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【题目】Concorde, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first _____ on March 2nd in 1969 in France. The _____ was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a _____of a supersonic(超声波)passenger plane. In 1962 they started to _____ on the project together. The plane cost _____ 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It was given over 5,000 hours for testing.

Concorde flies at twice the speed of _____. This means that it _____ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compared with 7-8 hours in other passenger jets. Because _____ the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is _____ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30 a.m. ______ from Heathrow, London and start work in New York an hour ______!

Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. ______ Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so ______. Air France and British Airway ______ the most. ______ they all have seven planes.

Do you usually take planes to go out for a trip or on business? Maybe you just take this kind of plane. If you just take it, you can experience the speed of it. It will be an exciting experience.

【1】A. invented B. produced C. flew D. bought

【2】A. plane B. train C. bus D. car

【3】A. talk B. dream C. meeting D. fight

【4】A. work B. do C. carry D. finish

【5】A. by B. with C. in D. about

【6】A. voice B. sound C. noise D. speech

【7】A. spends B. takes C. costs D. pays

【8】A. for B. at C. in D. of

【9】A. possible B. necessary C. real D. easy

【10】A. doctor B. stranger C. flight D. airline

【11】A. later B. nearly C. early D. fast

【12】A. None B. Each C. Either D. Any

【13】A. far B. long C. easy D. quick

【14】A. build B. make C. sell D. own

【15】A. So B. Or C. And D. But

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】B

【8】D

【9】A

【10】C

【11】A

【12】B

【13】A

【14】D

【15】C

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了世界上最快的客机——协和式飞机的发展史。33年的历史、英法联手打造、耗资十多个亿、飞行速度为音速的两倍……无一不令人们叹为观止。

【1】考查动词词义辨析。invented发明；produced生产；flew飞行；bought买。本句若选invented或 produced都得用被动语态；分析句意可知此处指“它第一次飞行是在……”，因此用flew最为恰当。故选C。

【2】考查名词词义辨析。plane飞机；train火车；bus公交车；car小车。前文讲的就是协和式飞机。故选A。

【3】考查名词词义辨析。talk谈话；dream梦想；meeting会议；fight战斗。只有选B最符合语境，即两个国家都有制造超音速客机的梦想，而不是“谈话”、“会议”或“战斗”。故选B。

【4】考查动词词义辨析。work工作；do做；carry搬，携带；finish完成。根据固定搭配work on意为“致力于……”可知A项是最恰当的选项。故选A。

【5】考查介词词义辨析。by通过；with用，和；in 在……上；about大约。由句意可知花费大约15亿英镑。故选D。

【6】考查名词词义辨析。voice声音，嗓音；sound声音；noise噪音；speech演讲。联系上文可知此处的声速泛指普通声音的速度，speed of sound意为“声速”。故选 B。

【7】考查动词词义辨析。四个选项均有花费的意思，此处考查固定句型It takes sb. some time to do sth. 做某事花费某人多长时间。故选B。

【8】考查介词的用法。四个选项中只有D项of可以与because构成固定短语because of “由于”。故选D。

【9】考查形容词词义辨析。possible可能的；necessary有必要的；real真的，真实的；easy简单的。根据上下文之间的联系，可知此处表示“可能的”。故选A。

【10】考查名词词义辨析。doctor医生；stranger陌生人；flight航班；airline航线。根据catch the flight “赶上航班”可知选C。

【11】考查副词词义辨析。later后来，以后；nearly几乎；early早； fast快。根据句意可知应为an hour later “一小时后”。故选A。

【12】考查代词词义辨析。None没有；Each每个；Either两者之一；Any任何，一些。根据此空需要填一个词修饰名词Concorde表示“每架协和式飞机”可知，只有用Each合适。故选B。

【13】考查形容词词义辨析。far远的；long长的；easy容易的；quick快的。根据固定短语so far “到目前为止”可知选A。

【14】考查动词词义辨析。build建造；make制作；sell卖；own拥有。通过上下文可知这两个航空公司所拥有的协和式飞机最多。故选D。

【15】考查连词词义辨析。So因此；Or或者；And和，并且；But但是。分析语境可知前后两句是并列关系。故选C。