Edward Snowden-the fugitive former U．S．intelligence employee -appears to be stuck in Moscow, unable to leave without a valid American passport, according to interviews Sunday with two men who had so 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Edward Snowden—the fugitive （逃亡者） former U．S．intelligence employee —appears to be stuck in Moscow, unable to leave without a valid American passport, according to interviews Sunday with two men who had sought to aid him: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange and Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa．

Snowden, 30, arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport last weekend, after previously taking refuge in Hong Kong． Moscow was only supposed to be a stopover．WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy organization, had said Snowden was headed on to Ecuador—whose president has been critical of the United States — and that he would seek asylum there．

Now, however, both men said Snowden is unable to leave．

"The United States, by canceling his passport, has left him for the moment trapped in Russia," said Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on ABC ' s " This Week With George Stephanopoulos"． The United States canceled Snowden' s passport last weekend． Assange criticized the United States, saying: " To take a passport from a young man in a difficult situation like that is a disgusting action．"

President Correa spoke to the Associated Press in Puerto Viejo, Ecuador． For now, he told the AP, Snowden was "under the care of the Russian authorities． "

"This is the decision of Russian authorities． He doesn't have a passport． I don't know the Russian laws, I don' t know if he can leave the airport, but I understand that he can' t," Correa said． He said that the case was now out of Ecuador' s hands． "If Snowden arrives at an Ecuadoran Embassy, we' 11 analyze his request for asylum．"

Snowden traveled from Hong Kong to Moscow on his U．S．passport． Although the U．S．had already revoked it, Hong Kong authorities said they hadn’t received the official request to cancel the passport before Snowden left．

An official at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London had also issued a letter of safe passage for Snowden． But Snowden apparently did not use it for his trip to Moscow．

And it doesn’t appear that the Ecuadoran government would make a similar gesture again．

On Sunday, Correa told the AP that an Ecuadoran official at that embassy had committed "a serious error" by issuing the first letter without consulting officials back home． Correa said the consul would be punished, although he didn’t specify how．

Correa' s tone seemed to have shifted after a conversation with Vice President Biden on Friday．Where Correa had earlier been aggressive and determined, he now voiced respect for U．S．legal procedures．

1.Edward Snowden is a person who once worked in a federal department ______．

A．to assist the governor of one state

B．to collect information secretly for the US

C．to organize overseas promotion campaign

D．to educate intelligence employees

2.Which of the following word can take the place of the underlined word in Para．2 ?

A．shelter． B．praise． C．position． D．forgiveness．

3.By what means did Edward Snowden leave Hong Kong for Moscow' s Sheremetyevo International Airport?

A．A letter of safe passage from the Ecuadoran Embassy．

B．Permission from Chinese government

C．Invitation of the Russian authorities．

D．An American passport．

4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．Edward Snowden will live in Moscow forever．

B．Ecuadoran government will provide Edward Snowden protection．

C．Through U．S．legal procedures Edward Snowden has been caught．

D．Correa hesitated to assist Edward Snowden．

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：本文报道了美国前情报局职员爆料美国政府绝密的PRISM（棱镜）计划，先是到香港避难，然后从香港到莫斯科国际机场，想前往厄瓜多尔共和国，结果护照被取消，滞留在机场的事件。

1.细节题：从第一段的句子：Edward Snowden—the fugitive （逃亡者） former U．S．intelligence employee —appears to be stuck in Moscow, 可知爱德华·斯诺登本来是帮助美国政府秘密收集情报的职员，选B

2.猜词题：从这段的句子：Snowden was headed on to Ecuador—whose president has been critical of the United States — and that he would seek asylum there．可知斯诺登是到寻求政治避难，asylum避难所，庇护，和shelter意思相近，选A

3.推理题：从第三段的句子："The United States, by canceling his passport, has left him for the moment trapped in Russia,"可知美国在斯诺登到俄罗斯的时候撤销了他的护照，也就是他用美国护照从香港到莫斯科的，选D

4.推理题：从最后一段的内容：Correa' s tone seemed to have shifted after a conversation with Vice President Biden on Friday．Where Correa had earlier been aggressive and determined, he now voiced respect for U．S．legal procedures．可知Correa'的态度变了，他现在尊敬美国的法律程序。说明他不愿帮助斯诺登了，选D

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