Three Chinese people were killed in a hostage-taking(劫持人质)event at a hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako, the Chinese Embassy(中国大使馆) said to Xinhua on Friday. Four other Chinese people were rescued from Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, said Chinese officials. At least 22 people were killed on Friday after Malian forces began a rescue(营救) to save hostages. There were no more hostages after gunmen rushed into the hotel and held 170 people as hostages.Many of them are foreigners.
中国大使馆周五向新华社证明, 三名中国公民在发生于马里首都巴马科的酒店人质劫持事件中丧生。大使馆官员表示,另有四名中国公民被从巴马科丽笙酒店中救出。马里武装力量于周五开始解救行动,意图救出人质,行动之后至少有22人丧生。持枪匪徒冲进酒店劫持170名人质后,现在丽笙酒店里已经没有被困人质了。许多人质都是外国人。
It is said that two attackers had been killed, but it was unknown if the attackers were among the 22. The rescue received support from MINUSMA,U.S. and France. The gunmen entered the hotel, which has 190 rooms and 140 people from_____countries. Some hostages succeeded in getting out the hotel by their own ways while most of them were rescued.
有两名袭击者死亡,但是仍然不清楚是否在死亡的22人中有别的袭击者。营救行动得到了来自联合国马里多层面综合稳定团,美国和法国部队的支援。持枪劫匪进入该酒店,酒店内有190间房间,住着来自不同国家的140人。一些人质成功用自己的方式逃了出来,而大部分人质是被特警营救的。
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Many people were held as hostages in a_______.
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How many people were held as hostage?
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The rescue operation did NOT receive support from______.
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What’s the best word to fill in the blank in Paragraph 2?
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What’s the right order?
①Most of the hostages were rescued.
②Attackers took people as hostages in the hotel.
③People from different countries lived in the hotel.
④Some hostages got out of the hotel all by themselves.