单选题
When did the blasts hit the hotels?
a. At about 1:40 a.m. local time.
b. At about 1:14 a.m. local time.
c. One at about 1:14 a.m., while the other around 2:14 a.m.
d. One at about 1:40 a.m., while the other around 2:40 a.m.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]26-30
ISTANBUL, Turkey—Near-simultaneous explosions hit two Istanbul hotels early Tuesday, killing two people, and another attack unsuccessfully targeted gas tanks at a fuel storage depot. The blasts went off about 1:40 a.m. Seven people were injured in the blasts at two tourist hotels in separate Istanbul neighborhoods. The city's police chief said the blasts were an apparent terrorist attack.
Four Spanish men were injured in one of the hotel blasts and went to hospital but none were in serious condition. The men are friends on holiday in Turkey and were staying at the Hotel Star Holiday which was hit by one of the blasts. Two of the Spaniards were "slightly buried" by the debris after the blasts. One suffered two broken legs; tile other suffered one broken leg. The two other Spaniards had less serious injuries. The Spaniards were being treated in two Istanbul hospitals, named Cerrahpasa and Haseki. The Spanish government did not release their names or ages, at the request of the injured. The Spanish Consul in Istanbul "is taking care of all necessities" for the injured Spaniards and is aiming to bring them back to Spain as soon as possible. An official, in Madrid, said attempts to establish phone contact with the Spanish diplomatic mission in Turkey had been difficult due to saturated phone lines in Turkey.
About the same time, attackers tried to use small explosive devices to detonate large fuel storage tanks at the Demiroren Group facility in Istanbul's Esenyurt neighborhood. The bombs exploded but failed to rapture the fuel tanks. There were no injuries. The first bomb went off about an hour before the hotel explosions, while a second one went off at nearly the same time as the attacks on the hotels.
[分析] 特定信息的找寻。
根据问题的要求,重点放在找寻爆炸的时间上,发现原文第二句“The blasts went off about 1:40 a.m.”即“爆炸发生于凌晨1:40”,选项a的说法与之相符,是正确答案。
[解题关键] 掌握同义词的替换。原文中的“went off”与选项中的“hit”同义,均指爆炸的发生。
单选题
How many people were injured or killed in the blasts?
a. Nobody were killed, four injured.
b. Two were killed, five injured.
c. Two were killed, seven injured.
d. Nobody were killed, seven injured.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[分析] 数字信息的找寻和判断。
根据题干要求对原文中死伤人数重点找寻,发现全文一开始就提到“explosions...killing two people...Seven people were injured...”,由此可见,选项 c的说法是正确答案。
[解题关键] 排除干扰信息的影响。原文中关于死伤的数字还提到“Four Spanish men were injured”,但与题干要求不符,因此要及时排除这一干扰项对答题的影响。
单选题
Which of the following is NOT accurate about the Spaniards injured in the blasts?
a. None of them were seriously wounded.
b. They were buried by the debris after the explosion.
c. They didn't want their names or ages released.
d. They stayed at the same hotel.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[分析] 事实细节的找寻和判断。
原文第二段主要讨论在爆炸事件中受伤的西班牙人情况,其中第一句“... but none were in serious condition.”与选项a的说法一致,第七句:The Spanish government did not release their names or ages, at the request of the injured.”可见根据伤者的要求,他们的姓名和年龄未被透露,这与选项c的内容一致;第一句“Four Spanish men were injured in one of the hotel blasts”与选项d的说法一致;第三句“Two of the Spaniards were 'slightly buried' by the debris after the blast.”与选项b中的人数不一致,因此,该项的说法与原文不符,是本题答案。
[解题关键] 正确找到原文对应处,有助于迅速解题。
单选题
What did the Spanish government do to help its injured citizens?
a. It sent them back to Spain.
b. It had constant phone contact with the Spanish Consul in Istanbul.
c. It treated them in Spanish hospitals in Istanbul.
d. It took care of their necessities.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[分析] 事实细节的找寻和判断。
根据题干要求,听者应将注意力放在西班牙政府的措施上,原文第二段后半部分谈及有关信息。根据原文第八句“The Spanish Consul in Istanbul 'is taking care of all necessities' for the injured Spaniards and is aiming to bring them back to Spain as soon as possible.”由此可见,该句前半部分与选项d的说法吻合,而后半部分中 is aiming to bring them back与选项a中sent them back显然不符;原文第二段最后一句“An official, in Madrid, said attempts to establish phone contact with the Spanish diplomatic mission in Turkey had been difficult due to saturated phone lines in Turkey.”即“马德里的官员试图与在土尔其的外交使团通电话,但这一举动非常困难,因为土尔其的电话线路过于繁忙”,由此可见,b项所言与原文不符;原文第六句“The Spaniards were being treated in two Istanbul hospitals, named Cerrahpasa and Haseki.”可知原文并未提及西班牙政府在这两所医院照料他们,由此可见,选项c的说法与原文不符,因此选项d是正确答案。
[解题关键] 1) 正确找到原文对应处,有助于迅速解题,2) 文中重要人物所说的话一般是考查的对象。
单选题
Which of the following is NOT true about the attack at the fuel tanks?
a. The large fuel tanks were broken.
b. It was an obvious terrorist attack.
c. Nobody was injured or killed.
d. The attackers tried to explode the tanks at about the same time as they blasted the hotels.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[分析] 事实细节的找寻和判断。
根据题干要求,听者应将注意力放在对燃料罐的袭击上。原文第一段和最后一段都对此有提及。根据第一段第一句“...and another attack unsuccessfully targeted gas tanks at a fuel storage depot.”即“另外一场袭击的目标是燃料储存地的燃气罐,但袭击没有成功”,由此可推测,选项a的说法是不正确的,将其它选项与最后一段作比照,发现均与原文相符,因此正.确答案是选项a。
[解题关键] 正确找到原文对应处并作出简单的推断,有助于迅速解题。