MOSCOW, Sept. 4 --- At least 335 people including 155 children, were killed in the three-day hostage crisis in a southern Russian school, Russia’s Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky said on S 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

题目内容

MOSCOW, Sept. 4 (Xinhuanet) --- At least 335 people including 155 children, were killed in the three-day hostage crisis (人质危机) in a southern Russian school, Russia’s Deputy Prosecutor General Sergei Fridinsky said on Saturday.

“We are still identifying the bodies. We have recovered 322 bodies, and 155 of them are children,” Fridinsky was quoted by the Itar-Tass news agency as saying.

The prosecutor said the death toll would probably grow as the clean-up operation is continuing at the site, but it will not rise considerably.

Emergency workers pulled the bodies out of the school on Saturday, after Russian special forces rescued more than 400 children and adults hostages in a special operation that has suppressed (平定)the hostage -taking standoff by Friday night.

Valery Andreyev, regional chief of the Federal Security Service (FSS), said Friday that over 30 armed militants took part in the hostage-taking crisis and Russian troops captured three of them alive on Friday, according to the Interfax news agency.

He said people of Russian origin and foreign nationals were among the killed hostage-takers. Earlier official information showed that ten Arab militants were killed in Friday’s raid (突袭).

Andreyev said a large amount of explosives (爆炸物)and mines planted by hostage-takers in the school have been found.

Rusian Presidnet Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit early Saturday to the southern Russian town of Beslan where commandos (突击队) stormed the school to end the hostage crisis. He accused the attackers of trying to spark an racial conflict that would engulf (卷入)Russia’s troubled Caucasus Mountains region.

It can be inferred that the Russian hostage crisis began on ________.

A. Wednesday B. Monday

C. Friday D. Saturday

The passage suggests that the terrorists _________.

A. hadn’t got any preparation before the attack

B. had informed the government to attack the school

C. had made a sudden attack to the school without any preparation

D. had prepared for the attack in advance

The underlined word “spark” in the last paragraph refers to _______.

A. speak out B. lead to

C. start D. make

The last sentence of the passage indirectly states _______.

A. the purpose of the attackers’ taking over the hostage

B. the fighting between attackers and special forces was very fierce

C. Russian President was very sad about the hostage

D. there were many attackers in Caucasus Mountains region

【小题1】A【小题1】D【小题1】B【小题1】A

解析:

略

练习册系列答案

Short Stories for Comprehension妙语短篇系列答案

相关题目

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的（A、B、C和D）四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　They cannot vote which nations should have a seat on theUnited Nations Security Council（安理会）,but ordinary people have shown their feelings．

　　By Tuesday afternoon，over 11.5 million people in andoutsidede China had signed an online petition（请愿）saying Ja-pan should not succeed in its bid（申词）for an everlasting seat on the Security Council．

　　The loud call is due to the historical facts in World WarⅡ．Some Japanese politicians said their country is ready to play a more active role in world affairs,and their country's contribution can no longer be limited to economic fields．

　　The petition by 11.5 million people tells Japan that mon-ey alone cannot buy their hearts．

　　A new history textbook that a right wing Japanese organization has handed out for official agreement goes so far as to paint Japan as a“victim”in World warⅡ．Its authors even say that China started all the wars between the two countries．Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi turned down an in-vitation to a grand party in Moscow on May 9 to celebrate the 60．th anniversary of the end of War World Ⅱ．Koizumi's absence will do nothing but encourage more probes（追究）into his country's historical baggage．

　　Japanese politicians continue to visit the Yasukuni Shrine（靖国神社）．Wartime leader and war criminal Hideki Tojo,as well as five other hanged war crimials,are buried at the shrine．They talk about peace during the visits and ask theirAsian neighbors to understand Japanese culture,which re-quires them to visit Shinto shrines to mark seasonal celebrations．But they don't see the pains that the Japanese invasion（侵略）brought on other Asian countries．How can a nationsleep with such a history on its conscience（良心）?The a-mount of money Japan gives the United Nations does not nec-essarily give the country the role in international affairs．Neither will an everlasting seat on the Security Council free Japanfrom its historical baggage．

(1)

According to some Japanese politicians,their visits toShinto Shrines are due to ________
[　　]
A．	the fact that the six World WarⅡ criminals were buried there
B．	the intention that Japan wants to get an everlasting seat on the Security Council
C．	the requirement of Japanese culture
D．	the probes of the war criminals

(2)

The 11.5 million people signed an online petition to ________
[　　]
A．	express their feelings that they didn't want Japan to win its bid
B．	stop Japan from bidding an everlasting seat on the Se-curity Council
C．	honor the people who died in World WarⅡ
D．	support the idea that Japan should give the UN more money

(3)

In a new Japanese history book
[　　]
A．	the Japanese are described as right-wing people
B．	the wars are not mentioned at all
C．	the Japanese govemment is asked to apologize officially
D．	China is considered to have been responsible for the war

(4)

Which of the following descriptions about Japan is NOT true ?
[　　]
A．	The government refused an invitation to the 60．th an-niversary of the end of World WarⅡ．
B．	It wants to get an everlasting seat on the Security Council．
C．	It wants more probes into its historical baggage．
D．	It giYeS the UN much money．

试题分类