Question

 

1.According to the key points, what’s the searching area for the missing plane?

A. In the southern India Ocean.

B. In the water area around Australia.

C. In the water area in the southern pacific ocean.

D. In the area 2,500km south-west of Perth, Australia.

2.How many passengers are there from China on the missing plane?

A. 370 B. 239 C. 154 D. 393

3.What does the underlined sentence “We cannot stand this situation.” mean？

A. Some of the families cannot live in this situation.

B. Some of the families cannot stand there for so long.

C. Some of the families cannot bear all the terrible things.

D. Some of the families cannot understand why it has happened.

4.According to the report at 15:45, which of the following statements is true?

A. The reports are renewed every 2 minutes.

B. The web page is shown on Saturday.

C. China has found out the debris of the missing plane.

D. The search is focused on a definitely limited area near Perth.

5.What’s the web page mainly about?

A. People still keep on searching MH370.

B. There’s a small hope to find out MH370.

C. People are searching MH370 much more widely.

D. What are happening to the missing plane, MH370.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文介绍马航MH370失联事件的新闻报道。这篇新闻介绍了主要搜寻工作并给出了两个时间的实时消息，最后疑似MH370在印度洋坠毁，但是结果还没有被证实。。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第三段The search is focused on a vast and far area 2,500km (1,550miles) south-west of Perth, Australia. “搜寻工作集中在澳大利亚珀斯西南2500米范围内。”可知答案，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第五段The airliner with 239 people (including 154 Chinese) on board disappeared on 8 March after leaving Kuala Lumpur bound for Beijing.“飞机上共有239名乘客，其中中国人154名，在3月八日离开吉隆坡开往北京之后失联。”可知有中国人154名，故选C。

3.句意理解题。上文提到relatives of the those missing people on a small hope against seemingly terrible possibility.“失事人员的家属们对于看上去似乎残忍的结果仍抱有一点希望。”说明家属们对于这种打击无法承受，故选C。

4.细节理解题。选项A在文章中没有提到；根据最后一段第一句话This concludes our live report of Saturday’s search for the missing flight MH370 some 2,500km south-west of the Australian city of Perth.可知B正确，但是D错误；文章最后一句话Although today has given up no results, China says it has found out a new satellite image showing a large piece of debris floating in the India Ocean, which hasn’t been confirmed.可知C错误；故选B。

5.主旨大意题。这片短文介绍了有关马航MH370的实时报道。故选D。

考点：新闻报道类短文阅读，