息?从文章第8段“…the Punjab police chief…later put the number of attackers at between eight and 10.”可知,警察局长认为袭击者人数大约是8到10个,符合原文信息。故B正确。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    A dog is read to attack when _____.
    A

    its eyes are diluted and rounded

    B

    its owner’s body leans backward

    C

    its owner’s shoulder squared

    D

    its owner’s shoulder slumped


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    文章第一段提到了人类学家McConnell的观点时,引用了他的话“A rounded eye with a dilated pupil is a sign of high arousal and aggression in a dog.”这说明当狗的眼睛光彩暗淡且瞪得很圆的时候,此时它将发起进攻。A正确。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    Baitullah Mehsud is accused of ______.
    A

    the attack on the Manawan police academy

    B

    brutal attack in South Waziristan

    C

    assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto

    D

    the daring attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    题目问的是:拜图拉马赫苏德因为什么被指控?文章倒数第10段提到“Baitullah Mehsud, a Taleban warlord based in South Waziristan.”,由此可知他是一个总部在瓦济里斯坦南部的塔利班军阀代表,在当地带进行了残酷的袭击。故选B。

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    A shipmate suffers a heart attack and stops breathing. You must().
    A

    administer oxygen

    B

    immediately check his pulse and start CPR

    C

    make the victim comfortable in a bunk

    D

    immediately give a stimulant,by force if necesssary


    正确答案: B
    解析: 暂无解析