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1、Test1Questions1and2willbebasedonthefollowingnewsitem.[1]Inastatement,theUSpresidentsaysheistakingtheaction,becausetheconflictinDarfurthreatensthenationalsecurityandforeignpolicyoftheUnitedStates.TheassetfreezeisbeingimposedonfourSudaneseidentifiedbytheU.N.Secur

2、ityCouncilasbeinginvolvedinorganizingandcarryingoutcruelandviolentactionsinDarfur.Thepresident’sordercomesdaysbeforeralliesareplannedinWashingtonandthroughouttheUnitedStatestoprotestthethree-yearwarinDarfur.[2]CelebritiessuchasAcademyAwardwinningactorGeorgeCloo

3、neyarescheduledtospeakattherally.Clooney,whojustreturnedfromatriptotheDarfurregion,toldreportersinWashingtontheworld’sattentionneedtobefocusedonwhathecalledthe“firstmassivemurderofthe21stcentury.”1.WhyistheU.S.presidenttakingactionsinDarfur?2.Whoisscheduledtosp

4、eakattherally?Questions3and4willbebasedonthefollowingnewsitem.[3]InOctobertheUgandanoppositionleader,KizzaBasigye,returnedtoKampalatoprepareforthepresidentialelectionsnextyear.Threeweekslaterhewasarrested.TheUgandangovernmentsayshemustanswerthecharges,buthissup

5、porterssayit’sanattemptbyUgandanPresidentMusevenitoPreventDr.Basigyerunningagainsthim.[4]Theincidentisthreateningtodarkenthecountry’sfirstmulti-partyelectionsintwodecades.WesternnationswhichprovideessentialeconomicsupporttoUgandahaveheldupUgandaasarolemodelinth

6、eregion,oppositionleadersarecallingonthemtotakeastand.InthiseditionofAnalysis,LucyWilliamsonlooksatwhetherUganda’srelationshipwithitsdonorsisfeelingthestrain.3.WhydidKizzaBasigyereturntoKampala?4.WhatistheconsequenceofBasigye’sincident?Questions5and7willbebased

7、onthefollowingnewsitem.[5]Upto32peoplewerekilledintwobombattacksMondayintheSyriancityofHoms,neartheborderwith5Lebanon.Thesecondattackkilledpeoplewhogatheredtoseethedamageofanearliercarbomb.Asuicidebomberenteredthecrowdandexplodedabombhiddeninclothing.Theattacks

8、tookplaceintheal-Zahraadistrict,inthecentralpartofthecity.[6]State-controlledmediasay19peoplewerekilledinthetwobombings.TheSyrianObservatoryforHumanRightssays32peoplewerekil