英语新闻听力教程(文本+答案)_杨世登1-10Unit_缺(12)

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1. C 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.A

Section C

Item 1

Iraqi police say more than 640 people have been killed in a stampede that broke out today near a Shiite shrine in Baghdad. Authorities say some 300 were hurt in ths stampede that erupted on a Tigris River bridge when thousands of people crushed a railing and plunged into the river. Officials say bodies are still being recovered from the river and that the final death toll could rise. The incident occurred when a rumor spread that a suicide bomber was in the crowd.

1—(H) 2—(G) 3—(D,F) 4---B 5---(J)

Item 2

A Peruvian airliner carrying 100 passengers and crew members has crashed in a northeastern jungle town, killing at least 40 people. Officials say the TANS Air Flight 204 went down Tuesday while attempting an emergency landing during a severe storm. Police at the scene say foreign nationals are among the dead, including at least one Italian and an American. Officials say at least 52 people survived the accident with most being treated at area hospitals.

Task 1 1. T 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.T

Task 2 1. Peruvian airliner crew members killing 2. an emergency landing

3. foreign nationals Italian an American 4. 52 survived at area hospitals Item 3

Officials in Japan say the train crash near Osaka in western Japan has killed as many as 57 people, injured more than 400. A commuter train carrying around 580 passengers during morning rush hour Monday smashed into an apartment building near Amagasaki, about 400 kilometers west of Tokyo. Workers are still trying to reach some of the passengers trapped in the wreckage. The accident was Japan‘s worst in more than four decades. Investigators say speed and driver inexperience may be factors in the crash.

1. A train crash

2. Near Osaka, western Japan; morning rush hour, Monday

3. five hundred and eighty commuters

4. It smashed into an apartment building

5. Trying to reach some of the trapped passengers

6. speed and driver inexperience

Section D

A fire at a Paris apartment building housing African immigrants has killed at least 17 people, a half of them children. French officials say some 30 others were injured in the blaze that broke out shortly after midnight in a stairwell of the dilapidated building. Authorities say it took more than two hours for some 200 firefighters to extinguish the blaze. The cause isn‘t known. French media are reporting the victims are from African countries such as Senegal and Mali. Officials say about 100 children and 30 adults lived in the building, which was run by a humanitarian association. In April a fire at a Paris hotel catering mostly to African and European immigrants killed 23 people. One