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At age 11, Zlata Filipovic saw things that most people pray they never see. Growing up in the middle of a war zone, this little girl experienced firsthand the horrors of war.

Filipovic turned 11 in December of 1991. Five months later Serbian soldiers attacked Filipovic’s hometown of Sarajevo, Bosnia. While many people fled the city, Filipovic’s family stayed. Some of the worst moments of the Bosnian conflict would take place right under her nose. How did Filipovic deal with his harrowing experience? By writing a diary.

Zlata’s Diary was first published in the summer of 1993 by UNICEF(United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund). It attracted enormous interest. Her writings on the Bosnian conflict were not as sophisticated(老练的) as the daily news reports. Filipovic’s observations were, however, more moving and intimate(私人的).

Ztala’s Diary gave readers a sense of sympathy for the ordinary people stuck in the Balkan region. Filipovic’s writings raised world awareness of the senseless conflict in Sarajevo. “I see that things aren’t good here,” Filipovic writes. “An ugly war is taking away my childhood.”

After two years of enduring the war in Sarajevo, Filipovic’s family escaped to Paris in December of 1993. Zlata’s Diary was then printed by an international publisher. It became an instant bestseller. It has since been translated into 35 languages.

Outside Bosnia, Filipovic continued to show deep concern for her torn homeland. In the following years, she gave many talks on the impact of war on children. She spoke often about the need for a stable, lasting peace in the Balkan region.

Filipovic eventually attended a British University and received a degree in human sciences. Today, the well-being of the Balkan region remains on her mind. Now Filipovic wants to use her experience to promote peace in a rapidly changing Europe. She hopes that her stories of war will make people listen to her message of peace.

66. The underlined word “harrowing” in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by “______”.

A. desperate B. miserable C. embarrassing D. revolutionary 67. What was special aboutZlata’s Diary?

A. It wrote about war in different languages. B. It was as attractive as the daily news report.

C. It helped the world see war through the eyes of a child. D. It made the world know better about the Bosnian conflict.

68. It can be learned from the passage that ______.

A. Zlata waspromoting peace with her stories of war B. Zlata’s nose was seriously wounded in the conflict C. Zlata kept her diary a secret until the winter of 1993

D.Zlata felt relieved after escaping from the war in Sarajevo 69. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. Zlata Filipovic: growing up in war B. Zlata Filipovic: writing against war C. Zlata Filipovic: changing the world D. Zlata Filipovic: loving peace in heart