Three Chinese people were killed in a hostage-taking(劫持人质)event at a hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako, the Chinese Embassy(中国大使馆) said to Xinhua on Friday. Four other Chinese people were rescued from Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, said Chinese officials. At least 22 people were killed on Friday after Malian forces began a rescue(营救) to save hostages. There were no more hostages after gunmen rushed into the hotel and held 170 people as hostages.Many of them are foreigners.

It is said that two attackers had been killed, but it was unknown if the attackers were among the 22. The rescue received support from MINUSMA,U.S. and France. The gunmen entered the hotel, which has 190 rooms and 140 people from_____countries. Some hostages succeeded in getting out the hotel by their own ways while most of them were rescued.

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1.Many people were held as hostages in a_______.

A school

B hotel

C restaurant

D cinema

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句Three Chinese people were killed in a hostage-taking event at a hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako,可知，故选B。

2.How many people were held as hostage?

A 3

B 4

C 22

D 170

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句...and held 170 people as hostages .可知，故选D。

3.The rescue operation did NOT receive support from______.

A China

B MINUSMA

C France

D U.S.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第二句The rescue received support from MINUSMA,U.S. and France. 可知，故选A。

4.What’s the best word to fill in the blank in Paragraph 2?

A many.

B different.

C some.

D seven.

解析：选B。语义猜测题。根据语境可知应为：来自“不同”国家的140人，故选B。

5.What’s the right order? ①Most of the hostages were rescued. ②Attackers took people as hostages in the hotel. ③People from different countries lived in the hotel. ④Some hostages got out of the hotel all by themselves.

A ③①②④

B ③②④①

C ②④①③

D ④①③②

解析：选B。逻辑顺序题。按照时间先后顺序应为：人们入住酒店-恐怖分子挟持人质-部分人质设法逃脱-剩余人质被解救，故选B。