In the early hours of March 8, a Boeing 777 took off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Its destination was Beijing. But for unknown reasons, it never arrived there.
There were 239 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight, including 154 Chinese. As of March 13, 12 different countries, including Malaysia, China, Vietnam and the US, were searching for the plane.
The disappearance is an “aviation (航空) mystery”, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, the head of Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority, said on March 10.There was no clear sign of a crash by March 13.
Between 1-2 hours after takeoff, the plane suddenly lost contact with people on the ground. The weather was clear, and the pilots didn’t make any calls . No evidence was found in the area where the flight last made contact. People are also talking about a possible hijacking (劫機(jī)).
International police agency Interpol confirmed on March 9 that at least two passengers on the flight had used stolen passports to get on board. “We are looking at all possibilities,” said Malaysian Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein. The incident is now being called simply a “plane disappearance”.
So, what are some possible causes of a plane disappearance? An AP story provided a summary.
1. A failure of the plane’s body or its engines. However, even if both engines stopped working, the plane could still glide (滑翔) for up to 20 minutes, giving pilots time to make an emergency call.
2. Bad weather. Planes are designed to fly through most severe storms. However, in June 2009, an Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed during a bad storm over the Atlantic Ocean.
3. A bomb. Throughout history, several planes have been brought down by bombs.
4. An accidental shoot-down by some country’s military. In July 1988, the US Navy accidentally shot down an Iran Air flight. In September 1983, a Korean Air Lines flight was shot down by a Russian fighter jet.
No matter how unlikely a situation, it’s too early to determine what really happened to MH370. It could take months, if not years, to rule out any possibilities, say experts..
小題1:How many cities are mentioned in this passage?
A．Four cities.B．five cities.C．Six cities.D．Seven cities.
小題2:What could the underlined phrase “rule out” in the last paragraph mean?
A．cross outB．get rid ofC．take outD．take the place of
小題3:What could be the best title of the passage?
A．An Air CrashB．The Causes of the Disappearance
C．The Disappearance of MH 370D．An Aviation Mystery

小題1:A 
小題2:B
小題3:C

試題分析: 本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道，報(bào)道了在2014年3月8日，從馬來(lái)西亞飛往北京的370客機(jī)神秘失蹤的事件。在文章中一些專家對(duì)此分析了幾種可能存在的情況，但是真正的原因得需要幾個(gè)月，甚至幾年的時(shí)間才可能查明。
小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第一段和倒數(shù)第二段中的內(nèi)容可知，文章一共提到了四個(gè)城市，即Kuala Lumpur、；Beijing、 Rio de Janeiro 、Paris，選A。
小題2:B詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文分析的飛機(jī)失蹤的原因，以及it’s too early to determine what really happened to MH370可以判斷該詞指“排除”，句意：專家說(shuō)如果不是幾年的話，也可能要花費(fèi)幾個(gè)月的時(shí)間排除任何的可能。選B。
小題3:C主旨大意題。文章開頭提出馬航飛機(jī)失蹤，然后在下文詳細(xì)講述了當(dāng)時(shí)的情況，由此可知文章中心內(nèi)容是講述馬航飛機(jī)的失蹤事件，故C選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容符合中心思想，選C。
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