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The number of people killed in Sunday’s earthquake in northeastern Turkey has now risen to more than 1200 and is expected to go even higher, Rescue work is being held back (阻碍) by freezing temperature and rain. At least 50 villages have been destroyed, Landslides(塌方) and mud are so bad in some places that rescuers can get through only in foot. A BBC correspondent in Ankara says that the large numbered of those killed were women and children. Most of the men were already at work in the fields when the tremor(震动) struck. He says the mud-brick construction of many of the houses contributed to the devastation (破坏). Most of the concrete buildings in the region remain intact(未受损失的). Two aircrafts of the International Red Cross have arrived in turkey with the emergency supplies ,and several countries have come and helped, including Japan and West Germany.
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[单项选择]What is the estimated number of adults killed by secondhand smoke each year in the United States
A. 40,000.
B. 50,000.
C. 430.
D. 15,000.

[单项选择]The number killed in the Bradford City football ground disaster has risen to 52; more than 70 police and spectators have also been detained in hospital. The match was being recorded by Yorkshire TV when the fire began. When it first broke out, a few tongues of flame could be seen under the wooden seats in the G block of the stand. Some of the spectators walked away casually from the smoke. Then suddenly the fire spread with terrifying speed, and within minutes the whole stand was in flames. Most of the spectators rushed forwards onto the pits to avoid the blaze. In the panic, several spectators were crushed, and police and other fans ran back to the stands to help them. The rescuers’ clothes and hair could be seen bursting into flames in the intense heat.
Most of the dead were found piled up at the back of the stand, where they had run to escape from the fire. However, the gates at the back of the stand had been locked before the start of the match. This had been done to prevent
A. the rescuers had reacted more quickly
B. eye-witnesses had all helped the rescue work
C. the fans in the past had not been so ignorant of the fire precaution rule
D. the fire-brigade had come earlier