Question

Thursday, December 30, 2004 (New Delhi):

The international aid agency, Red Cross has warned that the toll£¨Ä³ÊÂÔì³ÉµÄËðʧ£© in the tsunami£¨º£‡V£© disaster could go up to 1,00,000£®

The official figures of those confirmed£¨±»Ö¤ÊµµÄ£© dead is 80,000£®Of these Indonesia accounts for the most at 45,268, followed by Sri Lanka with the toll at 22,493£®

As many as 6,974 people have been killed in India, with 1,829 dead in Thailand, 100 in Somalia, 90 in Myanmar, 67 in Maldives, 65 in Malaysia, 10 in Tanzania, three in Seychelles, two in Bangladesh and one person killed in Kenya£®

Rising figures

According to unofficial estimates, the death toll£¨ËÀÍöÈËÊý£©could be over 10,000 in India£®

The hardest hit has been the Andaman and Nicobar islands, with over 3,000 dead£®

Though the official government figure for Car Nicobar is 124, that number could go up dramatically with thousands more still missing£®

In Tamil Nadu, according to official estimates, over 6000 are dead, with 3500 in Nagapattinam alone£®

1£®According to the news, the second largest number of those confirmed death is in ___ £®

A£®Indonesia¡¡ ¡¡¡¡¡¡ B£®Malaysia ¡¡¡¡ C£®Sri Lanka ¡¡ D£®Thailand

2£®In this report, there are ____ countries suffering from this tsunami disaster£®

A£®ten ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ B£®eleven ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ C£®twelve ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ D£®eight

3£®Which of the following about the news is true?

A£®According to the official estimates, over 10,000 people died in this tsunami in India£®

B£®According to the unofficial estimates, 100 people died in this tsunami in Somalia£®

C£®According to the official estimates, 100,000 people died in this tsunami£®

D£®According to the news, the death toll could go up in this tsunami£®

 

Answer 1

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