APLANEcrashed(坠机)inLibyaonMay12killing103peopleonboard.Theonlysurvivorisa10-year-oldDutchboy.Thisisnottheonlyexampleofacrashinwhicheveryonebutachilddied.A12-year-oldgirlwastheonlypersontosurvivea200
APLANEcrashed(坠机)inLibyaonMay12killing103peopleonboard.Theonlysurvivorisa10-year-oldDutchboy.
Thisisnottheonlyexampleofacrashinwhicheveryonebutachilddied.A12-year-oldgirlwastheonlypersontosurvivea2009aircrashintheIndianOcean.WhenaplanecrashedoverSudanin2003onlya3-year-oldboysurvived.
It'saquestionthatleavessafetyexpertspuzzled.Sofarthereisnotenoughhardevidenceforthemtoanswerwithanycertainty.
Althoughuncleartherearereasonstosuggestthatchildrenmaycope(应对)betterthanothers.
ProfessorEdGaleaattheUniversityofGreenwichsuggestedchildrenwouldbecocooned(被紧紧抱住)withintheirseatandthereforemightbelessprobablytoreceiveinjuries.
"Withanadultwiththeirheadabovetheseatandlegsonthefloortheywillreceivesomekindofinjurylandingonyourheadandlegs"hetoldtheBBC.
"Itwouldbemiraculous(奇迹的)tosurvivethatbuttherehavebeencases(情况)ofpeoplefallingintotrees.Asmallerbodywouldmeanit'smorepossiblethetreewouldbreakyourfall"heexplained.
Studiesfoundotherfactors(因素)besidesluckinfluencethechancesofsurvivingacrash.
Oneisseating.AstudyofplanecrashedconductedbyPoplarMechanicsfoundthatpeoplesittingtowardthebackoftheplaneweremoreprobablytosurvivethanthosesittingtowardthefront.AsurveyconductedbyresearchersattheUniversityofGreenwichintheUKfoundthatwhatmattersmostishowcloseyouaretoanexit(出口).Sitinfiverows(排)ofanexitandyou'vegotbetter-than-evenchancesofsurviving.Sitinsixrowsormoreawayandyourchancesarelessthan50-50.
Otherfactorsforsurvivingaplanecrashincludewearingaseatbeltpayingattentiontoflightinstructionsandstayingalert(警觉)duringtakingoffandlanding.Andofcoursedon'tflywithairlinesthatarethemostpobablytocrash.
1.根据短文内容完成句子(每空限填一个单词)
FromParagraph1weknowonlya10-year-oldDutchboy___________________.
2.根据短文内容完成句子(每空限填一个单词)
FromParagraphs1-2wemayaskif_________aremorepossibletosurviveplanecrashesthan__________.
3.根据短文内容完成句子(每空限填一个单词)
Accordingtoparagraph9Sitsixrowsormoreaway