题目内容
Some people dream of flying.For a doctor and his wife from Sydney, this dream is becoming true.Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan wear specially designed "wing suits" to jump from great height and fly over the large, dry land.
They plan to set a record with a flight from a hot-air balloon flying 12,000 meters above the middle of the country.Singleman and Swan would reach a top speed of 400 kilometers per hour.
The Sydney Morning reports that the couple plan to make even higher jump from an airplane.For jump from great height, they carry extra oxygen as well as a Global Position System unit (全球定位系统), so they can be found once they've reached the ground.
1.Where are the Singlemans from?
2.How fast would they reach per hour to set a flight recorder?
3.What's the Sydney Morning, do you think?
4.For making higher jump from an airplane, they will carry something.Give an example.
1.Form Sydney./ From Australia.
2.400 kilometers.
3.A newspaper.
4.Extra oxygen, /A G]ok, al Position System unit.
阅读理解
We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a plane
one can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country he is traveling through.
Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They make even the longest journey enjo
yable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners or river boats
.They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holi
day.
Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundred
s of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interestin
g or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why peopl
e choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.1.According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _______.
A.bycar |
B.bytrain |
C.byplane |
D.bysea |
2. If we travel by car, we can _________.
A.enjoythelongestjourney |
B.travelonlyfiftymilesaday |
C.makeourowntimetable |
D.traveltoaveryfarplaceinafewminutes. |
3. When people travel on business, they usually take _________.
A.aboatoratrain |
B.acaroratrain |
C.aplaneoracar |
D.atrainoraplane |
4. _______ have comfortable seats and dinning-cars.
A.Cars |
B.Moderntrains |
C.Planes |
D.Buses |
5.If possible, people like traveling by sea because _______ .
A.itisasfastastrainsandplanes |
B.itisapleasantwaytospendaholiday |
C.itisverycheap |
D.itcanstopwherevertheylike |
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