单选题
Storms Sink Ships

Rescuers have found the bodies of over 130 people killed in two ferry disasters in Bangladesh. The accidents happened during a storm that hit the country on April 21. Hundreds more are missing or feared dead.
The two ferries sank in different rivers near the capital city of Dhaka as strong winds and rain hit the South Asian country.
The government has since banned all ferries and other boats from traveling at night during the April-May stormy season.
One of the ferries, MV Mitali, was carrying far more people than it was supposed to. About 400 passengers fitted into a space made for just 300. Police said the second ferry carried about 100 passengers.
"The number of deaths is certain to rise, "said an official in charge of the rescue work, "No one really knows how many people were on board the ferry or how many of them survived. "
Ferries in Bangladesh don't always keep passenger lists, making it difficult to determine the exact number of people on hoard.
Besides the ferry accidents, at least 40 people were killed and 400 injured by lightning strikes, falling houses and trees and the sinking of small boats.
Storms are common this time of year in Bangladesh, as are boating accidents. Ferry disasters take away hundreds of lives every year in a nation of 130 million people.
Officials blame these river accidents on a lack of safety measures, too many passengers in boats and not enough cheeks on weather conditions.
Ferries are a common means of transport in Bangladesh. It is a country covered by about 230 rivers. Some 20,000 ferries use the nation's waterways(水路) every year. And many of them are dangerously overcrowded (过度拥挤).
Since1977, more than 3,000 people have died in some 260 boating accidents.

单选题 How many people have been found dead in the two ferry disasters?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 该题问的是:在两起船运事故中已发现了多少死者?第1段第1个句子说到“救援人员已经找到了超过130具死于孟加拉国的两起船运灾难的死者尸体。”因此,已经发现的死者人数是“超过130”。
单选题 The two ferry disasters occurred______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题问的是:这两起渡船失事发生在什么时候?这是一道推理题。文章中没有一个句子直接提供这方面的信息。但是第3段间接地传递了这方面的信息:政府自此以后禁止所有渡船和其他船只在四五月份的暴风雨季节夜航。因此,这两起事故都发生在夜晚。
单选题 How many passengers was MV Mitali designed to carry?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 该题问的是:渡船MV Mitali号的设计载客量是多少?答案在第4段的第2句:定员300人的空间装载了约400名乘客。
单选题 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the boating accidents?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题问的是:下列哪一个选项不是文章提到的渡船失事的原因?倒数第3段说“官方认为这些航运事故都是由于缺乏安全措施、超载及缺乏对天气情况考虑得不够充分而造成的”,但没有提到“河道拥挤”。
单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT true of the two ferry disasters?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 该题问的是:下面有关这两起渡船失事的说法,哪一项是错的?第5段有这样一句话:没有人明确知道当时有多少人在船上,也不知道有多少人幸存。第6段是这么说的:孟加拉国的渡船不是总能留下乘客的名单的,这就导致很难确定船上人员的确切数量。因此“死者的确切数量很容易确定”说法错误。