At least 21 people have been hurt - two of them badly - after a Los Angeles train struck a car. The silver car was left unrecognizable after it tried to cross the tracks and ended up in the path of the train just before 11am on Saturday. 

Fire department spokesman Shawn Lenske said two of the train's three carriages derailed just metres from the University of Southern California campus.

One person on the train suffered serious injuries and a person pulled from the car is in a critical condition, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Nineteen others suffered light injuries and many were treated on the ground in front of the city's Natural History Museum.

They have not revealed why the car was crossing the tracks.

The crash comes just a month after 50 people were hurt and an engineer killed after a Los Angeles train struck a truck. Three weeks before that, six people were killed when a train struck a car and derailed at a crossing in New York city.

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1.What color was the car that was struck by the Los Angeles train?

A Black.

B Silver.

C Yellow.

D Red.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第1段第2句The silver car was left unrecognizable…可知，故选B。

2.When did the accident happened?

A Just after 11am on Saturday.

B Just before 11am on Saturday.

C Just before 11pm on Saturday.

D Just after 11pm on Saturday.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据第1段最后1句…just before 11am on Saturday. 可知，故选B。

3.How many carriages did the Los Angeles train have?

A Five.

B Two.

C Three.

D Seven.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第2段…two of the train's three carriages…可知，故选C。

4.Which statement is RIGHT according to the passage?

A The man pulled from the car died.

B All the people hurt were sent to hospital nearby.

C The engineer killed last month was driving a truck.

D The accident in New York city happened about seven weeks ago.

解析：选D。D 内容理解题。根据最后1段中Three weeks before that，其中that指代一个月前的火车撞卡车事故，所以应该是7周前，故选D。

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A It is dangerous to take a train

B Half a hundred died in a car accident

C Six died in a car accident

D Dozens hurt after train hit a car

解析：选D。D 文章标题题。A项“坐火车危险”明显错误，不选；B项“汽车事故导致50人受伤”只是文章部分内容，不选；C项“工程师开卡车被撞死”表述错误，不选；D项“20多人因火车撞汽车而受伤”体现了文章主要内容，故选D。