Question

Look, this is the first plane in the world to be created using the new technology of “3D printing”. The airplane was built using only a computer-but it can fly at a speed of 100mph and has a two-meter wingspan.

It was produced using a special nylon laser printer that builds up something layer-by-layer. The parts were made separately and attached using a “snap fit”（搭扣） technique so the aircraft could be put together without tools in minutes.

No fasteners(扣件) at all were used in the manufacture of the plane. Unmanned and electrically powered, the plane can travel in near silence and is also equipped with a small autopilot system. The special production process used is known as “laser sintering(激光烧结) “and allows the designers to create shapes and structures that would normally include costly manufacturing techniques. This technology allows a highly-tailored aircraft to be developed from your own design to first flight in days, while using traditional materials and techniques would take months. And because no tooling is required for manufacture, major changes to the shape and scale of the aircraft can be made with no extra cost.

Professor Jim Scanlon, who led the team, said, “The process allows the design team to revisit historical techniques and ideas that would have been too expensive using traditional manufacturing.” He added, “This form of structure is very firm and lightweight, but very complex. If it was manufactured traditionally it would require a large number of individually tailored parts that would have to be connected or fastened at great expense.”

The new printed plane is known as the Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft-or SULSA for short-and is part of a wider project using cutting-edge manufacturing techniques. The University of Southampton has been at the leading position of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle development since the early 1990s.

1. What does the passage maily talk about?

A. New Designed Airplane with New Techniques.

B. Scientists Create Aircraft with High Speed.

C. Revolut ionary Breakthrough of 3D Printer.

D. The World’s first 3-D printed Airplane, SULSA.

2. How does the 3-D printed plane fly?

A. A pilot controls it using a remote control.

B. It should be controlled by “laser sintering”.

C. It should be controlled by an autopilot system.

D. A pilot with high techniques controlled it.

3. Which of the following is NOT advantage of the plane?

A. It only requires simple and cheap tools.

B. It is manufactured in quite a short time.

C. It produces little noise while flying.

D. It needn’t extra cost if changes are made.

4. Accoding to Professor Jim Scanlon, plane manufacturers can

with their techniques.

A. copy earlier planes to study their techniques

B. connect and fasten tailor parts for real planes

C. produce firmer and lighter real planes

D. find differences by studying the traditional ones

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇说明文，介绍了世界上第一个用“3D printing”技术制造出的飞机。这架飞机是完全利用电脑合成的，飞行速度可以达到每小时100米。这架飞机的成功可以推动此项技术的发展，从而可以造出更轻更坚固的飞机。

1.主旨大意题。文章开门见山向人们介绍利用“3D printing”这项新技术制造的飞机。然后在以下段落中分别介绍了制作原理和飞机的特点等，由此判断文章主要内容是介绍这种利用新技术制造的飞机，选D。

2.细节理解题。根据文章第三段内容 Unmanned and electrically powered, the plane can travel in near silence and is also equipped with a small autopilot system.可知答案选C。

3. 细节理解题。由文章第二段内容so the aircraft could be put together without tools in minutes.可知这款新型飞机的组装不需要任何工具，故A选项内容不是飞机的优点。

4.推理判断题。从文章倒数第二段This form of structure is very firm and lightweight, but very complex.可以推断利用这种技术科学家们能制造出更坚固更轻的飞机，选C。

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