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【題目】【福建省龍巖市2015年中考英語試題】閱讀下面短文,從每題所給的三個選項(A、 B和C)中,選出最佳選項。

Du Yijun, a 21-year-old Fudan University student, was one of the 36 people who died in the crush on New Year's Eve on the Bund(外灘) in shanghai.

On the night of December31, 2014, a holiday celebration turned into a terrible tragedy. “Overcrowding(過度擁擠) and the failure of the police to contro1 the crowds were the main reasons it happened,” the authorities(官方) said.

For the last three years, light shows on the Bund have been successfully held for New Year's Eve celebrations, but this year the light show was canceled and there were fewer police on hand. But the crowds came anyway. About 300,000 people were on the Bund by 8:30 that evening and more kept arriving until people suddenly became noisy and angry around 11:30. Some people fel1 on lhe stairs and were stepped heavily on and died.

In shanghai,the authorities have reacted(作出反應) to the Bund tragedy by canceling big events. But this isn't really necessary. Better planning and better crowd contro1 can make sure the celebrations are safe.

However, if you're going to a place where there wi1l be a big crowd, you should take notice of where the exits(出口)are, and if there are too many people, move away from the center of the crowd. And most importantly, if the crowd seems too big and makes you feel uncomfortable,,Just leave. No celebration is worth losing your life over.

【1】The underlined word“crush” in the passage probably means“_ ” in Chinese.

A.美麗的景色 B.成功的活動 C.擁擠的人群

【2】How many people died in the Bund tragedy in Shanghai on Dec. 3l, 2014?

A. 21 B. 36 C.300,000

【3】What caused the tragedy to happen according to the authorities?

A Overcrowding and the failure of the police to contro1 the crowds.·

B Unsafe exits and small squares to hold enough people.

C.Bad weather and dark lights to guide people to leave.

【4】 What can we learn from the passage?

A. The celebrations could go successfully if well organized.

B. It’s necessary to cancel all the events to avoid accidents.

C. Not a11 celebntions were worth losing one’s life.

【5】The passage mainly tells us about .

A.the failure of the police to protect peopleB

B.a tragedy happening on the Bund and its 1esson

C. some successful light shows held in shanghai

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：2014年12月31日，上海外灘迎新年慶�；顒又邪l(fā)生了嚴重的踩踏事件，悲劇是由于過度的擁擠以及警察對于人流失控造成的。近年來，外灘成功地舉行了迎新年燈光秀，政府應該作出更好的預案及更好地控制人流，以保證慶祝活動的安全。如果你去擁擠的地方，你應該注意出口在哪兒，如果人太多，請不要擠在最中間。沒有什么慶祝值得以失去生命而告終。

【1】C 詞義猜測題。題意：短文中有下劃線的“crush” 的中文意思可能是什么？A.美麗的景色； B.成功的活動；C.擁擠的人群。句意：杜一軍是上海外灘新年前夜死于crush中的36人之一。根據上下文，可以推測出crush指的是“擁擠的人群”。故選C。

【2】 B 細節(jié)理解題。題意：2014年12月31日上海外灘悲劇中死了多少人？A. 21；B. 36； C.300,000。根據短文第一句：Du Yijun, a 21-year-old Fudan University student, was one of the 36 people who died in the crush on New Year's Eve on the Bund(外灘) in shanghai.（21歲的復旦大學學生杜一軍是上海外灘新年前夜死于crush中的36人之一。）可知，本題選B。

【3】A 細節(jié)理解題。題意：根據官方解釋，是什么造成了這次悲劇的發(fā)生？A Overcrowding and the failure of the police to contro1 the crowds.·過度的擁擠及警方對人流的失控；B Unsafe exits and small squares to hold enough people.不安全的出口和小的廣場容不下足夠多的人；C.Bad weather and dark lights to guide people to leave.引導人們離開時，惡劣的天氣和昏暗的燈光。根據短文第二段，可知，本題選A。

【4】A 推理判斷題。題意：從文中我們可以了解到什么？A. The celebrations could go successfully if well organized.如果組織得好，慶�？梢猿晒εe行。（根據倒數第二段最后一句，正確）；B. It’s necessary to cancel all the events to avoid accidents.為了避免事故有必要取消所有的活動。（根據短文第四段，錯）；C. Not all celebntions were worth losing one’s life. 不是所有的慶祝都值得喪失性命。（根據短文最后一句，錯）故本題選A。

【5】B 主旨推斷題。題意：短文主要告訴我們有關什么的情況？A.the failure of the police to protect people警察保護人民的失�。籅.a tragedy happening on the Bund and its lesson發(fā)生在上海外灘的悲劇及其教訓；C. some successful light shows held in shanghai上海成功舉辦的幾次燈光秀。本文報道了上海外灘踩踏悲劇事件，并總結及告誡人們如何在類似情況下保護生命安全。故選B。