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.\ According to the text all the following statements are true EXCEPT ______.
A. the Taliban government has been legally ruling Afghanistan since its defeating all other forces
Bin Laden denied his involvement in last week’s attacks on the World Trade Center
C. the Taliban leaders call on their people to pray and read the Koran to meet what they called a "test"
D. an emergency meeting of clerics in the Afghan capital, is held today in Kabul to discuss the Americans’ threat of the country
[听力原文]8-10M: I wonder if you can help me.W: I’d be glad to.M: I’ve just arrived and I’m not used to the time difference here. I don’t want to be a late sleeper be cause I like to take a walk in the early morning.W: I see. You’re from the United States, aren’t youM: Yes, I’m from New York.W: Beijing time is 13 hours ahead of New York.M: Oh, I see. That’s very kind of you to give me the information. I’d have no idea about it without your help.W: My pleasure. You must be tired after a long flight. So you’d better have a good rest. It takes time to recover from a jetlag.M: That’s very considerate of you. But would you please wake me up at 5 Beijing Time tomorrow morningW: Yes, sir. No problem. What does he like to do in the early morning()
A. Have a rest.
B. Take a walk.
C. Have a drink.
D. Get to sleep.
This second volume in the series of Classics of American Librarianship is devoted to library work with children. As stated in the preface to the first volume, on "Library and School", the papers chosen are primarily of historic rather than of present-day value, although many of them embody(包含)principles which govern the practice of today. They have been grouped under general headings in order to bring more closely together material relating to the same or to similar subjects. Several different phases of children’s work are thus represented, although no attempt has been made to make the collection comprehensive.Book-selection for children has not been included, since it is expected that this subject will be treated in another volume as part of the general subject of book-selection. In the same way, material on training for library work with children has been reserved for a volume on library training.The present volume is an attempt to bring together in accessible(可达到的) form papers representing the growth and tendencies of forty years of library work with children.The second volume is primarily devoted to (46) value instead of (47) value.Material on training for library work with children and (48) are the two subjects that have not been included in this volume.The aim of this volume is to represent the (49) of (50) of library work with children. 47()