YUZHOU, HENAN –An accident in a central China coal mine killed 21 miners Saturday and left another 16 trapped underground , the government said.
The death toll rose to 26 Sunday morning as rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners who were still trapped underground, rescue headquarters said.
Rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners still trapped underground, but chances for them to survive were very slim, said Du Bo, deputy chief of the rescue headquarters.
Based upon past experience, the remaining 11 miners could be buried in coal dust, so the survival chances are frail, Du said.
More than 2,500 tons of coal dust smothered(厚厚的覆盖) the pit after the gas leak（漏出）, which hampered（阻碍） the rescue, said Du.
The gas outburst happened at 6:03 a.m. Saturday when 276 miners were working underground in the mine in Yuzhou City. A total of 239 workers escaped but 21 were found dead and 16 trapped.
An initial（最初的） investigation showed that 173,500 cubic meters of gas leaked out in the accident. Liu Wenbin, a deputy chief engineer of the pany that owns the mine, was in the pit（矿井） when the accident happened. He organized the escape.
At around 6 a.m., I felt there was something wrong with the airflow in the shaft, and one of the team captains told me he also felt it and had already reported the problem, said Liu
The mine is owned by Pingyu Coal & Electric Co. Ltd., a pany jointly established by four investors, including Zhong Ping Energy Chemical Group and China Power Investment Corp.
【小题1】What could be the best title for this passage? A．Death Toll Rises in an Accident in ChinaB．A Coal Mine Accident in Central ChinaC．An Accident in Central ChinaD．Coal Mine Accidents in China【小题2】What does the underlined part mean in the second paragraph? A．payment required for the use of rescuing personsB．the number of people killed in a particular accidentC．the percentage of the dead persons in an accidentD．a number of people killed in an accident【小题3】From this passage we know that . A．Of the 276 miners in the mine only 21 were dead until the next morningB．The miners trapped underground would be saved without difficultyC．16 miners trapped underground were still found alive waiting for the rescue D．Until the next morning another 5 miners were found dead in this accident【小题4】According to the writer, which of the following is not true? A．The mine was owned by more than one panyB．There was at least one more similar accident happening in Central China beforeC．Before the accident happened there was no sign of something wrongD．When the accident happened one of the mine owners was in the pitB
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(答案→)B
解析：文章主要讲述的就是发生在河南省的一起煤矿事故。
【小题1】B 主旨大意题。文章主要讲述的就是发生在河南省的一起煤矿事故。
【小题2】B 猜测词义题。根据上下文可知The death toll rose to 26 Sunday morning as rescuers were battling to reach the 11 miners who were still trapped underground这里的toll是指在特殊事故中死亡的的人数。文章讲述的也正是在本次煤炭事故中的死亡人数。故B正确。
【小题3】D 计算题。根据第一段可知21人被确认死亡，第二段提及死亡人数到了26，说明又有5人死亡，故D正确。
【小题4】C 细节题。根据文章倒数第二段可知在事故之前已经有发生事故的迹象出现了。