题目内容
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
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...