Question

In the past month，we’ve been holding our breath for news about a Boeing 777 plane,MH 370．

     It took off from Kuala Lumpur(吉隆坡)，Malaysia．On March 8．It was heading to Beijing．But about two hours into the flight, the plane went missing．

     There were 239 people on the flight，including 154 Chinese．

     A total of 12 countries including China and the US have joined the search for the plane．

     Did it crash? We know that the weather was clear that day．The pilots didn’t make any distress calls(求救信号)．And as of March l3，experts have not found any broken parts of the plane。

     Was it hijacked(劫机)? Two Iranians(伊朗人)used stolen passports to get into the flight．But now they do not appear to be linked to any possible hijacking of the plane，international police agency Interpol(国际刑警组织)official said on March 11．

     The search is still going on．It could take months or even years to find out what happened

to the flight．

1.When did MH370 go missing?

A．March 8    B．March 9    C．March ll    D．April 8

2.How many Chinese are there on the flight?

A．239    B．1 54    C．1 45   D．85

3.What was the weather like that day? 

A．cloudy    B．rainy    C．fine D．windy

4.Did the pilots make any distress calls before the plane went missing?

A．Yes，they did．    B．No，they didn’t．  C．We don’t know．D．Maybe

5.How long could it take to find out what happened to the flight?

A．several months    B．several years    C．months or years   D．3 months

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇新闻报道了马航失踪事件。介绍了出发时间与飞机的人员总数，以及当时的天气情况。面对本次航班的失踪有很多的疑点，飞行员并没有向地面发出求救信号，若是劫机，现在也没有得到任何消息。面对这种情况，搜索依然进行，可能要花费数月甚至数年的时间来找出飞机失踪的原因。

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考点：新闻报道类短文阅读。