The Cambodian government says more than 378 people died and hundreds more were injured in a stampede(踩踏)during the celebrations of the annual Water Festival late Monday in Phnom Penh.

Less than 24 hours after the tragedy(悲劇), Cambodia’s most serious loss of life in decades(十年), the government founded an organization to investigate(調(diào)查)how so many died on what was meant to be one of the nation’s most joyous occasions.

Most of the victims(犧牲品)were young people in their teens and twenties. They were some of the estimated(估計)two million who had flooded to Phnom Penh for the Water Festival, which marks the end of the rainy season.

Most suffocated on the bridge, which thousands of people were using to leave Diamond Island, an entertainment(娛樂)area in the middle of the river. Others drowned(溺水)after jumping from the bridge into the water.

Buot Panha, 19, said shortly after 9: 30 on Monday evening he ended up trapped(圍困)with his friends in the middle of the bridge, fighting to breathe while terrified people struggled all around him.

Being tall saved his life, since he could stretch(伸出)his neck to take in oxygen(氧氣). Shorter people were unable to do that, he says, which may be why two-thirds of the victims were women.

He tried to help a woman who was trapped with two children near him. She was screaming for people to help. Being tall, Buot Panha grabbed(抓住)one child and pushed him above the crowd to help him breathe.

But then some of the young men were told to jump off the bridge into the river to make room. So he handed back the child, squirmed his way to the edge, and jumped.

Some like Buot Panha were fortunate, jumping into the river below and swimming for the shore. But many simply could not move, and died where they lay.

Buot Panha says his first Water Festival will be his last. He vows(發(fā)誓)never to come back.

1.The passage is mainly about　　　.

A. Water Festival celebrations

B. a stampede in Cambodia

C. a teenager, Buot Panha

D. a woman and her children

2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. It is the biggest tragedy in decades in Cambodia.

B. It is the most serious loss of life in decades in Cambodia.

C. The government ordered an investigation.

D. Water Festival is Cambodia’s most joyous occasion.

3.The underlined word “suffocated” (in Paragraph 4)probably means　　　.

A. breathed in

B. felt uncomfortable

C. died from too little oxygen

D. left in a hurry

4.Which of the following is TRUE about Buot Panha according to the passage?

A. His being tall saved him in the river.

B. He struggled through the crowd to save one child.

C. It was his first time to attend the Water Festival alone.

D. He will never come back to Phnom Penh for the Water Festival.

 

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

【解析】

【文章大意】主要講述了柬埔寨的送水節(jié)上, 過多的人堵塞在橋上, 發(fā)生了踩踏悲劇。

1.選B。主旨大意題。本文發(fā)生的背景是在柬埔寨的送水節(jié), 但是并沒有講慶祝節(jié)日的事情, 而是講了在這樣的節(jié)日上發(fā)生的踩踏悲劇, 故B項正確。C、D項是整個過程中出現(xiàn)的人物, 不能概括全文。

2.2】選C。主旨大意題。根據(jù)第二段的意思可看出主要提到了柬埔寨政府成立了一個組織來調(diào)查這一事件。故選C項。

3.3】選C。詞義猜測題。綜觀全文可知這些來慶祝節(jié)日的人死亡的原因主要有兩個: 窒息或溺水, 而下文提到了溺水, 故此詞指的是窒息而死, 故選C項。

4.4】選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段Buot Panha說的話可知選D項。

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