（安徽省屯溪一中2010届高三上学期期中考试）

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  If you can’t catch the bad guy, it’s game over-----this is the rule of life for computer game players. But similar thoughts might be worrying US president George W. Bush as he prepares for the election year with the world’s most wanted man still out of his reach.

  The hunt for Laden has been going on since the attack on New York’s World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Progress has been slow and, with John Kerry winning the race last Tuesday to compete against Bush in November’s presidential elections, the president needs results.

  “If Laden can be caught before the presidential election, Bush will get an upper hand,” a senior US official told the New York Times.

  The American public’s support for the war in Iraq has been falling, especially as the Bush government cannot find the banned weapons it said were in the country. But the way in which the president’s popularity rose following the arrest of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in December shows how useful the capture of Laden would be.

  The latest information suggests the election will be close, with 48 percent of Americans saying they will vote for Bush and 46 percent backing Kerry.

  In order to seize Laden, thousands of US soldiers were moved from Iraq to Afghanistan earlier this week, according to a US official Further efforts have been made to strengthen Afghanistan’s border area with Pakistan, with soldiers checking nearby villages more frequently than before.

64. The American presidential election will be held between _____and ____.

  A. George W Bush; Jimmy Carter          B. John Kerry; Thomas Jefferson

  C. George W Bush; John Kerry              D. George Bush; John Kerry

65. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

  A. The arrest of Saddam did Bush some good. 

B. The American soldiers have sent Laden to prison.

C. The arrest of Laden will make no difference to the election.

D. Laden may hide himself far away from the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan

66. We can infer from the passage that _____.

  A. it’s difficult to catch Laden               

B. Bush will lose the presidential election

  C. Americans didn’t set out to catch Laden until 2003

  D. American presidential election will take place in October

67. What does the underlined word “banned” in paragraph 4 mean?

  A. Advanced.    B. Dangerous.      C. Forbidden        D. Expensive.