2017年雅思阅读练习：俄罗斯载有39人飞机失事

　　背景阅读：
　　12月19日电据俄罗斯卫星网报道，19日，俄罗斯一架伊尔-18飞机在雅库特地区失事，机上载有39人，初步消息显示，有数人生还。
　　据报道，这架飞机上搭载了32名乘客和7名机组人员。据消息人士称，导致此次事故的可能原因包括机组失误或者恶劣天气条件。
　　目前，坠机地点已经找到，飞机在距季克西29公里处坠毁，俄罗斯紧急情况部派遣了3架米-8直升机赶赴现场。俄强力部门消息人士称，这架失事的伊尔-18飞机碎成了三段，但并未发生爆炸或者起火。
　　An IL-18 aeroplane belonging to the Russian defence ministry has crashed in Yakutia in Siberia with 39 people on board.
　　The defence ministry said 16 people were seriously injured, correcting earlier reports that 27 had died.
　　The plane was carrying 32 passengers and seven crew when it came down near Tiksi in the Bulun district of Russia's far east.
　　crew
　　n.全体船员; 全体乘务员; 一群，一帮;
　　vt. 当(尤指船上的)工作人员; 当(尤指船上的)工作人员;
　　vi.当船员; 当机务人员;
　　例句：
　　The mission for the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is essentially over.
　　“奋进号”航天飞机上全体机组人员的任务基本上已经完成了。
　　其他：
　　第三人称单数：crews 复数：crews 现在分词：crewing 过去式：crewed过去分词：crewed
　　Weather conditions were reportedly bad in the area when the crash happened.
　　The plane was carrying out a scheduled flight from Kansk when it came down about 30km (18 miles) short of Tiksi at 04:45 (19:45 GMT Sunday).
　　The plane broke into three pieces in what appears to have been an emergency landing.
　　Three Mi-8 helicopters were despatched to the crash site by Russia's Emergency Ministry.
　　despatched
　　n.
　　派遣;急件;
　　vt.
　　快递，调遣;
　　例句：
　　He feels we should act with despatch.他觉得我们应该迅速行动。
　　As well as the 16 seriously injured, another seven people on board the plane required hospital treatment.雅思考试(IELTS)