| 阅读理解 British police have begun a year-long programme of Olympic security tests conducting sweeping searches of London 2012 venues and practising defensive counter-terrorism tactics(反恐策略)． The exercises described are part of a broad range of tests to check how the police government departments and emergency services would respond to any problems with the Games． British police have been conducting security sweeps inside the Olympic Stadium in London as part of an anti-terror exercise ahead of next year's games．Officers have been searching sections of the stadium by hand while sniffer dogs have been employed to search seats for traces of explosives． The Metropolitan Police's national security coordinator for the London Olympics Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison refused to remark on Tuesday over whether the death of Osama bin Laden had produced intelligence to suggest that the Games were being targeted by Al-Qaeda(基地组织)terrorists． Chris Allison said “Clearly I'm not going to go into any details of any intelligence but put it this way we have planned all of our Olympic plans on the basis of a severe threat from terrorism．We’ve looked at the various attack methods used by terrorists across the world and put in place the necessary control measures here to make sure the terrorists couldn't be successful．” Specialist officers from the police “rope access” team have been searching the floodlights at the Olympic Stadium to check for suspicious objects． The British government's austerity drive has resulted in tough budget(预算)cuts for the police service in London． But the government has insisted that the budget for Olympic security won't be affected by the cutbacks． Security has been a serious concern for the Olympics since the killing of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Munich Games． The London Games are seen as a high security threat particularly as the Olympics offer an international platform for any terror group because there will be live events broadcast worldwide． The 2012 London Summer Olympics begin July 27 and run through August 12． |