Concorde’s Birthday

CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first __51__ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a _52__ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to __53__ together on the project. The plane __54_ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of _55__. This means that it _56_ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is _57__ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. _58__ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour _59_! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway _60_ the most. They each have seven planes.

1.A. invented    B. produced    C. flew      D. took off

2.A. talk        B. dream      C. meeting   D. fight

3.A. work       B. do         C. carry      D. finish

4.A. paid        B. wanted     C. needed     D. cost

5.A. voice       B. sound      C. noise      D. shout

6.A. spends      B. takes       C. covers     D. travels

7.A. possible     B. impossible   C. real       D. unreal

8.A. plane       B. passenger    C. flight      D. airline

9.A. later        B. late         C. earlier      D. early

10.A. build       B. make      C. sell        D. own

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.A

10.D

【解析】

試題分析:本文講解的是關(guān)于世界上最快的客機——協(xié)和式飛機(CONDORDE)的發(fā)展史。33年的歷史、英法聯(lián)手打造、耗資十多個億、兩倍于聲速……

1.結(jié)合上文可知it指的是前文提到的協(xié)和飛機,本句如選invented或 produced,得用被動語態(tài),took off是“起飛”的意思,這里意指“它第一次飛行是在……”因此,用flew最為恰當(dāng)。句意為:他在1969年3月2日首飛。故選C。

2.聯(lián)系上下文可知句意為:從1956年開始這兩個國家就有一個關(guān)于超音速客機的夢想,故選B。

3.work on 從事,致力于。句意:在1962年他們開始一起從事這個項目。故選A。

4.cost“耗資”。paid,wanted的主語應(yīng)是人,needed指根據(jù)計劃需要耗資等的數(shù)量,cost本身就表示花費成本的數(shù)量。聯(lián)系下文15億英鎊,主語為物,故選D,研制這個飛機花費了15億英鎊。

5.詞義辨析。Voice嗓音; sound指一般聲音;noise噪音;shout喊聲。聯(lián)系上文可知句意為協(xié)和客機以兩倍音速飛行。此處泛指普通聲音,speed of sound意為“聲速”故選 B。

6.考查take表示花費的用法。主語是it可知選A。句式:it takes some time/money to do sth。

7.根據(jù)上下文之間的聯(lián)系,意為“你坐協(xié)和式飛機從London到New York,有可能已經(jīng)到了New York,而還沒離開London。(這是由于時差)。

故選A。

8.catch the flight 意為“趕上某次航班”。故選C。

9.根據(jù)上文可知句意為:一小時后在紐約開始工作,故選B,an hour later,一小時后。

10.通過上下文可知,這兩個機場所擁有的協(xié)和式飛機最多。故選D。

考點:關(guān)于協(xié)和客機的說明文

點評:本題短文內(nèi)容不難理解,但是部分小題與上下文聯(lián)系不大,部分題型甚至可以獨立成題。因此在解答中有必要認(rèn)真分析,把他們當(dāng)成一個獨立的選擇題來對待。完成后多讀幾遍,看看上下文是否語句通順,符合邏輯關(guān)系。

 

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