attacked U. S. intelligence agencies.
responsible for most online attacks.
once involved in a bombing plot.
plotting to attack the FBI.
第1题：
Part BDirections:
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into the numbered blank when there are tow extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
After its misadventures in 1993, when American marines were driven out of Somalia by skinny gunmen, America has used a long spoon in supping with Somalia's warlords. This, like so much else, changed on September 11th. (41) .
Clandestine, up to a point: within hours of the arrival in Baidoa of nine closely cropped Americans sporting matching satellite phones and shades, their activities were broadcast. After meeting various warlords, the group inspected a compound that had apparently been offered to them as their future base. They also saw an old military depot. Neither can have been encouraging: the compound has been taken over by war-displaced families, and the depot by thorn-scrub.
America was already convinced of al-Qaeda's presence in Somalia. Its had listed a Somali Islamic group, al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (Islamic Unity), as a terrorist organisation. (42) . It fears that lawless Somalia could become a haven for escapes from Afghanistan. The American navy is currently patrolling the country's long coastline, while spy planes are said to be criss-crossing the heavens.
(43) . With a little bit of help, he told his American visitors, he would be ready "to liberate the country from these evil forces". America had already heard as much through its embassies in Nairobi and Addis Ababa, which maintain contact with warlords, and from Ethiopia.
The warlords are supported by Ethiopia, which has a historical fear of strong Somalia, in a bid to oppose the government. But their differing views on where to strike at the "terrorists" reveal that their individual ambitions are even sharper than their dislike of the government.
Mr. Ismail says that Merca, which is claimed by his Rahanwein clan, is the capital of terror. (44) . The UN says there is only an orphanage there now. But the island is close to Mr. Morgan's home town of Kismaayo, which he failed to capture from a pro-government militia in July, and he is determined not to fail again.
None of this looks good for Somalia's official president, Abdiquassim Salad Hassan, Whose government is in control of about half the capital, Mogadishu. He has formed his own anti-terrorism unit, and invited America to send investigators, or even troops. America, armed with stories about the presence of al-Itihaad members held back, but on December 18th sent an envoy to Mogadishu.
Both Mr. Hassan and the UN say that al-Itihaad is not a terrorist organisation. It emerged as an armed force in 1991, battling for power in the aftermath of Siad Barre's fall. It had some early successes, briefly taking Kismaayo. But it was always dependent on the blessing of its members' clan elders. When the elders eventually called their fighters back, a hard core of Islamists fled to the Gedo border region where, in 1997, they were crushed by Ethiopian troops (45) .
The Baidoa alliance plainly hopes to be supported as proxies in a fight against "terrorism" and the Mogadishu regime. But the latest intelligence leaks suggest that the first reports may have overestimated al-Qaeda's presence in Somalia. Nor would Mr. bin Laden and his henchmen find it easy to lie low in an oral culture that considers rumour-mongering to be a form. of manners. Even so, the warlords seem to believe that they have won some promise of help. Soon after the arrival of the American group, they pulled out of the peace talks they had been holding with their government in Nairobi.
[A] Al-Itihaad subsequently infiltrated Somalia's business class, and now runs Islamic schools, courts and clinics with the money it has accumulated.
[B] According to Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail, the acting chairman of the loose alliance of warlords who control most of Somalia and are based in Baidoa, there are "approximately 20,480 armed extremists" in Somalia and "85% of the government is al-Itihaad".
[C] Muhammad Hersi Morgan, known as the "butcher of Hargeisa" because he once razed that town to the ground, says an al-Itihaad camp on Ras Kamboni island, is still active.
[D] But since September 11th 2001, western governments anxious to prevent al-Qaeda from using Somalia as a base, have pressed the warlords to make peace.
[E] American intelligence officers are working with two warlords to gather information about suspected al-Qaeda people in Somalia.
[F] On December 9th America sent a clandestine mission to talk to a collection of Somali warlords, who like to claim that their country, in particular their UN-sponsored government, is overrun with terrorists.
[G] It had also forced the closure of Barakaat, Somalia's biggest banking and telecoms company, which handles most of the remittances that somalis working abroad send back to their families.
第41题：
(41) .
第2题：
A、claimed
B、acclaimed
C、exclaimed
D、reclaimed
第3题：
A、aid
B、relief
C、benefit
D、care
第4题：
According to the surveys in the U. S., _____.
［A］ bullying among adults is also rising ［B］ parents are not supervising their children well
［C］ parents seldom believe bullies ［D］ most parents resort to calling to deal with bullying
第5题：
Which of the following best summarizes the U. S. economic situation today?
［A］American economists are painting a gloomy picture.
［B］It is slowly warming up with moderate growth.
［C］Recession may come back anytime in the coming months.
［D］Most sectors are picking up at a surprisingly fast pace.
这是一道涉及对全文主旨理解的考题。综合全文，作者对美国经济进行了客观、全面的分析。从第二至四段的内容可知，作者对GDP的增长原因、经济对劳动市场的影响、美联储提高利率的措施都持有谨慎的乐观态度。但是作者也指出失业的速度有所缓和（三段末），美联储的货币政策相对中性化（四段末），工业生产部门的产量正在达到底线，复苏即将开始（第五段），办公设备部门将以比较缓和的速度继续增长（第九段末）。因此［B］项恰当地概括了美国的经济形势。
文章开篇就提到，政府报告带来的意外惊喜使经济学家对国民生产总值的预测上调。排除［A］项。首段提到，有观点认为经济衰退期已在12月或1月终止。但下文只描述了经济的复苏趋势，因此［C］项不符合。［D］项错在surprisingly fast pace，文中大量出现表示“适中、温和”含义的关键词，如tame，neutrality，relaxed pace等，表明经济的发展速度是缓慢的。
第6题：
In the U. S., at Christmas, schoolchildren have ______ for holiday.
A. a month
B. a week
C. two weeks
D. three weeks
第7题：
A.Library of Congress
B.Library of Harvard
C.Franklin Library
D.Roosevelt Library
第8题：
此题为判断题(对，错)。
第9题：
The author is most critical of_____.
［A］ the media ［B］ doctors ［C］ U. S. Legislators ［D］ the British government
第10题：
In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on（ ）
[A] a vivid account of the new book Divorce Talk
[B] a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoon
[C] other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U. S.
[D] a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew Hacker
