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7、At least six people have been killed and another 40 wounded when a bomb exploded during a festival in the mainly Christian town of Makilala in the southern Philippines.

Federico Dulay, police chief of North Cotabato province, said the explosion was caused by a homemade bomb, fashioned from a mortar（迫击炮）round. “We are not ruling out anything, including a terrorist attack,” he told reporters. Other officials said the attack — like many previous bombings — was probably carried out by Philippino Muslims. The bomb exploded at around 8 p.m. during a festival in Makilala to celebrate the 51st anniversary of the town’s founding.

Earlier on Tuesday, another powerful explosion destroyed a public market in Tacurong city, around 50 km west of Makilala, wounding four people.

Local army commanders said both attacks were probably carried out by Muslims linked to Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a group which wants to create an Islamic（的）country. Colonel Ruperto Pabustan, army commander in North Cotabato province, said the bombing in Makilala was “a signature JI attack”. Police said both bombs were made from mortar rounds and were detonated using a mobile phone. A previous explosion in Tacurong in 2002 was also caused to explode by a phone.

Abu Sayyaf, the smallest and most violent of four armed Muslim groups in the Philippines, has been sheltering members of JI in the south. Around 6,000 soldiers with the US advisers have been trying since August 1 to find and arrest them. Last month, security officials warned Abu Sayyaf could launch bomb attacks in key urban centers in the south.

A spokesman for the country’s largest armed Muslim group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which is holding peace talks with Manila, denied any involvement in the attack on Makilala. “Honestly, we have no role in these bombings,” said Eid Kabalu.

1．Who is a member of the Muslim groups?

A．Federico Dulay    B．Eid Kabalu           C．Abu Sayyaf         D．JI

2．The underlined word in Paragraph 4 can probably be replaced by _________．

A．exploded             B．burnt                   C．fired                   D．invented

3．From the article we can learn the following EXCEPT__________.

A．The explosion on Tuesday wounded four people

B．This explosion in Makilala was probably caused by JI

C．The town was founded 51 years ago

D．Most of the Makilala residents are Muslims

4．The author wrote this article to __________．

A．report the explosion                                                                                                   B．ask us to help the victims

C．encourage us to fight against terrorist attacks                                                

D．warn us to avoid crowed places