The terrorist attack — 11.03.2001 — Դավիթ Մուրադյան

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1. September 11, 2001 was the day on which a series of major terrorist attacks took

2. place in New York and other places in the US. The terrorists carried out the attacks

3. using four passenger planes that they hijacked on flights from the east coast of the

4. US. At 8.46 a.m. the first plane crashed into the north tower of the World Trade

5. Center in New York. At 9.03 a.m. the second plane crashed into the south tower.

6. Less than 90 minutes later both towers fell down. The third plane crashed into the

7. Pentagon and the fourth into a field in Pennsylvania. Approximately 3000 people

8. died in the attacks, a greater number than were killed in the attack on Pearl

9. Harbor in the Second World War.

10. The place where the World Trade Center once stood is now known as ‘Ground

12. Zero’. The attacks were seen as the work of Al Quaeda, a terrorist organization led

13. by Osama Bin Laden. They resulted in strong anti-terrorist laws being passed in

14. many countries and a US-led war in Afghanistan, where Osama Bin Laden was

15. thought to be hiding.

1. According to the text,
a) all the attacks took place in New York
b) all the four passenger planes had been hijacked
c) the four passenger planes were hijacked at 8.46 a.m.
d) the first plane crashed into the Pentagon

2. The number of the victims was
a) far more than 3000 people
b) about three thousand people
c) greater than in the Second World War
d) the same as in the attack on Pearl Harbor

3. According to the text, the World Trade Center
a) was called ‘Ground Zero’
b) was known as ‘Ground Zero’
c) stood in a place once called ‘Ground Zero’
d) stood in a place now called ‘Ground Zero’

4. According to the text, the attacks were recognized as the work of
a) a terrorist
b) Al Quaeda, a terrorist
c) a terrorist led by Osama Bin Laden
d) an organization led by Osama Bin Laden

5. As a result of the attacks
a) Afghanistan began a war against the US
b) Al Quaeda led Osama Bin Laden to Afghanistan
c) many countries passed strong anti-terrorist laws
d) Afghanistan passed strong anti-terrorist laws

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