Question

【题目】D

Traditionally regarded as one of the safest planes in the skies, the Boeing 777’s reputation will have been damaged by the second fatal crash in less than a year. There are around 1,000 Boeing 777s in service, and the plane is a long haul workhorse（长途运输的主力）, shouldering some of the longest routes. It entered service in 1995 and the National Transportation Safety Board, which is responsible for monitoring US-made aircraft, has recorded fewer than 60 incidents. But the recent record has been more patchy(不协调) with two major incidents---a crash at San Francisco airport last July, which claimed three lives, and the crash-landing of a British Airways 777 at Heathrow in January 2008.

However, the Malaysian disaster is very different from both the BA incident and the crash involving a Asiana Airlines flight at San Francisco International Airport in July. Both the BA and Asiana accidents occurred shortly before landing, while the Malaysia airlines plane disappeared off the radar during the early stages of the trip.

The accident at San Francisco in July was attributed to pilot error which led to the engines being set to idle because he believed the computer would maintain sufficient speed to keep the plane up in the air. But initial reports suggest that Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the 53-year-old Malaysian airlines pilot, was hugely experienced - having joined the carrier in 1981 and with 18,365 hours in the cockpit under his belt. The BA crash landing, which did not result in any fatalities, was finally found to have been caused by a blockage in the fuel line feeding the engine. Simply put the aircraft had the aviation equivalent of a cardiac arrest because some of the fuel failed to melt and blocked the supply line at the end of a long flight from Beijing to London, during which the plane travelled through unusually cold airspace over Siberia.

This crash makes people think of the disaster in which 288 people on board an Air France Airbus 330. That plane, another long-haul workhorse, crashed into the Atlantic en-route from Rio de Janeiro in June 2009 killing 228 people. A variety of explanations have been given for the Air France crash, with investigators finding that the plane’s speed sensors were giving an incorrect reading. But with this crash involving a different aircraft, it will take several months before investigators can find out the cause.

【1】What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To arouse our attention of some famous crashes of plane.

B. To find out the causes of plane crash.

C. To inform us of the Malaysian disaster.

D. To warn us not to travel by plane any more.

【2】The Malaysian disaster is quite different mainly because_____.

A. The plane disappeared off the radar during the early stages of the trip.

B. The accident occurred shortly before landing.

C. The pilot believed the computer would maintain sufficient speed.

D. The pilot was less experienced.

【3】What methods are used to describe the whole passage?

①Giving examples

②Making comparisons

③Reasoning matters

④Offering figures

A. ①②③ B. ②③④ C. ①②④ D. ①③④

【4】What does “this crash” refer to in the last paragraph?

A. the crash of Air France

B. the crash of the Malaysia airlines plane

C. the crash-landing of a British Airways 777

D. the crash at San Francisco airport

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：文章主要通过联系波音飞机的失事情况和类似的空难来介绍马航空难的一些情况。（文章材料出自网络，试题原创）

【1】C 主旨要义题 文章主要是通过联系波音飞机的失事情况和类似的空难来介绍马航空难的一些情况，故C项适合。

【2】A 细节理解题 依据文章第二段中的“while the Malaysia airlines plane disappeared off the radar during the early stages of the trip.”可以判断答案为A项。

【3】C 主旨纲要题 本篇阅读文章作者通过了举例子﹑做比较以及列数字的方式，没有涉及到讲道理，故C项正确。

【4】B 词义猜测题 依据上下文来看显然是在用马航空难与其他的空难做比较，故B项正确。