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L'HAYLESROSES,France:Three teenage girls admitted starting a fire in a suburban Paris housing
project over the weekend that killed 17 people,including three children,police said yesterday.A fourth girl
was held yesterday morning.
The fire in a 19storey building south of Paris was the third fatal blaze in the Paris area in nine days.The
death toll rose to 16 after a man died last Sunday in a hospital,where seven others were being treated for
serious injuries,police said.
Three teenagers taken in for questioning on Sunday admitted having started the fire for fun,police said.
Two of the suspects were 18yearold,the other was 16,police said.Further details were not available.
Witnesses claimed to have seen a group of youths who lived in the building start the fire,said Patrick
Seve,mayor of the town of L'HAYLESROSES,near Orly airport,where the building was located.
The fire is believed to have broken out in the lobby (门厅) of the building before raging up a stairwell at
least three floors.Some residents jumped from windows as the fire spread through the building's entrance.
Authorities were investigating possible criminals in an August 26 fire that killed 14 African children and
three adults in a Paris apartment building.Three days later,another fire killed seven in a building.
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy suggested on French television on Sunday night that copycats (盲目
模仿者) were at work."Each time there is a new story,sometimes that gives ideas to people who then turn
into criminals," Sarkozy said,promising severe punishment for anyone found guilty of arson (纵火)．
1．What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?
A．Three girls were caught setting fire to a building.
B．The fourth girl wasn't present when the fire broke out.
C．All the people lost their lives before police came.
D．Paris was troubled by fire during that period.
2．Why did the teenagers start the fire?
A．They were interested in playing with fire.
B．They wanted to make fun of their parents.
C．They were not satisfied with the surroundings.
D．They wanted to warm themselves.
3．From the fourth and fifth paragraphs we know that________.
A．the witnesses must have put out the fire
B．the lobby of the building was covered with wood
C．the witnesses were familiar with the teenagers
D．the residents shouldn't have jumped from windows
4．What the Minister said in the last paragraph means that________.
A．he doesn't like to listen to new stories
B．he has no time to write new stories
C．teenagers often have ideas to turn into criminals
D．teenagers may do the same as others have done
