Earlier this month, a solar-powered(太阳能动力的)plane took off to the sky for the first time.It had passed an important test on the way to travel around the world.
The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland(瑞士)at 45km an hour.It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky.
“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly-never an airplane so big, se light, using so little energy,”said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.
During the 90-minute flight, the plane did several turns.It climbed nearly 1.6km above the countryside.
Engineers plan to test a night flight before July.Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane.They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012.
“We want to fly it day and night with no fuel,”Piccard said.
Piceard and the pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world.They will make a few stops to change places and rest after a long time in the air-and to show off(展示)their plane.The plane flies at 70 kph on average.That is faster than a bike and slower than a car.The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time.
(1)
The solar-powered plane may not be ________.
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A.
lighter than an usual plane
B.
bigger than an usual plane
C.
using less energy than an usual plane
D.
faster than an usual plane
(2)
The underlined word“fuel”means ________ in the passage.
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A.
刺激
B.
燃料
C.
光亮
D.
方向
(3)
Engineers plan to test a night flight because ________.
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A.
they want to build a bigger one
B.
they wonder if it can fly faster in the night
C.
they'd like to improve the plane and build a better one
D.
they want to set up a company and build more planes
(4)
Which of the following descriptions about the new plane is Not true?
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A.
The solar-powered plane flies faster than a car.
B.
The first flight of the solar-powered plane lasted 90 minutes.
C.
The solar-powered plane took off in Switzerland and flew slowly into the sky
D.
Piccard will take the solar-powered plane around the world with Andre Borschberg
(5)
The article is probably chosen from the book ________.
Tom 1 some new colour pencils in his pencil-box.What colour are they? Let’s have 2 .They are red, black, blue, white, purple, orange 3 green.Tom likes 4 very much.He draws 5 with them.Now he is drawing a house.The door is green.The walls 6 White.The windows are big.It’s very nice.There are many flowers 7 the house.There is 8 black and white sheep behind the house.It is eating grass.Are there 9 other animals in the picture? Yes, there are.
We all like the picture.We want to put it 10 the wall of our classroom.