BELT FAJAR, West Bank of Khalil Taqataqah’s nine children, 20-year-old Andaleeb was his favorite. She was up early on Friday, made him tea and then slipped unnoticed out of the modest family home in this West Bank village.

       In central Jerusalem later in the day, Andaleeb ended her life the way dozens of other Palestinians did before: She blew herself up, killing herself and six Israelis and injured scores more.

       Andaleeb’s parents, sisters, best friends and close relatives painted a picture of a quiet and soft-spoken woman who had not given a hint（暗示）of her intentions.

       But Andaleeb spoke of her plan in a video taken before Friday’s bombing and shown on Saturday on the Qatar-based Arab satellite TV channel AI-Jazeera.

       “I’ve chosen to say with my body what Arab’s leaders have failed to say.” Said Andaleeb, repeating a frequent complaint by Palestinians that Arab nations are not doing enough against Israel.

       “My body is a barrel of gunpowder that burns the enemy.” she said, reading from a piece of paper.

       “She was like any other girl of her age. She spoke about love and marriage. I am so sad she’s gone. It’s the shock of my life.” said her best friend and coworker Laila Mahmoud.

       A school dropout, Andaleeb had supported her family from a job at a Palestinian-owned textile factory in the nearby town of Belt Jala. She had not reported for work for nearly three weeks because of repeated closures of West Bank roads by the Israeli army, according to her relatives.

       “Anyone in her place would have been out of control. It’s her destiny（天命）and it’s a source of pride and glory for us that she did what she could.” said her aunt, Jameela Taqataqah as she held back tears.

       Andaleeb, the third Palestinian woman to commit a suicide（自杀）murder this year, wore blue jeans and a matching checkered shirt when she had a photograph taken two months ago.

       Andaleeb, her parents’ fourth child, looked more than 20 in the photograph.

       Andaleeb’s parents said they learned of their daughter’s death early this morning when Israeli troops arrived and asked everyone to step out while they searched the house.

       “They arrested one of her brothers and a male cousin who lives next door.” said the parents.

  53. What’s the news story mainly about?

       A. A Palestinian girl killed herself.

       B. Andaleeb, her father’s favorite daughter.

       C. A Palestinian girl blew herself up to kill Israelis.

       D. Israeli troops arrested two Palestinian men.

  54. How many Palestinian women had committed suicide-murders so far?

       A. 12                           B. 9                             C. 4                             D. 3

  55. All the following are true EXCEPT that ________.

       A. Andaleeb was a student before she died

       B. Andaleeb was very brave

       C. Andaleeb’s parents knew nothing about her plan

       D. Andaleeb was not satisfied with Arab leaders

  56. Which of the following is the writer of the news story most likely to agree with?

       A. Palestinians should kill more and more Israelis.

       B. Andaleeb was a lovely girl with great courage.

       C. Andaleeb’s parents should have stopped her killing herself.

       D. Andaleeb’s brother and cousin should be arrested.

It is estimated(估计)that some seven hundred million people—about half the world’s adult half the world’s adult population—are unable to read or write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more whose level is so slight that it barely(勉强)qualifies(称得上)as literacy(有文化).

   Recently the attack on illiteracy had been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade(十年计划)，and  an international conference of the subject has also been held. UNESCO stresses that functional(官能的)literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship; the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price-lists to deep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered—and to fill in forms.

   The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, which is eighty to eighty-five percent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million; most of them are in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list(the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).

   It is urgent(迫切的)for each country in the would, whether poor or rich, to wipe out illiteracy.

1．The figure of illiteracy in Britain is　　   .

A. 0.1% of that of illiteracy in the world

B. 0.2% of the world’s adult population

C. 35% of Europe’s population

D.3.5% of that of the illiteracy n Southern Europe

2．A world plan mentioned in the passage aims at　　   .

A. training responsible citizens

B. enforcing the functions UNESCO

C. helping illiterates learn how to read and write

D. asking Southern European countries to take the lead in attacking illiteracy

3．The author implies(暗示)that this world plan is to　　   .

A. be carried out in the major areas of illiteracy like Africa

B. be realized in ten years

C. be drawn up by Parisian experts

D. be discussed at an international conference

4．According to the passage, which country has the most illiterates?

A. France　　　　 B. The U. S. A.　　    C. Spain　　　　　　  D. England

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Holly Porter is the owner of a small company, Porter Printing Co. With the help of her secretary, Lizzy, she is arranging a 10th-anniversary staff dinner.

P—Porter                        L—Lizzy   

P:  Now that we’ve arranged the time and place, we can write the invitation.

L:    1 

P:  How about this “To celebrate 10 years in business, Holly Porter requests the honor of your presence at …”  2 

L:  It just sounds very formal.

P:  What do you suggest, then?

L:  How about this : “After 10 years at Porter Printing, it’s time to celebrate! Join us at…”

P:  That does sound better.

L:  Should the invitation include children, Ms. Porter?

P:     3 

L:  How would you like to say that, then?

P:  I guess we can’t say, “No kids, please,” can we?

L:    4   How about just addressing the invitation to “employee and guest”?

P:    5 

A．No, no. I don’t mind.             

B．That sounds fine. I hope they get the hint(暗示).

C．What would you like it to say?       

D．What’s the matter? You don’t like this?          

E. No. Not this time.                 

F. That may not sound very nice.                 

G. That would be fine with us.

Holly Porter is the owner of a small company, Porter Printing Co. With the help of her secretary, Lizzy, she is arranging a 10th-anniversary staff dinner.

P—Porter                        L—Lizzy   

P:  Now that we’ve arranged the time and place, we can write the invitation.

L:    61 

P:  How about this “To celebrate 10 years in business, Holly Porter requests the honor of your presence at …”  62 

L:  It just sounds very formal.

P:  What do you suggest, then?

L:  How about this : “After 10 years at Porter Printing, it’s time to celebrate! Join us at…”

P:  That does sound better.

L:  Should the invitation include children, Ms. Porter?

P:     63 

L:  How would you like to say that, then?

P:  I guess we can’t say, “No kids, please,” can we?

L:    64   How about just addressing the invitation to “employee and guest”?

P:    65 

A．No, no. I don’t mind.  

B．That sounds fine. I hope they get the hint(暗示).

C．What would you like it to say?   

D．What’s the matter? You don’t like this?  

E. No. Not this time.  

F. That may not sound very nice.  

G. That would be fine with us.