3.What's the main purpose of writing this passage?
A. To tell people what terrorism is.
B. To report the recent rampancy of terrorists.
C. To warn people to be highly aware of the new threat
of terrorism.
D. To explain the danger of weapons of mass destruction.
Passage 10 Four pieces of News
News item 1
ChongQing ---- A man has received compensation of more than 130,000 yuan (US&15,662) for being wrongly convicted of murder
and serving nearly seven years in jail. Tong Liqing,
who is now 41, was jailed for killing his brother's maid. At his trial, Tong
said he had admitted to the crime to escape further police beatings. His case
attracted the attention of a local lawyer who spent six years finding evidence to
prove Tong's innocence.
News Item 2
Tokyo ---- An
earthquake shook Tokyo
on Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
National broadcaster NHK said there was no danger of tidal waves. The
earthquake measured a moderate 6.5 on the Richter scale. NHK said the epicenter
was off the coast of the Kii peninsula in western Japan.
News Item 3
Hong Kong ---- More women from the Chinese mainland intend to visit
Hong Kong in search of Mr. Right after restrictions on travel to Hong Kong were eased. In the first seven months of this
year, some 18,000 couples registered for marriage in Hong
Kong. For one third of these newly married couples, husbands or
wives were from Chinese mainland. According to the China News Service, local
matchmaking agencies have recently received more inquiries from women who are
from the mainland, wanting to meet well educated men with a relatively good
income.
News Item 4
NanJing---- A
report that three kindergarten teachers knelt down before a South Korean couple
to apologize, in Nanjing, of East China's Jiangsu Province, has triggered wide criticism.
At a local kindergarten, a Chinese teacher frightened a South Korean
child by saying she would cut off his fingers if he continued to make mischief.
Although the kindergarten had apologized to the couple and dismissed the
teacher surnamed Yang, the mother insisted that Yang should kneel down before
her.
Sheng Dalin, a columnist, wrote in the XINXI SHIBAO that it was
enough to fire the teacher and make an apology to the couple, but the mother's
request was beyond all reason.