Big Fire Kills Sevenin Orphanage大火致孤儿院七人死亡.docVIP

Big Fire Kills Sevenin Orphanage大火致孤儿院七人死亡 　　本篇阅读材料的难度属中等，全文约354词，因此建议阅读时间（含做题）为8分钟。阅读要求：认真阅读短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 　　Six children and an adult died in a fire that broke out on Friday in a privately run orphanage in Central China’s Henan Province. 　　The fire, which broke out at about 8:30 a.m., lasted for two hours. The fire burned down the house in Lankao, where Yuan Lihai, 48, a local villager, looked after abandoned children she had taken in over the years. Four children died at the scene, while the other three victims died on their way to a local hospital. One of the victims was a man in his 20s with serious disease. The other six―four boys and two girls―were all under 6 years old, with the youngest only 6 months. Still one injured child is receiving treatment at the hospital. 　　The fire burned an area of about 40 square meters. Pictures taken at the scene after the fire was put out show blackened walls, broken glasses and ruined clothing and quilts. 　　It is not known how many children were in the house when the fire broke out, but orphans and abandoned children who survived are expected to receive care from local government. The local government set up a special group to deal with the case. And an investigation into the cause is under way. 　　Yuan has been kind in providing a place for the children to live, which made her a well?known and appreciated public figure, but on the other hand, some people have argued that she has been using the children to cheat on public donations（捐赠） and the basic living allowance（津贴） from the government. 　　A director of the local government told the Dahe Daily newspaper it has reached an agreement with Yuan to allow a welfare home to care for the five babies she had taken in most recently. The local government will also set up a temporary（临时的） shelter for the children cared for by Yuan to live in as well as providing them with physical tests and psychological guidance. The director said the local government hop