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Baghdad Seeking Support of Arabian World

　　BAGHDAD(Reuters)—Iraq(伊拉克)asked Arabs on Monday to seek martyrdom(殉難；犧牲)by attacking U.S. forces in Kuwait(科威特), saying the Americans were preparing to occupy(占領(lǐng))Iraq.

　　“We in Iraq and in the entire(Arab)nation believe that every faithful(虔誠的)Arab has the right, duty, and the honor to deal with these forces in Kuwait, ”a spokesman was replying to the comments by al-Attiya, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council(GCC，海灣合作委員會), in which he turned down an apology by President Saddam Hussein(薩達姆·侯塞因)to the Kuwaiti people for the 1990 invasion(入侵).

　　Saddam apologized Saturday for his 1990-1991 invasion of the country, but scolded Kuwait rulers for conspiring(同謀；搞陰謀)with Washington against the Baghdad(巴格達)government.

　　Kuwait turned down the apology and said Saddam's message amounted to“incitement(煽動)for terrorism(恐怖主義)”.

　　The Iraq spokesman said, “Does Attiya not know that the U.S. forces occupy Kuwait, start from there to destroy the Iraq and kill the Iraqis, and that the U.S. army forces plan to occupy Iraq?”

　　The GCC is made up of Kuwait, Saudi Arabian(沙特阿拉伯), United Arab Empires(阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長國), Qatar(卡塔爾), Bahrain(巴林)and Oman(阿曼).

　　UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zaid al-Nahayan said Saddam's speech had cost Baghdad what support it had left in the Arab world.

　　“I believe the speech cost the Iraq leadership any pity it had left and further proved the weakness of Iraq's political and media credibility(可靠性；確實性)at a time when Iraq needs to try its best to get rid of the threat of a face-off(對峙), ”Sheikh Abdullah told the official Kuwait News Agency.

　　Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990.U.S.-led united forces drove the Iraq army from the oil-rich state in February, 1991.

　　Thousands of U.S. troops have been sent to Kuwait since the 1991 Gulf War. However, these forces have been attacked several times in recent weeks. At least one U.S. soldier has died.

1．It can be inferred that Iraq is ________.

[　　]

A．seeking support in the Arab world

B．trying to make Arab die for the Iraqis

C．sincerely apologizing to Kuwait

D．a(chǎn)ttacking U.S. forces in Kuwait

2．Which of the following are members of the Gulf Cooperation Council?

[　　]

A．Iraq and Kuwait.

B．Kuwait and Egypt.

C．Kuwait and Oman.

D．All the Arabian countries.

3．After Iraq apologized, it was generally thought in GCC that ________.

[　　]

A．Iraq would win more support from the Arab countries

B．it was too late for Iraq to do so

C．Iraq would lose support from Arabian countries though they all supported it at the time being

D．Iraq would lose all the support that it had from Arabian countries

4．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Iraq was quite weak in politics.

B．Iraq was trying to avoid a war with the U.S.

C．The Gulf War Lasted for a whole year.

D．America won support from all the Arabian countries.

5．What does the underlined part“turned down”in Paragraph 2 mean?

[　　]

A．a(chǎn)ccepted
B．refused
C．enjoyed
D．disliked
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[　　]

A．when it was investigating military operation

B．when it was carrying out a task in Afghanistan

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A．The helicopter was attacked by coalition forces.

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[　　]

A．US helicopter crash kills 5 soldiers

B．Afghanistan's crash

C．US soldiers are killed in Iraq

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[　　]

A．

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South Korea

C．

Malaysia

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[　　]

A．

eager

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ready

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anxious

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A．

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