题目内容
The escaped prisoner was ______(拽) out of the cave.
dragged
Chilean rescued miner Edison Pena ran the New York City Marathon on November 7th , less than a month after he was rescued from a collapsed (坍塌的) mine that trapped him and the other 32 miners for 69 days. Pena ran 10 km daily through the mine’s tunnels (巷道) to beat the anxiety, wearing cut-down boots until rescuers sent him a pair of sports shoes through a narrow hole that served as the miners’ “lifeline” to the surface.
“When I ran in the darkness, I was running for life,” Pena told a news conference in New York. “I was running to show that I wasn’t just waiting around. I also wanted God to see that I really wanted to live.” The miners were discovered alive on August 22---17 days after the mine collapsed, but it took many more days for rescuers to dig a hole big enough to bring them out.
The New York Road Runners, which organizes the marathon, had invited Edison Pena to the event after hearing his story. They thought he could ride in the lead vehicle or hold the finish line tape, but Pena said last week he did not want to watch, he wanted to run. “I was very eager to take on this big challenge,” he said. “I wanted to show the world I could run.” He hoped to run the 26.2-mile race in about six hours. “I have a knee injury, but I am eager to cross the finish line,” he said.
An Elvis Presley fan who asked rescuers to send the singer’s music down into the mine, Pena broke into song at the news conference with the Presley hit Return to Sender.
On the morning of November 7th, Pena, known as “the runner” by fellow miners trapped with him, set out to cover the course along with thousands of other runners and completed the race in five hours and 40 minutes.
【小题1】When trapped underground, Pena ran a long way every day to _______.
A.find a way to get out | B.dig a lifeline to the ground |
C.keep himself from coldness | D.get rid of his uneasy feelings |
A.was not expected to run the marathon at first |
B.failed to achieve the goal he had set for the marathon |
C.wore sports shoes while working underground |
D.was asked to sing a Presley’s song at a news conference |
A.17 days | B.22 days | C.52 days | D.69 days |
A.smart-minded | B.strong-willed | C.hard-working | D.warm-hearted |
YUZHOU, HENAN –An accident in a central China coal mine killed 21 miners Saturday and left another 16 trapped underground , the government said.
The death toll rose to 26 Sunday morning as rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners who were still trapped underground, rescue headquarters said.
Rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners still trapped underground, but chances for them to survive were very slim, said Du Bo, deputy chief of the rescue headquarters.
"Based upon past experience, the remaining 11 miners could be buried in coal dust, so the survival chances are frail," Du said.
More than 2,500 tons of coal dust smothered(厚厚的覆盖) the pit after the gas leak(漏出), which hampered(阻碍) the rescue, said Du.
The gas outburst happened at 6:03 a.m. Saturday when 276 miners were working underground in the mine in Yuzhou City. A total of 239 workers escaped but 21 were found dead and 16 trapped.
An initial(最初的) investigation showed that 173,500 cubic meters of gas leaked out in the accident. Liu Wenbin, a deputy chief engineer of the company that owns the mine, was in the pit(矿井) when the accident happened. He organized the escape.
"At around 6 a.m., I felt there was something wrong with the airflow in the shaft, and one of the team captains told me he also felt it and had already reported the problem," said Liu
The mine is owned by Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd., a company jointly established by four investors, including Zhong Ping Energy Chemical Group and China Power Investment Corp.
【小题1】What could be the best title for this passage?
A.Death Toll Rises in an Accident in China |
B.A Coal Mine Accident in Central China |
C.An Accident in Central China |
D.Coal Mine Accidents in China |
A.payment required for the use of rescuing persons |
B.the number of people killed in a particular accident |
C.the percentage of the dead persons in an accident |
D.a number of people killed in an accident |
A.Of the 276 miners in the mine only 21 were dead until the next morning |
B.The miners trapped underground would be saved without difficulty |
C.16 miners trapped underground were still found alive waiting for the rescue |
D.Until the next morning another 5 miners were found dead in this accident |
A.The mine was owned by more than one company |
B.There was at least one more similar accident happening in Central China before |
C.Before the accident happened there was no sign of something wrong |
D.When the accident happened one of the mine owners was in the pit |
YUZHOU, HENAN –An accident in a central China coal mine killed 21 miners Saturday and left another 16 trapped underground , the government said.
The death toll rose to 26 Sunday morning as rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners who were still trapped underground, rescue headquarters said.
Rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners still trapped underground, but chances for them to survive were very slim, said Du Bo, deputy chief of the rescue headquarters.
"Based upon past experience, the remaining 11 miners could be buried in coal dust, so the survival chances are frail," Du said.
More than 2,500 tons of coal dust smothered(厚厚的覆盖) the pit after the gas leak(漏出), which hampered(阻碍) the rescue, said Du.
The gas outburst happened at 6:03 a.m. Saturday when 276 miners were working underground in the mine in Yuzhou City. A total of 239 workers escaped but 21 were found dead and 16 trapped.
An initial(最初的) investigation showed that 173,500 cubic meters of gas leaked out in the accident. Liu Wenbin, a deputy chief engineer of the company that owns the mine, was in the pit(矿井) when the accident happened. He organized the escape.
"At around 6 a.m., I felt there was something wrong with the airflow in the shaft, and one of the team captains told me he also felt it and had already reported the problem," said Liu
The mine is owned by Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd., a company jointly established by four investors, including Zhong Ping Energy Chemical Group and China Power Investment Corp.
1.What could be the best title for this passage?
A.Death Toll Rises in an Accident in China |
B.A Coal Mine Accident in Central China |
C.An Accident in Central China |
D.Coal Mine Accidents in China |
2.What does the underlined part mean in the second paragraph?
A.payment required for the use of rescuing persons |
B.the number of people killed in a particular accident |
C.the percentage of the dead persons in an accident |
D.a number of people killed in an accident |
3.From this passage we know that ____.
A.Of the 276 miners in the mine only 21 were dead until the next morning |
B.The miners trapped underground would be saved without difficulty |
C.16 miners trapped underground were still found alive waiting for the rescue |
D.Until the next morning another 5 miners were found dead in this accident |
4.According to the writer, which of the following is not true?
A.The mine was owned by more than one company |
B.There was at least one more similar accident happening in Central China before |
C.Before the accident happened there was no sign of something wrong |
D.When the accident happened one of the mine owners was in the pit |