2.　　　 细节理解题。A项是"催泪弹"，不属于Weapons of mass destruction。

1.　　　 主题判断题. 答案为：D。

3. Which of the following is true according to the four pieces of news?

A. Tong Liqing from Chongqing was wrongly jailed for nearly 7 years before a local lawyer proved his innocence.

B.　　　 The quake in Tokyo was not a moderate one.

C.　 Girls from Chinese mainland intend to marry to a man whoever is a Hong Kong resident.

D. The columnist, Sheng Dalin, thinks that the teachers should knee down before the kid's mother.

Passage　 9　　　 1. D　　 2. A　　 3. C

恐怖活动乃世界和平社会稳定的公敌。看看这篇从美国官方网站上copy下来的文章节选，美国人对恐怖主义的警惕、以及恐怖分子一旦使用大规模杀伤性武器所造成的危害由此可见一斑。

2. Which of the following will be the best heading for News Item 3 ?

　 A. Women married to Hong Kong　　　　　 B. Mr. Right in Hong Kong

　 C. Match girls　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. A Hong Kong matchmaking agency

1. "Excessive Apology" may be a good title for _______.

A. News item 1　　 B. News item 2　　 C. News item 3　　 D. News item 4

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.

2. Weapons of mass destruction include all of the following except ________.

A. tear bombs

B. nuclear weapons

C. biological weapons

D. atomic bombs

1. What's the main idea of the extract ?

A. Terrorism is not a new phenomenon

　 B. Terrorists attacked on America's embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in August

　 C. Long part of the Hollywood and Tom Clancy repertory of nightmarish scenarios will surely happen next month.

D. Today's terrorists may gain access to weapons of mass destruction and the US is not yet well prepared for the new threat of catastrophic terrorism.

3．　 词义推断题。根据上下文黑体的scared应是"害怕的"意思。