A PLANE crashed (墜機(jī)) in Libya on May 12, killing 103 people on board. The only survivor is a 10-year-old Dutch boy.
This is not the only example of a crash in which everyone but a child died. A 12-year-old girl was the only person to survive a 2009 air crash in the Indian Ocean. When a plane crashed over Sudan in 2003, only a 3-year-old boy survived.
It's a question that leaves safety experts puzzled. So farthere is not enoughhard evidence forthem to answer withany certainty.
Although unclear, there arereasons to suggestthat children maycope (應(yīng)對) better than others.
Professor Ed Galea at the University of Greenwich, suggested children would be cocooned(被緊緊抱住) within their seat and therefore might be less probably to receive injuries.
"With an adult with their head above the seat and legs on the floor, they will receive some kind of injury landing on your head and legs," he told the BBC.
"It would be miraculous (奇跡的) to survive that, but there have been cases(情況) of people falling into trees. A smaller body would mean it's more possible the tree would break your fall," he explained.
Studies found other factors (因素), besides luck, influence the chances of surviving a crash.
One is seating. A study of plane crashed conducted by Poplar Mechanics found that people sitting toward the back of the plane were more probably to survive than those sitting toward the front. A survey conducted by researchers at the University of Greenwich in the UK found that what matters most is how close you are to an exit(出口). Sit in five rows(排) of an exit, and you've got better-than-even chances of surviving. Sit in six rows or more away, and your chances are less than 50-50.
Other factors for surviving a plane crash include wearing a seat belt, paying attention to flight instructions and staying alert(警覺) during taking off and landing. And of course, don't fly with airlines that are the most pobably to crash.
小題1:根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成句子 (每空限填一個單詞)
From Paragraph 1 we know only a 10-year-old Dutch boy _________ __________.
小題2:根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成句子 (每空限填一個單詞)
From Paragraphs 1-2 we may ask if _________ are more possible to survive plane crashes than __________.
小題3:根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容完成句子 (每空限填一個單詞)
According to paragraph 9, Sit six rows or more away, and you’ve got __________ _________of surviving.
小題4:把短文中畫底線的句子譯成漢語。
____________________________________________________________________
小題5:根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容用一個完整的英語句子(限10個詞以內(nèi))回答問題。
What’s the main idea of the passage?
____________________________________________________________________

小題1:was alive(didn’t die/ wasn’t dead)
小題2:children ,adults/others
小題3:less chances
小題4:一個較小的身體可能意味著樹會阻止你下落(托住你)是較為可能的。
小題5:It’s about some factors for surviving a plane crash.

試題分析:這篇文章講解的是在飛機(jī)失事過程中小孩可能比其他人應(yīng)付危險更好一些。同時文章中也指出了在乘坐飛機(jī)時應(yīng)注意的問題。
小題1:根據(jù)文中原句The only survivor is a 10-year-old Dutch boy.可知這個小孩是唯一的幸存者,也就是說他是唯一活著的。
小題2:文中1-2段描述的主要是小孩在飛機(jī)失事中存活的可能性比成年人高,所以此題應(yīng)該填children ,adults/others,意思是:從1-2段我們可能要問是否小孩在飛機(jī)失事中的存活率比成年人(其他人)高?
小題3:根據(jù)文中所提供的信息:Sit in five rows(排) of an exit, and you've got better-than-even chances of surviving. Sit in six rows or more away, and your chances are less than 50-50.可知如果你坐在離安全出口六排或更遠(yuǎn),你生存的機(jī)會就會大大減少,所以此題填less chances。
小題4:根據(jù)文中所提供的信息及對上下文的理解,此句應(yīng)該翻譯成:一個較小的身體可能意味著樹會阻止你下落(托住你)是較為可能的。
小題5:根據(jù)全文理解,這篇文章主要說了在飛機(jī)失事中能夠存活下來的幾種因素,所以是It’s about some factors for surviving a plane crash.。
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