Seven Chinese who were kept in Iraq(伊拉克)were freed late Monday night. A Chinese spokesman said on today．

The seven Chinese were taken by Iraq soldiers in Fallujah, west of Baghdad on Sunday after they entered Iraq through Jordan(约旦)．They were all workers from Fujian Province．The chairman of China, Hu Jintao instructed the head of the Chinese Embassy(大使馆)in Baghdad to do everything they could to make them free．

The Embassy then called an Iraq minister(部长)to make sure of the ID of the Chinese and the exact place they were kept in．At the same time some Chinese experts guessed that perhaps the Iraq soldiers had taken the Chinese by mistakes．And later they were told it was true．They did so just because they had mistaken Chinese for Japanese or South Koreans．It’s said some Japanese and South Koreans were also taken away and kept in Iraq．Japan and South Korea had sent soldiers to Iraq．Iraq warned that it would kill the three Japanese unless Japan called back its soldiers．China has warned its people not to go to Iraq and those who were already there to be more careful．

1. The Iraq soldiers took the Chinese away            ．

A. because they hated the Chinese

B. because they would kill any of those who entered Iraq

C. because they thought the people were Japanese or South Koreans

D. because they thought they had no ID cards

2. The word“instructed”in the passage means         ．

A. 介绍    B. 指示    C. 任命   D. 表扬

3. From the passage we know           ．

A. China might be a bit afraid of Iraq

B. The Iraq minister did nothing for the Chinese

C. Iraq hated Japan and South Korea

D. Iraq killed the Japanese

4. Which is the right order of the event?

a. The seven Chinese were freed．

b. The seven Chinese were taken by Iraq soldiers．

c. The seven Chinese came into Iraq．

d. Hu Jintao instructed the Chinese Embassy to save them．

e. The Iraqi soldiers mistook them for Japanese or South Koreans．

f. China warned its people to be careful．

A. a b c d e f    B. c d b e a f    C. f c e b d a   D. c e b d a f

5. The passage is mainly about            ．

A. How the Chinese were freed after being taken by the Iraqis

B. Why the Chinese were caught by the Iraqis

C. How the foreigners were saved by their own countries

D. When, where and why the Iraqis took the Chinese

Complete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms (用括号中所给单词的适当形式完成下列句子。每空格限填一词)
【小题1】Two bank _________were reported in this area last month. (robbery)
【小题2】China has become the ________country to build a space station. (five)
【小题3】_______is the most important thing for a people. (honest)
【小题4】If you want to ________things better, you’d better have a healthier diet. (memory)
【小题5】Some ________people have traditional turkeys for Christmas dinner. (west)
【小题6】President Hu Jintao made a ________on TV last Wednesday to welcome the new year. (speak)
【小题7】Some kinds of computers are so tiny that people may be ________of them. (aware)
【小题8】Many people like to keep pet dogs because dogs will love people ________for many years. (faithful)