33 Chilean miners were trapped nearly a half-mile underground after the mine accident. They had no real hope that they’d ever be found. Luckily, though, the men had Luis Urzua. They were rescued to safety on October 13, 2010.Urzua, 54, was the shift leader at the time of the disaster, and used all his wisdoms and his leadership talents to help his men stay calm and in control for the 17 terrible days it took for rescuers to make their first contact with them.
It was no surprise that Urzua was the last of the 33 miners to leave the mine.
Urzua --- after shaking hands with rescue workers ---- climbed into a capsule barely wider than a man’s shoulders at 9:46 and was hauled up (拖上来) from a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock. He arrived at the top 11 minutes later.
“We have done what the entire world was waiting for,” he told Chilean President Sebastian Pinera immediately after his rescue. “The 69 days that we fought so hard were not in vain.” Pinera greeted Urzua, saying “You have been rescued, coming out last like a good leader… You have no idea how all Chileans share with
you your hardships, your hope, and your joy. You are an inspiration.” With Urzua by his side, the president led the crowd in singing the national anthem.Robinson Marquez once worked with Urzua in a nearby mine. He described Urzua as a calm, professional person and a born leader. “He is very protective of his men and obviously loves them. He wouldn’t have left until all of his men were safely above ground,” Marquez said.
Under Urzua’s leadership, the men stretched an emergency food supply meant to last just 48 hours over two and a half weeks, taking tiny sips of milk and bites of fish every other day.He described the difficulties of the first days, saying that it took about three hours for the dust to settle before the men could inspect where tons of collapsed rock sealed off (堵住) the main way out. When the rescuers first made contact by drilling a narrow hole into their refuge (避难处), the miners were so excited that everyone wanted to hug the drill hammer.After the collapse, Urzua was the first to speak to Pinera and to urge him not to let him and his men down. “Don’t leave us alone,” he asked the president, who assured the workers that they would not be abandoned, telling them he would do everything he could to get them back to the surface.
1.The mine collapsed on ____.
A.March 2 | B.June 3 | C.August 5 | D.October 13 |
2.Which word can’t be used to describe Urzua?
A.Selfish | B.Calm | C.Optimistic | D.Talented |
3.What do you know about the capsule?
A.It is very spacious. | B.It is very narrow. |
C.It is made by Urzua. | D.It is used in space. |
4.The emergency food supply was designed to last ____.
A.over two and a half weeks | B.five days |
C.one week | D.two days |
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33 Chilean miners were trapped nearly a half-mile underground after the mine accident. They had no real hope that they’d ever be found. Luckily, though, the men had Luis Urzua. They were rescued to safety on October 13, 2010.Urzua, 54, was the shift leader at the time of the disaster, and used all his wisdoms and his leadership talents to help his men stay calm and in control for the 17 terrible days it took for rescuers to make their first contact with them.
It was no surprise that Urzua was the last of the 33 miners to leave the mine.
Urzua --- after shaking hands with rescue workers ---- climbed into a capsule barely wider than a man’s shoulders at 9:46 and was hauled up (拖上来) from a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet of rock. He arrived at the top 11 minutes later.
“We have done what the entire world was waiting for,” he told Chilean President Sebastian Pinera immediately after his rescue. “The 69 days that we fought so hard were not in vain.” Pinera greeted Urzua, saying “You have been rescued, coming out last like a good leader… You have no idea how all Chileans share with
you your hardships, your hope, and your joy. You are an inspiration.” With Urzua by his side, the president led the crowd in singing the national anthem.Robinson Marquez once worked with Urzua in a nearby mine. He described Urzua as a calm, professional person and a born leader. “He is very protective of his men and obviously loves them. He wouldn’t have left until all of his men were safely above ground,” Marquez said.
Under Urzua’s leadership, the men stretched an emergency food supply meant to last just 48 hours over two and a half weeks, taking tiny sips of milk and bites of fish every other day.He described the difficulties of the first days, saying that it took about three hours for the dust to settle before the men could inspect where tons of collapsed rock sealed off (堵住) the main way out. When the rescuers first made contact by drilling a narrow hole into their refuge (避难处), the miners were so excited that everyone wanted to hug the drill hammer.After the collapse, Urzua was the first to speak to Pinera and to urge him not to let him and his men down. “Don’t leave us alone,” he asked the president, who assured the workers that they would not be abandoned, telling them he would do everything he could to get them back to the surface.
1.The mine collapsed on ____.
A.March 2 | B.June 3 | C.August 5 | D.October 13 |
2.Which word can’t be used to describe Urzua?
A.Selfish | B.Calm | C.Optimistic | D.Talented |
3.What do you know about the capsule?
A.It is very spacious. | B.It is very narrow. |
C.It is made by Urzua. | D.It is used in space. |
4.The emergency food supply was designed to last ____.
A.over two and a half weeks | B.five days |
C.one week | D.two days |
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After___seemed a hopeless wait, four coal miners trapped in the mine for 125 hours were finally rescued in Heilongjiang Province.
A. when B. that C. it D. what
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After___seemed a hopeless wait, four coal-miners trapped in the mine for 125 hours were finally rescued in Heilongjiang Province.
A. when B. that C. it D. what
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After ______ seemed a hopeless wait, four coal-miners trapped in the mine for 125 hours were finally rescued in Heilongjiang Province.
A. when B. that
C. it D. what
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After ______ seemed a hopeless wait, four coal-miners trapped in the mine for 125 hours were finally rescued in Heilongjiang Province.
A. when B. that C. it D. what
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After ________ seemed a hopeless wait, four coalminers trapped in the mine for 125 hours were finally rescued in Heilongjiang Province.
A.when B.that
C.it D.what
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Only then, _____we ____that the trapped miners were in danger when the flood water dripped into the tunnels.
A.have; realized | B.did; realize |
C.do; realize | D.had ; realized |
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. The big snow lasted nearly half a week. What was worse, they were trapped in the mountain and badly ________ food.
A.in search of | B.in the hope of | C.in want of | D.in charge of |
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Chilean rescued miner Edison Pena ran the New York City Marathon on November 7th , less than a month after he was rescued from a collapsed (坍塌的) mine that trapped him and the other 32 miners for 69 days. Pena ran 10 km daily through the mine’s tunnels (巷道) to beat the anxiety, wearing cut-down boots until rescuers sent him a pair of sports shoes through a narrow hole that served as the miners’ “lifeline” to the surface.
“When I ran in the darkness, I was running for life,” Pena told a news conference in New York. “I was running to show that I wasn’t just waiting around. I also wanted God to see that I really wanted to live.” The miners were discovered alive on August 22---17 days after the mine collapsed, but it took many more days for rescuers to dig a hole big enough to bring them out.
The New York Road Runners, which organizes the marathon, had invited Edison Pena to the event after hearing his story. They thought he could ride in the lead vehicle or hold the finish line tape, but Pena said last week he did not want to watch, he wanted to run. “I was very eager to take on this big challenge,” he said. “I wanted to show the world I could run.” He hoped to run the 26.2-mile race in about six hours. “I have a knee injury, but I am eager to cross the finish line,” he said.
An Elvis Presley fan who asked rescuers to send the singer’s music down into the mine, Pena broke into song at the news conference with the Presley hit Return to Sender.
On the morning of November 7th, Pena, known as “the runner” by fellow miners trapped with him, set out to cover the course along with thousands of other runners and completed the race in five hours and 40 minutes.
1.When trapped underground, Pena ran a long way every day to _______.
A. find a way to get out B. dig a lifeline to the ground
C. keep himself from coldness D. get rid of his uneasy feelings
2. According to the passage, Pena _______.
A. was not expected to run the marathon at first
B. failed to achieve the goal he had set for the marathon
C. wore sports shoes while working underground
D. was asked to sing a Presley’s song at a news conference
3. During the rescue of the Chilean trapped miners, the digging of the escape hole lasted about _________.
A. 17 days B. 22 days C. 52 days D. 69 days
4.Pena can be best described as _________.
A. smart-minded B. strong-willed C. hard-working D. warm-hearted
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________confidence and the necessary equipmnt, they failed to rescue the 42 miners trapped in the coal mine.
A.Lack of | B.Lacking of | C.Lacking | D.Having lacked |
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