Bus crash kills four Taiwanese, injures 15
(People’s Daily Online)
14:38, August 16, 2011
A tourist bus crashed on the highway in Jilin province leaving four Taiwanese tourists dead at the scene and 15 injured.
According to the Jilin Publicity Department, the bus overturned after colliding with a car on the Hunchun-Ulanhot expressway in Jilin province around 440 kilometers away from Changchun. Four Taiwanese tourists were killed instantly, including one man and three women, and of the 15 injured, 14 were Taiwanese tourists.
The tour leader provided a list of the dead: The three women killed were Lv Huiyu, 42; Zhao Zhuo, 62; Liao Xiuyun, 42, and the man was Wang Mingwei, 24. Moreover, the injured tourists were mostly elderly. The oldest injured tourist is around 80 years old and the youngest victim was about 50 years old. Five of them were hurt seriously, but their injuries are not life threatening.
According to the local public security bureau, the bus had a capacity(載客量) of 39 people and carried a real load of 21 people. It belongs to the Heilongjiang Juntai Transport Co., Ltd.
The departments of public security, fire control, the Taiwan Affairs Office have actively operated scene rescue, accident investigation and follow-up care for victims after the tragedy(悲劇). The Jilin provincial party committee secretary Sun Zhengcai issued instructions immediately requiring proper handling of the aftermath and genuine care in helping the victims. The vice-governor Chen Weigen visited the injured in the First Hospital of Jilin University.
The responsible person of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office is heading for Changchun.
小題1: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．All the people injured on the bus were Taiwanese tourists.
B．The accident happened on the expressway near Changchun.
C．Most of the injured were elderly.
D．Most of the injured were seriously hurt and several of them were dying.
小題2: Which of the following has the similar meaning to the underlined word “colliding” in the passage?
A．碰撞；相撞B．拐彎
C．翻轉(zhuǎn)D．墜毀
小題3:What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?
A．Sad.B．Objective.
C．DisappointedD．Doubtful.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B

小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題，由文中的Four Taiwanese tourists were killed instantly, including one man and three women, and of the 15 injured, 14 were Taiwanese tourists.可知并非所有受傷的游客都是臺(tái)灣人，A項(xiàng)不對(duì)；由around 440 kilometers away from Changchun可知出事地點(diǎn)離長(zhǎng)春很遠(yuǎn)，故B項(xiàng)不對(duì)；由Five of them were hurt seriously, but their injuries were not life threatening.可知D項(xiàng)不對(duì)；由Moreover, the injured tourists were mostly elderly.可知C項(xiàng)正確。
小題2: A  詞義猜測(cè)題。由文章第二段首句可知，該公共汽車與小汽車相撞后翻了，故A項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:B 觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。本文屬于新聞報(bào)道，作者客觀公正地報(bào)道了事實(shí)，因此B項(xiàng)正確。
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