2024届高考英语外刊阅读天天练：阅读理解六

高考英语外刊阅读天天练：阅读理解模拟训练六 ① All eight people have been rescued from a stricken cable car high above a remote Pakistan valley, a spokesperson for the state-run emergency services said. Pakistani authorities said army commandos, with the help of civilians, made the final rescues after an operation lasting hours. Floodlights were installed and a ground-based operation reached the remaining three people late on Tuesday more than 12 hours after their cable car snagged, leaving it hanging precariously at an angle. A helicopter had earlier plucked two children to safety before darkness. High winds meant the air rescue had to be called off. Rescuers used the cable keeping the gondola from plunging into the valley as a zip line to rescue three more children. Relatives of those trapped prayed while watching the operation and anxious crowds gathered on both sides of the ravine, which is in a mountainous area of Battagram, about 125 miles (200km) north of Islamabad. Several military helicopters had earlier in the day flown sorties and an airman was lowered by a harness to deliver food, water and medicine. Commandos could be seen on local TV trying to lower themselves on ropes from the helicopters to the cable car. An expert confirmed that the rescue was delicate because the wind created by the helicopters’ blades could further weaken cables holding the car aloft. The children trapped were teenage boys studying at his government high school. The school is located in a mountainous area and there are no safe crossings, so it’s common to use the chairlift. People who live in the northern mountainous regions of Pakistan often use chairlifts for transport from one village to another. In 2017, 10 people were killed when a chairlift cable broke sending passengers plunging into a ravine in a mountain hamlet near the capital, Islamabad. 【The Guardian USA(August 23, 2023)】 1. How was the rescue conducted by army commandos and civilians? A. by helicopter B. by cable car C. by floodlights D.