A Russian plane has crashed in Sinai(西奈半岛) killing all 224 people on board, Egyptian officials have said. The Airbus A-321 had just left the Red Sea for the Russian city of St Petersburg. Wreckage was found in the Hasana area and bodies removed, along with the plane’s "black box". Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced Sunday a day of mourning. He has ordered an official investigation into the crash. Egyptian officials said all the passengers were Russian. On Saturday afternoon, Islamic State(伊斯兰国家圣战组织) said that they brought down flight KGL9268. But Russian Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov said, "such reports cannot be considered true". A team headed by Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov is to leave for Egypt on Saturday afternoon.

Russia said it was carrying 217 passengers, 138 of them women and 17 children aged between 2 and 17. Most were tourists. The rest were crews on board. Egyptian officials said there were no people alive. One official said that at least 100 bodies had been found, and so far no survivors. The official said. "A lot of dead on the ground and many died to their seats." Flight KGL9268 left Sharm el-Sheikh at 06:51 Moscow time (03:51 GMT) and had been due into St Petersburg’s Pulkovo airport at 12:10.

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1.The underlined word “crashed” means______in Chinese.

A 撞击

B 撞毁

C 崩溃

D 破产

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据文章内容可知俄罗斯飞机坠毁，无生还者，故选B。

2.Airbus A-321 crashed in ______.

A Russia

B Greece

C Egypt

D Italy

解析：选C。判断推理题。根据文中内容可知埃及官方是第一时间赶往坠机现场的，飞机只有在埃及境内坠毁，埃及官方才会第一时间赶过去，故选C。

3.How many crews were on flight KGL9286?

A 7

B 17

C 138

D 217

解析：选A。数字计算题。从文中内容可知飞机总计死亡224人，乘客217人，剩下的都是机组成员，故选A。

4.Which is RIGHT according to the passage?

A All the bodies have been found.

B President Putin has gone to crash.

C No children were alive in the crash.

D Islamic State brought down flight KGL9268.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段…killing all 224 people on board…可知无人生还，所以C项“没有小孩生还”正确，故选C。

5.Which is the right order?①Russia had a day of mourning to the dead. ②Flight KGL9286 crashed. ③Maksim Sokolov is to leave for Egypt. ④Egyptian officials got to the crash.

A ③①②④

B ③②①④

C ①④②③

D ②④③①

解析：选D。逻辑顺序题。按照时间先后顺序应该为：航班坠毁-埃及官员到达现场-俄罗斯交通部长Maksim Sokolov周六下午动身前往埃及-普金宣布周日为全国哀悼日，故选D。