It has only been five years since Pakistani schoolgirl

Malala Yousafzai every day wrote an anonymous diary

about life under Taliban rule in north-west Pakistan.

Since then she has been shot in the head by the militants,

and has become the youngest winner. __26__ the honor in Oslo

on 10 December, she said she was modest and proud to be

the first winner. She also joked that she was probably

the first winner who still fought with her younger brothers.                           

Malala Yousafzai first came to public attention through that

heartfelt diary, published on BBC Urdu, which chronicled

her __27__ to remain in education and for girls to

have the chance to be educated.

When she was shot in the head in October 2012 by a

Taliban gunman, she was already well known in Pakistan,

but that one shocking act catapulted her to international

fame. She survived the dramatic attack incident, __28__

a militant boarded her school bus in Pakistan‘s north-western

Swat valley and opened fire, __29__ two of her school

friends as well.

The story of her recovery – from delicate surgery at a Pakistani

military hospital to further operations and rehabilitation in

the UK, and afterwards as she took her campaign global –

has been closely tracked by the world’s media.

She was discharged from hospital in January 2013 and her life

now is unimaginably different to anything she may have envisaged

when she was a “mysterious” voice depicting the fears of

schoolgirls __30__ of the Taliban.

 

26. (A) Accepting      (B) To accept         (C) Accepted      (D) Accept

27. (A) desire            (B) assignment       (C) wrist            (D) tumble

28. (A) which            (B) where                (C) what            (D) who

29. (A) wound            (B) to wound        (C) wounding     (D) wounded

30. (A) under the shadow                                               (B) under arrest               

(C) in disguise                                                          (D) with an arrow