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【题目】On May 5，2017, China’s home-made passenger aircraft(飞机）C919 completed its 90-minute first flight and landed safely back at Pudong Airport in Shanghai.

C919 is developed by COMAC, a Chinese aircraft company. It is designed to compete with Boeing 737 and Airbus A320. The first C919 aircraft can carry 168 passengers and is able to fly a distance between 4,075 and 5, 555 kilometers. It’s reported that a C919 costs around 50 million dollars, less than half of a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320. Up to now, more than 570 aircrafts have been ordered from 23 customers, mostly Chinese, but also American and Thai companies or airlines. COMAC aims to take one fifth of the world’s narrow-body aircraft market and one third of the Chinese market by 2035.

The name C919 has its special meanings. The letter C stands for both “COMAC” and “China”. The number 9 is pronounced as jiu in Chinese, which means “forever”. And the number 19 refers to its capacity(容量) of 190 passengers.

The large passenger aircraft is praised as “the flower of modern industry”. It is a symbol of the nation’s industrial and technological standards as well as the comprehensive(综合的) power. In order to realize the century dream of flying in the sky and the strategy(战略) of the nation, COMAC bears the nation’s dream and people’s trust. China considers it as a national pride.

【1】C919 is produced by ________.

A. Boeing B. a Thai aircraft company

C. Airbus D. a Chinese aircraft company

【2】Which of the following is TRUE about the first C919 aircraft?

A. It can carry 160 passengers at most.

B. It can only fly a distance of 4,075 km.

C. It costs less than half of a Boeing 737.

D. It costs more than half of an Airbus A320.

【3】Which picture shows COMACs aim to take the narrow-body aircraft market by 2035?

A. B.

C. D.

【4】The news report is written mainly to ________.

A. introduce the design of C919

B. describe the first flight of C919

C. explain “the flower of modern industry”

D. show China’s achievements in aircraft industry

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】本文介绍了中国自制的客机C919的载客量，飞行距离和制作成本等情况。客机C919被誉为“现代工业之花”，是国家的骄傲。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段On May 5，2017, China’s home-made passenger aircraft(飞机）C919 completed its 90-minute first flight and landed safely back at Pudong Airport in Shanghai.可知，2017年5月5日，中国自制的客机C919完成了90分钟的第一次飞行，安全降落在上海浦东机场。故选D。

【2】判断正误题。A项，根据第二段第三句. The first C919 aircraft can carry 168 passengers可知第一架C919飞机可以载168名乘客，A项错误；B项，根据第二段第三句and is able to fly a distance between 4,075 and 5, 555 kilometers.可知C919飞机能够飞行的距离在4075到5555公里之间，B项错误；C项，根据第二段第四句It’s reported that a C919 costs around 50 million dollars, less than half of a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A320可知，据报道，C919的制造成本不到波音737或空客A320成本的一半，C项正确；D项表述错误，故选C.

【3】细节题。根据第二段最后一句COMAC aims to take one fifth of the world’s narrow-body aircraft market and one third of the Chinese market by 2035可知，COMAC的目标是到2035年占全球窄体飞机市场的五分之一，占中国市场的三分之一。故选C。

【4】主旨题。A项，“介绍C919的设计”，文中只提及了C919的载客量，飞行距离和制作成本，未提及具体设计，A项错误；B项，“描述C919的第一次飞行”，文中只在第一段提及完成了第一次飞行并安全降落，未提及详细的飞行过程，B项错误；C项，“解释‘现代工业之花’”，文中最后一段提及大型客机被誉为“现代工业之花”，但并未详细解释，C项错误，故选D。