Upset and worried families gathered at a local civic(市政的) centre and turned to social media to make desperate request for help finding missing children as the death toll in a school shooting at a Texas elementary school rose to at least 19 students and two teachers.

By nightfall, names of those killed during Tuesday’s attack at Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde began to emerge. One man at the civic centre walked away sobbing into his phone “she is gone.” On the backside of the building, a woman stood by herself, alternately crying and yelling into her phone, shaking her fist and stamping her feet.

Manny Renfro said he got word Tuesday that his grandson, eight-year-old Uziyah Garcia, was among those killed. “The sweetest little boy that I’ve ever known,” Renfro said. “I’m not just saying that because he was my grandkid.” Renfro said Uziyah last visited him in San Angelo during spring break. “We started throwing the football together and I was teaching him pass patterns. Such a fast little boy and he could catch a ball so well,” Renfro said.

Fourth-grade teacher Eva Mireles, 44, was remembered as a loving mother and wife. “She was adventurous. I would definitely say those wonderful things about her. She is definitely going to be very missed,” said 34-year-old relative Amber Ybarra. Ybarra prepared to give blood for the wounded and wondered how no one noticed trouble with the shooter in time to stop him. “To me, it’s more about raising mental health awareness,” said Ybarra, a wellness coach who attended the elementary school where the shooting happened. “Someone could possibly have seen a dramatic change before something like this happened.”

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1.Why did some families gather at a local civic centre?

A They wanted to find their children.

B They desired to know the death toll.

C They mourned the death of children.

D They began a bad school shooting.

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句的“to make desperate request for help finding missing children”可知他们聚集在市政中心外面是想要寻找自己丢失的孩子。故选A。

2.What does the underlined word “emerge” probably mean?

A Stop happening.

B Become known.

C Come across.

D Be prevented.

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据第二段划线词所在句的后两句可知，一名男子在打电话说“她死了”以及另一名妇女在打电话哭喊挥拳头跺脚可知可能她也失去了孩子。再结合前文的“names of those killed”可推断，应该是死亡儿童的名单公布了，即被人们知晓。故选B。

3.What did Manny Renfro do during the spring break?

A He opened fire in a classroom.

B He got word from his grandson.

C He taught Uziyah to play football.

D He visited a sweetest little boy.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第三段的“We started throwing the football together and I was teaching him pass patterns”可知，他在春季休假的时候教他的孙子Uziyah Garcia踢足球。故选C。

4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A Eva Mireles was a complete stranger to Ybarra.

B Ybarra thought the shooting could have been prevented.

C Mental health awareness most probably led to the shooting.

D Ybarra used to be a wellness coach at Robb Elementary School.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据第四段最后一句中的“wondered how no one noticed trouble with the shooter in time to stop him”以及“Someone could possibly have seen a dramatic change before something like this happened”可知，Ybarra认为在这起枪击案发生之前，这个枪手肯定发生了巨大的改变，而肯定也有人注意到了这种改变，如果这个人去阻止了他，那么这起枪击案就不会发生了。故选B。