The attacks were allegedly planned for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
Police say the Islamic militant suspects were linked to two terrorist networks. They say one of the networks was linked to the Islamic State terror group.
A police official said books on jihad were found in the house of one of the suspects, along with bomb-making supplies. There was also a map of Jakarta.
Information about the alleged planning was given to Indonesian police by American and Australian law enforcement agencies.
The arrests took place in five cities on the island of Java.
Police say they are searching for more suspected terrorists.
An Indonesian news website reported that the country’s military chief said he plans to deploy more than 150,000 security forces to guard churches and public places during the holidays.
29. What is the news report mainly about? A) The arrest of nine people for planning suicide attacks. B) Two terrorist networks linked to the Islamic State terror group. C) Information given to Indonesian police. D) The guard of churches and public places during the holidays. 30. What was found in the house of one of the suspects? A) Books on Jihad. B) Bomb-making supplies. C) A map of Jakarta. D) All of the above.
Questions 31 to 33 will be based on the following news item. (lmd-13)
WILL RIPLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Japan’s pacifist constitution came about after a very dark period in Japanese history. You think about the country that you see today.
Imagine that 70 years ago here in Japan, Tokyo and many other major cities were flattened. They were in ruins. Two atomic bombs have been dropped on the country, several million people had died. And both the Japanese and the Americans wanted to find a way to insure this kind of catastrophe would never happen again.
And that is how Article 9 of the Japanese constitution came about. The Americans helped write it and essentially what it does is expressly forbid Japan from using the military as a means to settle international disputes. In a separate treaty, the United States agreed to defend Japan from its enemies and that has been the status quo for the last seven decades.
But now, some here are saying that it’s time to change.
Japan technically doesn’t have a military. It has a self defense force that for decades has been very limited in what it’s allowed to do. Essentially, it can only defend the Japanese mainland.
Under these reinterpretations of the Japanese constitution, the self defense force may be able to have a more expanded militarily.
31. When did Japan’s pacifist constitute came about according to the news report?
A) After the atomic bombing event in Japan. B) Before the atomic bombing event in Japan. C) Before the atomic bombing event in America. D) After the atomic bombing event in America.
32. What is the result of the dropping of two bombs in Japan? A) Tokyo and many other major cities were in ruins. B) Several million people died. C) A new war started. D) Both A) and B).
33. What can Japan’s self defense force do?
A) It can do what a military can.
B) It can only defend the mainland of Japan. C) It can make the Japanese constitution. D) It can settle international disputes.
Questions 34 and 35 will be based on the following news item. (lmd-14)
Welcome to 10 minutes of commercial-free current events. I’m Carl Azuz for CNN STUDENT NEWS. Hope your Thursday is going well.
We’re starting in Syria. The situation in this Middle Eastern country is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. That’s according to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in Syria’s ongoing civil wars, started in 2011. More than 11 million have fled their homes. And the ISIS terrorist group, which wants to create its own country, has taken over large parts of Syria.
Amid everything that’s going on, ISIS is destroying historic artifacts. The Muslim militants have taken aim at many relics that aren’t associated with Muslim culture. They recently murdered a Syrian professor who refused to pledge to ISIS and to tell them where certain archeological treasures are in the Syrian city of Palmyra.
He wasn’t the only Syrian peacefully defending his county’s artifacts.
34. What is true about the situation in Syria according the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency? A) It is the smallest humanitarian crisis in the world. B) It is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. C) It is the smallest hostage crisis in the world. D) It is the largest hostage crisis in the world.
35. Where has the ISIS terrorist group taken over according to the news report? A) Large parts of Palmyra. B) Large parts of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. C) Large parts of eastern Syria. D) Large parts of Syria.
Questions 36 to 38 will be based on the following news item. (lmd-15)
AZUZ: Earlier this month, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was treated for a mass on his liver. But afterward, an MRI, an internal body scan, showed the 90-year-old leader has four cancer spots on his brain. Doctors say it’s melanoma, a type of cancer that usually starts in the skin, though they’re not sure how it started in this case. Carter started radiation treatment yesterday.
In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as the 39 president of the United States. A former peanut farmer and later governor of Georgia, he served one term as president. After a landslide defeat to Ronald Reagan in 1980, Carter returned to Georgia, devoted himself to diplomacy and humanitarian work and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
When I say “U.S. Secret Service”, you probably think of the officers who protect the president. They do that. The agency was formed in 1865 to prevent counterfeit currency in the U.S. It’s seen its ups and downs since then.
In the past few years, Secret Service agents have been accused of misconduct in other countries and some problems in the U.S. One incident involved the man who jumped over the fence around the White House and made his way inside the president’s mansion before agents finally stopped him.
The agency is making some major chances.
36. What is untrue about former U.S. President Jimmy Carter? A) Something is wrong with his liver. B) He has four cancer spots on his brain. C) He is receiving chemical treatment. D) He suffers from melanoma.
37. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002? A) Jimmy Carter. B) Ronald Reagan.
C) U. S. Secret Service. D) Georgia.
38. What have Secret Service agents been accused of in the past few years? A) Misconduct in the White House and some problems in the U. S. B) Misconduct in the U.S. and some problems in other countries. C) Some problems in the White House and misconduct in the U.S. D) Some problems in the U.S. and misconduct in other countries.
Questions 39 and 40 will be based on the following news item. (lmd-16)
This is CNN STUDENT NEWS. You give us 10 minutes. We’ll give you current events with zero commercials. I’m Carl Azuz.
We’re starting today on the Korean Peninsula. Even though an armistice ended fighting in the Korean War in 1953, North and South Korea are still divided and they’re still rivals. The North is a communist dictatorship. The South is a republic and an ally of the U.S.
That’s why the world was concerned when things got heated once again earlier this month. Landmines badly wounded two South Korean soldiers who were patrolling the demilitarized between the two countries. North Korea denied laying them, but South Korea responded by making propaganda broadcast across the border.
That infuriated the North. Troops were mobilized. Talk of war was in the air.
But things settled down yesterday when the two sides reached an agreement. North Korea said it regrets that South Korean soldiers were injured by landmines, and South Korea planned to stop its propaganda broadcast.
39. What does the news report tell about North and South Korea? A) They are still fighting against each other. B) They are still divided. C) They are still rivals. D) Both B) and C).
40. When did things settle down between North Korea and South Korea? A) When South Korea soldiers were injured by landmines. B) When North Korea stopped its propaganda broadcast. C) When the two sides reached an agreement. D) Both A) and B).