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2 People seriously injured during Raptors NBA championship celebration

Alt= El súper fanático de los Raptors Nav Bhatiaun en el desfile de la victoria en honor a los Toronto Raptors. EFE La celebración deportiva que en Toronto vivió una estampida masiva por un tiroteo 2 People seriously injured during Raptors NBA championship celebration Tumulto em Toronto em comemoração de título da NBA deixa 2 gravemente feridosEl súper fanático de los Raptors Nav Bhatiaun en el desfile de la victoria en honor a los Toronto Raptors. EFE

Toronto (Canada) / At least two people were seriously injured on Monday during the downtown Toronto celebration of the local Raptors’ NBA championship victory, at which shots were fired and the crowd stampeded.

Police said that besides the two seriously injured people, two others were arrested in the incidents, which local media reported occurred amid a fight that led to a shootout at the massive victory parade.

EFE was able to determine that, when the shots were fired, at least two crowd stampedes erupted among the people jamming the city square where the celebration was being held, but it is not yet known if other people were injured in the melee or while trying to flee the gunfire.

After the stampedes, about a quarter of Nathan Phillips Square, where a stage had been set up on which members of the Toronto Raptors were addressing their fans, had been virtually emptied of people.

In addition, emergency crews evacuated between 10 and 15 people from the square, although their conditions were not known.

The celebration of the championship, in which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was participating, continued despite the incidents and at a certain point event organizers called on the assembled crowd for calm.

According to some estimates on Monday, up to two million people were on hand in downtown Toronto – Canada’s largest city – for the parade and tens of thousands had packed Nathan Phillips Square for the celebration.

Toronto police closed off access to the square due to the number of people present there and they had had to intervene on several occasions during the event to calm the more excited fans.

The city of Toronto in recent years has suffered from violent incidents and shootouts that in 2018 broke the local murder record set in 1991 with about 100 people dying violently.

The Raptors won the NBA championship for the first time in team history last Thursday night by defeating the Golden State Warriors 114-110 in Oakland, California, in the sixth game of the championship series.

This is also the first time in history that a Canadian NBA team has won the league championship. (June 17, 2019, EFE/Practica Español)

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Principalmente, en el texto se habla de... (Mainly in the text, it's talked about...)
A
la victoria de los Raptors ante los Golden State Warriors.
B
las veces que los Raptors han ganado un campeonato de la NBA.
C
lo que ocurrió durante una celebración deportiva en Canadá.
Question 2
En el texto se dice que... (It's said in the text that...)
A
hubo un tiroteo a causa de una pelea durante esa celebración deportiva.
B
se canceló una celebración deportiva a causa de un incidente que se produjo.
C
no se produjo ningún incidente durante esa celebración deportiva.
Question 3
Según el texto, nadie resulto herido. (According to the text, no one was injured.)
A
Así es.
B
Para nada.
C
¡Imposible saberlo!
Question 4
En el texto se dice que... (It's said in the text that...)
A
decenas de millones de personas estuvieron presentes en esa celebración deportiva.
B
acudió muchísima gente a esa celebración deportiva.
C
casi nadie acudió a esa celebración deportiva.
Question 5
Sobre los Toronto Raptors se dice que... (About Toronto Raptors, it's said that...)
A
no es la primera vez que ganan un campeonato de la NBA.
B
Marc Gasol podría firmar un contrato con este equipo de baloncesto.
C
por vez primera ganaron un campeonato de la NBA.
Question 6
En el vídeo se dice que... (It's said in the video that...)
A
la gente huyó después de producirse el tiroteo.
B
los Toronto Raptors ganaron por 100 puntos de diferencia a los Golden State Warriors.
C
el cuerpo técnico no estuvo presente en esa celebración deportiva.
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'Toronto' es... ('Toronto' is...)
A
la capital de Alaska.
B
la capital de Canadá.
C
una ciudad de Estados Unidos.
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Una 'estampida' es... (A 'estampida' is...)
A
el acto de reunirse tranquilamente en un lugar.
B
la evacuación de un lugar de forma ordenada.
C
una huida brusca y violenta de un grupo de personas.
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En el texto, 'sepa' es una forma del... (In the text, 'sepa' is a form of the...)
A
pretérito perfecto simple del verbo saber.
B
imperativo del verbo saber.
C
presente del subjuntivo del verbo saber.
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El artículo determinado para 'celebración' es: (The determined article for 'celebración' is:)
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la
B
el
C
lo
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oposición o contrariedad.
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deseo.
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duda.
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Elige el presente del subjuntivo correcto de 'saber'.  (Choose the present tense of the subjunctive of the verb 'saber')  
A
saba.
B
sepa.
C
sé.
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Elige el pretérito perfecto simple correcto del verbo poder. (Choose past tense correct of the verb 'poder')    
A
Puede.
B
Pudo.
C
Podió.
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Elige el presente del subjuntivo correcto del verbo 'producir'. (Choose the presen tense of the subjunctive of the verb 'producir')  
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Produce.
B
Produjo.
C
Produzca.
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Sepa.
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Supe.
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Sé. 
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