The Cambodian government says more than 378 people died and hundreds more were i

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

Less than 24 hours after the tragedy(悲剧), Cambodia's most serious loss of life in decades(十年), the government founded an organization toinvestigate(调查) how so many died on what was meant to beone of the nation's most joyous occasions.

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

Most suffocated on the bridge, which thousandsof people were using to leave Diamond Island, an entertainment(娱乐) 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 Mondayevening he ended up trapped(围困) with his friends inthe middle of the bridge, fighting to breathe while terrified people struggledall around him.

Being tall saved his life, since he could stretch(伸出) his neck to take in oxygen(氧气). 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 twochildren near him. She was screaming for people to help. Being tall, Buot Panhagrabbed(抓住) one child and pushed him above the crowdto help him breathe.

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

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

Buot Panha says his first Water Festival will be hislast. He vows(发誓) never to come back.

1.The passage is mainly about ________.

A．WaterFestival celebrations                B．a stampede inCambodia

C．a teenager,Buot Panha                   D．a woman andher children

2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A．It is thebiggest tragedy in decades in Cambodia.

B．It is themost serious loss of life in decades in Cambodia.

C．Thegovernment ordered an investigation.

D．WaterFestival is Cambodia’s most joyous occasion.

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

A．breathed in                            B．feltuncomfortable

C．died from toolittle oxygen                D．left in ahurry

4.Most of the deaths were caused as a result of_________.

A．being unableto breathe                  B．being drowned

C．violence                              D．the rainyseason

5.Which of the following is TRUE about Buot Panhaaccording to the passage?

A．His beingtall saved him in the river.

B．He struggledthrough the crowd to save one child.

C．It was hisfirst time to attend the Water Festival alone.

D．He will nevercome back to Phnom Penh for the Water Festival.

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【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.D

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