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The Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, announced here today that a delegation of Pakistani officials would fly to the Taliban~ s headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Monday to renew demands that the militia surrender Saudi fugitive Osama Bin Laden. U.S. officials have named Bin Laden, who has been given shelter by the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan, as the prime suspect in Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Washington and New York. "We are aware of the gravity of the situation and know that in the lives of nations, such situations do arise that require making important decisions," Musharraf said at a meeting with Pakistani newspaper editors. The Taliban's leader, Mohammad Omar, has refused to give up Bin Laden, claiming he is not responsible for the U.S. attacks. "The Pakistan government is leaning on the Taliban government to hand over Osama to save this entire region from catastrophe," said Najam Sethi, editor of the weekly newspaper Friday Times, who participated in the meeting with Musharraf. "I am not sure whether there is much chance of that happening, but the pressure is on from the Pakistan government." Pakistan has been a key supporter of the Taliban, which controls more than 90 percent of Afghanistan and has enforced a strict interpretation of Islamic law in the country. Omar, the Taliban leader, today convened an emergency meeting of clerics(圣职人员) in the Afghan capital, Kabul. "As regards the possible attack by America on the sacred soil of Afghanistan, veteran honorable clerics should come to Kabul for a sharia decision," Omar said in a statement broadcast on the Taliban's Radio Shariat today. Sharia is Islamic law. Omar, who reportedly left Ms. Kandahar headquarters several days ago in anticipation of a U. S. attack, asked Afghans to pray and read the Koran to meet what he called a "test", according to the statement. He indicated he would not attend the meeting of clerics, though he reportedly met with a small group of senior clerics today. The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press reported today it had received a statement from Bin Laden, dispatched by an aide from an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, in which he denied involvement in last week's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "I am residing in Afghanistan," the statement said, "I have taken an oath of allegiance to Omar which does not allow me to do such things from Afghanistan. We have been blamed in the past, but we were not involved./
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What is the mission of the delegation of Pakistani officials to Afghanistan?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】．．a delegation of Pakistani officials would fly to the Taliban's headquarters．．．to renew demands that the militia surrender Saudi fugitive Osama Bin Laden”。这与C符合。其他三项都与文意不符。
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According to the text all the following statements are true EXCEPT ______.
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The statement from Bin Laden Ⅰ. is declared by his aide in a disclosed location Ⅱ. stresses that he has no connection with last week's attacks on the World Trade Center Ⅲ. says he is not the prime suspect in Tuesday's terrorist attacks in Washington and New York
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】文章最后一段引用Bin Laden的话“I have taken an oath of allegiance to Omar which does not allow me to do such things from Afghanistan．We have been blamed in the past，but we were not involved．”可见，Bin Laden的声明表明他与袭击事件无关。这与Ⅱ符合。I与第九段意思相反。文章第二段指出，美国政府将Laden列为星期二那次恐怖袭击的主要嫌犯，但Laden本人在声明中并未明确说自己是否是主要嫌犯，因此，Ⅲ与文意不符。只有B是正确答案。
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The phrase "the gravity of the situation" in the context can best mean ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】文章第三段指出“We are aware of the gravity of the situation and know that in the lives of nations， such situations do arise that require making important decisions．”根据require making important decisions可知，该短语的意思应该是“非常严峻的局势”。这与D符合。
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The key points of this piece of news can be stated as. ______.