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(5-1) A tour boat turned over off the coast of Nicaragua, killing at least 13 people and leaving more passengers missing, officials said.
(6) The boat was carrying 32 people——25 Costa Ricans, four Americans and three Nicaraguans.
The 13 dead were all Costa Rican, the Foreign Ministry said.
The boat, travelling between Nicaragua's Big Corn Island and Little Corn Island, turned over Saturday near the larger island.
Some passengers remain missing, the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry said, but did not specify how many.
A local radio said an unspecified number of people were rescued, including the tour boat's owner, Hilario Blandon.
(5-2) Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.
(7) Blandon, the boat's owner, has been arrested by Nicaraguan authorities, the state-run news agency said Both he and a crew member are being investigated for unintentional murder and exposing people to danger, according to police.
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预览三道题各选项,由第5题选项中出现的sank, sea, ran into, disappeared 和 tumed over可初步 推测,新闻内容与船只失事事件有关;结合第6题选项中出现的数字和第7题选项中出现的 rescue, investigated, drowned和 missing可进一步推测,新闻内容涉及此次船只失事事件的伤亡人数和对相关责任人的调查。
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5. What happened to the tour boat sailing off the Nicaraguan coast?
D)。(详解)新闻开头提到,在离尼加拉瓜海岸不远处,一艘观光船翻了。接下来新闻又提到,由于恶劣的 天气和大风,尼加拉瓜海军当局已经禁止在这片海域进行海上旅行,但这艘观光船对此置若罔闻。由此 可知,观光船翻船是大风导致的,故答案为D)。
6. How many people was the boat carrying?
D)。(命详解)新闻中提到,这艘观光船当时载客32名。因此答案为D)。
7. What do we know about the owner of the boat?
B)。(详解)新闻结尾提到,船主布兰登已被尼加拉瓜当局逮捕,并将接受审讯。因此答案为B)。