Question

Xinhua News: March 10th, 2014

Malaysian Airlines says there is still no information on the location of its flight MH370, more than 24 hours after it lost contact with ground.

The airline spokesman said early Sunday that rescue(拯救) teams have “failed to find evidence of any wreckage(残骸).”

The flight, a Boeing 777-200, lost contact with ground control at 1:20 a.m. Beijing time on Saturday when it was flying over the Ho Chi Minh air traffic control area in Vietnam(越南).

On board were 227 passengers from 14 countries, including 154 Chinese and 12 Malaysian flight crew(机组成员).

A team of 93 staff(职员) from the airline arrived in Beijing late Saturday night. The spokesman said they were here mainly to take care of the relatives of those on board the missing flight.

Information Card

The flight’s name1.

What happened to the flight2.

The number of passengers on board3.

Did the rescue teams find any wreckage?4.

What will the 93 staff do?5. of those on board the missing flight.

 

Answer 1

1.MH370

2.It lost contact with ground.

3.227.

4.No, they didn’t.

5.They are here mainly to take care of the relatives

【解析】

试题分析：这是一则有关马航失联的新闻报道，文中简单介绍了马航的有关情况。

1.

2.

3.On board were 227 passengers from 14 countries, （在机上有来自14个国家的227名乘客）可知此空填227。

4.根据文中原句…that rescue(拯救) teams have “failed to find evidence of any wreckage(残骸).”（搜救队没有找到任何残骸）可知此题答案是No, they didn’t.

5.根据文中原句The spokesman said they were here mainly to take care of the relatives of those on board the missing flight.（发言人说他们主要是照顾那些失事飞机上的人的亲属）可知此题填They are here mainly to take care of the relatives

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