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..

1. How many cities are mentioned in this passage?

A. Four cities.B. five cities.C. Six cities.D. Seven cities.

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

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

 

1.A

2.B

3.C

【解析】本文主要敘述的是馬來(lái)西亞的MH370航班的失蹤新聞，分析了可能的各種原因。

1.A

【試題解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一行Kuala Lumpur和Beijing和倒數(shù)第六行Rio de Janeiro 以及Paris可知本文一共提及了4個(gè)城市。故A正確。

2.2】B

【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段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無(wú)論什么情況，現(xiàn)在決定MH370航班上所發(fā)生的事情都為時(shí)過(guò)早，要花好幾個(gè)月甚至才能排除掉一些可能性。故該短語(yǔ)表示的是B“去除”的含義，故B正確。

3.3】C

【試題解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章主題段第一段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可知本文主要敘述的是馬來(lái)西亞的MH370航班的失蹤新聞。故C正確。

【長(zhǎng)難句解析】

International police agency Interpol confirmed on March 9 that at least two passengers on the flight had used stolen passports to get on board.

【翻譯】國(guó)際刑警組織在3月9日確認(rèn)在本次航班上至少有2名乘客使用偷來(lái)的護(hù)照登機(jī)。

【分析】本句中的動(dòng)詞conform后面有一個(gè)that引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句，that在賓語(yǔ)從句中不充當(dāng)任何成分，只是一個(gè)引導(dǎo)詞而已，可以省略。另外請(qǐng)注意本句的時(shí)態(tài)，使用偷來(lái)的護(hù)照登機(jī)是在國(guó)際刑警確認(rèn)之前發(fā)生的，所以使用過(guò)去完成時(shí)。

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