After the war,the Japanese chief of intelligence, Lt. General Seizo Arisue, admitted that his forces were never able to break the code used by the US Marine Corps(海军陆战队) .Be?cause the Navajo code talkers were the secret code of the Marines, they were often heavily guarded.

  The use of the Navajo Code was so successful that some code talkers were guarded by fel?low Marines, whose role was to kill them in case of possible capture by the enemy.

  In 1942 ,when the original 29 code talkers developed their "secret weapon" ,there were a-bout 50,000 members of the Navajo nation. By the end of the war, 540 men had served as Ma?rines. At least 400 of those were trained as code talkers.

  For decades following the war,the Navajos' contribution went unrecognized due to national security issues. It wasn't until 1968 that anyone outside the military knew about the code. The code talkers were even forbidden to tell their families about it. But in July of 2001 ,the President and Congress of the United States honored the 29 code creators. Only five were still alive. The remarks of President Bush expressed the late thankfulness of a nation whose victory in the Pacific may not have been possible without the Navajos. When the President spoke, he addressed the men whose grandfathers had made the "Long Walk" to their new home 78 years before the code talkers became Marines.

In 2002 the code talkers were honored with a movie that pictured their brave behavior:Windtalkers. For the first time,people everywhere learned their story. 

(   ) 5. The purpose of the text is to        .

   A.introduce America's Navajo nation

   B.recommend the movie Windtalkers

   C.tell readers about the Navajo Code

   D.recall America's victory in the Pacific

(   ) 6. To a guard of a code talker, the most important is        .

   A.keeping the code talker alive

   B.ensuring the safety of the code

   C.preventing the code talker escaping

   D.staying with the code talker all the time

(   ) 7. We can learn from the passage that during the war        .

   A.most of the Navajos were killed

   B.many code talkers were captured by Japanese soldiers

   C.about one percent of the Navajos served as Marines

   D.the Navajos made the " Long Walk" to fight against the Japanese

(   ) 8. How long was the story of the code talkers known by people everywhere since it was created?

    A. After 26 years.   B. After 29 years.

   C. After 49 years.   D. After 60 years.

   Mystery, the word excites our curiosity. Mystery novels sell thousands of copies each year and many readers count Agatha Christie among their favorite authors.

  Christie was born in September of 1890 in England. When she was growing up,her mother often told her stories. Christie loved these stories that took her into a world of fantasy. Christie's mother also encouraged her to write from a young age.

  At 16, Christie went to a school in Paris to study piano and singing. She learned to play the piano very well. But she never made music a career because of stage fright(怯场) .At 22,she fell in love with Archie Christie. They got married in 1914 at the beginning of World War I.

  During the war,Christie wrote her first detective story;The Mysterious Affair at Styles. She chose the crime,and then invented a detective named Hercule Poirot to solve it. She sent the book to a publisher, but it was rejected.

  After the war ended, Christie sent her book to more publishers and finally in 1920,one published it. She earned just $25 for it. Over the next few years,Christie wrote more books and short stories,gaining experience as a writer. In spite of her literary success,life was not go?ing well at home. In 1928 ,Archie and Agatha got a divorce. A short time later, while traveling in Baghdad, she met Max Mallowan, a young archaeologist. After getting married in 1930, they began to spend time each year in the Middle East,which provided settings for some of Christie's novels. She often wrote about what she saw and experienced.

  Christie continued writing her entire life. When she died in January 1976, readers around the world mourned her death. But her tales of mystery continue to be loved by new generations of readers. Her books have sold an estimated 2 billion copies!After all,who can resist a good mystery?

(   ) 5. As a whole, this passage          .

     A. explains how Agatha Christie became a writer

    B. thinks well of Agatha Christie's novels

    C. was a mini-biography of Agatha Christie

    D. was a review on Agatha Christie's novels

(   ) 6. According to the passage, Christie's mother          .

     A. gave her a lot of writing inspiration

    B. was very strict with her

    C. received a good education

    D. wrote many fairy tales

(   ) 7. Which of the following shows the right order of what Agatha Christie experienced?

①Christie had her first detective novel published.

②Christie finished The Mysterious Affair at Styles.

③Christie performed well in music study.

④Christie's marriage with Archie ended in divorce.

⑤Christie began her novels set in the Middle East.

A.③②④①⑤    B.③②①④⑤    C.②①③⑤④    D.③①②⑤④

(   ) 8. In the writer's opinion, what makes Christie's novels attractive is that         .

     A. Christie based her novels on her real life

    B. Christie is a mystery author

    C. her novels have enough exciting surprises

    D. her novels are full of murders


  UK Holiday Deals of the Week

  The latest deals,discounts and last-minute offers on cottages,hotels,guest houses and at?tractions in Britain.

  Holiday Lettings (http://www.holidavlettings.co.uk) has 50% discounts on lodging(住宿) in the village of Coldstream on the banks of the River Tweed. Hotels include Hamilton House, which sleeps six and is now going for £650 per week from December 20 to 27,a saving of £650.

  English Heritage (0870 333 1181 ;http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav. 17868) has 20% off selected cottages for last-minute bookings. Hotels include the Bowling Green apartment in a medieval castle on the Isle of Wight, which sleeps two adults and two chil?dren. It now costs £426 (normally £533) for four nights.

  City Inn (http://www.cityinn.com) ,is offering rooms over the holiday period from £59 with bed and breakfast at their hotels in Birmingham,Bristol,Glasgow,Leeds,Manchester and London. Normal room rates are £159. Children under 12 stay for free when accompanied by an adult. Rooms at this rate are available from December 13.

  Blue Chip Vacations (0844 5612001 ;http://www.bluechipvacations.com) is offering a 33% discount on Christmas and New Year breaks at The Old Bakehouse, in the village of Tuck-enhay, in Devon. Sleeping 14, this sits on the River Dart. Seven nights cost £2969. 50 ( saves about £1,500) . Available from 20 December.

  Eeosse Unique (01835 822277 ;http://www.unique-cottages.co.uk) is offering savings of £400 on seven-night holiday breaks in u Lochhead Cottage" ,located on the foreshore of Loch Sunart in Argyll. This stone-built Highland cottage sleeps four and has views across the mountains of Moidart and Sunart. New price is £495 ,a reduction of £400. Start dates Decem?ber 19 and 26.

  Cornish Cottages (01326 240333, http://www.cornishcottagesonline.com) has a saving of 10% on a week's rental―over Christmas with flexible start dates―of Nanteag'ue (sleeps two) . Set above Porthallow Cove on the Lizard Peninsula, with far reaching rural and sea views, this newly rebuilt cottage is ten minutes' walk from the beach and the coastal footpath. All heating costs included. New price £368 (saving £40) . Start date 19, 20,21, 22 or 23 December. 

(   ) 5. Which of the following pictures goes well with English Heritage, according to the passage?

(   ) 6. To book a hotel room at a discount in Glasgow, you would probably visit

   A.http: //www.holidavlettings.co.uk

   B.http://www.cityinn.com

   C.http: //www.bluechipvacation.com

   D.http: //www.cornishcottagesonline.com

(   ) 7. Compared to Ecosse Unique, Blue Chip Vacations        .

   A.offers a smaller discount

   B.has a lower price

   C.offers the discounts earlier

   D.is more attractive to travelers

(   ) 8. What do the discount attractions have in common, according to the passage?

   A.They are very popular with travelers.

   B.They offer free services for children.

   C.They lie in Britain.

   D.They are available in December.

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