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根据课文内容填空。 （1） 闪电越来越亮，越来越响。 （2） 一只蜘蛛从网上，逃走了。 答案：【1】雷声 【1】垂下来 C（新题型）        Somali Piracy (索马里海盗)        Somalia's 3,025-kilometer coastline is the longest in Africa and near to key shipping routes connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean by way of the Suez Canal. It is the world's 2nd biggest piracy hotspot after Indonesia. More than 130 merchant ships were attacked in the region last year and an tenfold(十倍的) increase was noted in the first ten months of 2009 and in October alone, three ships were hijacked there, including a ship with 25 crew from China. Somalia has had no effective central authority since former president Mohamed Siad Barre was driven out of the country in 1991. The government collapsed, setting off a bloody cycle of conflicts between different groups and it has been a war-torn nation ever since. Its nine million people have been teetering on starvation and more than forty percent of its people depend on food aid. There has been a lot of discussion in the media about how to drive piracy off the coast of Somalia. Much less attention has been given to the complex sources of political disorder and poverty that have led many Somalis into piracy. Other facts are that foreign shipping companies have been dumping nuclear waste off the coast of Somalia and robbing the country of its fishing industry. Many of Somalia’s “pirates” initially organized to defend their coast against this pollution and robbery. Somali pirates operate in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden. The pirates have fast boats, modem weapons and equipment like satellite phones and global positioning systems(GPS全球定位系统). The generally do not steal goods or kill hostages. They are believed to be holding seventeen ships with about three hundred crew members.        Some of the world's heaviest shipping traffic passes the Somali coast. But major shipping companies have begun to consider new routes. Navy ships from America, Russia, China and other countries are now watching for pirates. But the area to protect covers more than one hundred sixty million square kilometers.        Besides no effective governing on shore, the shipping companies are also part of the problems. Paying them a sum of money to get it back is an economical decision, which contributes to a general climate of piracy. Further more, the military response has made the problem more complicated. Kenya (肯尼亚) has advised organizing a major international conference to solve the problems. But it seems a long way to go and we must get to know the fact that the world cannot end piracy and civil war without dealing with Somalia's political problems. 1. According to the passage, the biggest piracy hotspot is ________. 2. What have led many Somalis into piracy?  (Your answer must be limited within 10 words) _____________________________________________________________________________ What is the purpose of Somali pirates’ hijacking since they generally don’t steal goods or kill hostages? _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. We can safely conclude that the key to solving the piracy in Somalia is _________.