◆200 dead as Brazilian plane crashes in Sao Paulo
Up to 200 people were dead after a passenger plane with 176 people aboard slid off the runway on landing and hit a fuel storage tank at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport on Tuesday.
Brazilian airline TAM said that 170 passengers and 6 crew were aboard the Airbus A320 flying from Porto Alegre in southern Brazil to Sao Paulo when it lost control on landing and slid off the wet runway.
Brazilian news agency Folha reported up to 200 people were dead, including some victims on the ground.
◆_______________________________________
Two people were killed Saturday in two separate plane crashes in the United States, media reports said.
In Dayton, Ohio, a plane crashed on a runway of the Dayton International Airport while performing during the Vectren Dayton Air Show. The pilot, Jim LeRoy, was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and was announced dead. The air show was canceled .
Also on the same day, two single-engine war planes at an experimental air show collided(相撞) in Wisconsin while landing, killing one of the pilots and injuring the other.
◆All 114 aboard Kenya plane killed  
A Kenya Airways plane that crashed after takeoff in Cameroon with 114 people on board is largely submerged (淹沒) in a swamp(沼澤地) and there is no chance of survivors, Cameroon 's civil protection service said on Monday  
The Boeing 737-800 had taken off from Douala and its wreckag (殘骸)was found just 12 miles from the town. The plane fell head first. But the cause of the crash remained unclear.
Among the passengers were Associated Press reporter Anthony Mitchella and an executive from the South African cell phone giant MTN. Five Chinese passengers were also killed in the crash .
小題1: The Brazilian plane crash caused extra deaths mainly because______
A．it skidded off the wet runway.B．the runway. was very short
C．it hit a fuel storage tankD．its pilot was inexperienced
小題2:The proper title for News 2 would be _________.
A．Two pilots killed in plane crashes in USB．The tragedies of the air show
C．Who is to blame for the plane crashes?D．Big losses can result from small things
小題3:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE as for the Kenya plane crash?
A．The plane crashed after the plane took off.
B．The cause of the crash was under examination
C．114 passengers on board were killed including an African
D．The place where the plane crashed led to many more deaths
小題4:The Brazilian plane crash killed about _____people in all on the ground.
A．170B．30C．24D．6
小題5:It can be inferred from the three news that_________
A．when the Airbus A320 landed, it was likely to be raining heavily
B．during the Vectren Dayton Air Show , the pilot, Jim LeRoy died on the scene
C．The place where the Boeing 737-800 crashed was just 12 miles from the town
D．Five Chinese passengers were victims of the Kenya plane crash

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:A

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。首先要認(rèn)真把握題目中的“extra” 額外的；另外的；多余的, 就不難根據(jù)第一段中hit a fuel storage tank at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport得出答案為C。
小題2:段落大意題。開門見山，直奔主題----是新聞報(bào)道的特點(diǎn)之一，認(rèn)真理解首段可知這則新聞的網(wǎng)概要應(yīng)該為A項(xiàng)。（人物、地點(diǎn)、事件三者齊全）
小題3:正誤判斷題。由第三則新聞第一段中“with 114 people on board”可知飛機(jī)上共有114人,其中應(yīng)該包括機(jī)組人員, 所以乘客的數(shù)量應(yīng)該少于114, 故C項(xiàng)表述錯(cuò)誤,為正確答案。其他三項(xiàng)文中均有明確表述。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一則新聞可知，200人在這次空難中喪生，170名乘客，6名機(jī)組人員，地面遇難人數(shù)應(yīng)為24人。
小題5:推理判斷題。由第一則新聞第二段中“… and slid off the wet runway.” 可以推斷出此時(shí)很可能天在下大雨, 跑道潮濕, 地面滑。故A項(xiàng)為正確答案。B項(xiàng)與第二則新聞中的The pilot, Jim LeRoy, was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and was announced dead.不符；C、D兩項(xiàng)分別可以從第二則和第三則新聞中找到明確表述，無需推斷，不符合題目要求。
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