1．At the Alma Bridge　　　　 .

　　　 A．the writer stopped the cab and paid the driver　

　B．the cab went through a red light again

　　　 C．there was a performance the writer had already watched

　　　 D．the writer began to scold the driver

20. According to the passage, Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan ________.

　 A. took turns piloting the Voyager　　　　 B. had a comfortable trip

　 C. didn’t leave their seats on the trip　　　 D. were very excited　　　 　　

19. Which statement can be inferred from the information in the reading?

A.　 Many planes have circled the globe without stopping.

B.　 It is possible to refuel a plane while it is in the air.

C.　 The Voyager didn’t use any fuel on its trip around the world.

D.　 Most people came out to watch the historic landing.

18. Which question is NOT answered in the reading?

A.　 What problems did the Voyager have on its trip around the world?

B.　 Why is the Voyager’s cockpit very small?

C.　 How much does the Voyager weight?

D.　 Where and where did the Voyager take off

17. Travelers Insurance Company ______ for a person insured.　

　　 A. will pay for all the cost of life　　

B. will pay the weekly income or even that of lifetime

　　 C. won’t get much from the firm　　

D. will provide everlasting pension as well as medical expense

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 E

On its departure from Edwards Air Force Base in California on December 14, 1986, the Voyager’s success seemed doubtful. The plane taxied to the very end of the runway before slowly becoming airborne. The tips of its wings dragged limply on the ground. With this menacing takeoff, the Voyager started on its history making flight around the world.

Circling the globe without stopping had been done before. However, the Voyager was the first plane to fly around the world without refueling.

To carry enough fuel for such a trip required a plane designed for efficiency. The wings of the Voyager are light and flexible, so flexible that they flap (拍动), bowing at a 12 meter arc. In rough air the plane pitches and rolls, like a row-boat in heavy swells.

To keep the plane light, the cockpit has only one seat. The crew, made up of Jeana Yeager and Dick Ruyan, had to roll over each other to switch off piloting duties. Finally, to maintain maximum efficiency, the plane can’t fly faster than 200km/hr. On average it goes no faster than a race car in the Indy 500. At this speed, it took nine cramped (难忍的) days to circle the globe. The journey of the Voyage was as much a testimony to human endurance as it was to innovative engineering.

The Voyager’s route was planned to avoid two dangers: rough weather and unpredictable or hostile countries. Even with the careful planning, the crew ran into both. They had to pass close by a hurricane, at one point doing a 180-degree turn to avoid heavy turbulence (猛烈地、无规则地气流). Refused emergency permission to fly over Vietnam, the Voyager skirted dangerously close to a wall of thunderstorms, looming more than 25,000 meters high. They suffered a broken wing tip before they even left the ground and came uncomfortably close to crashing in the 11^th hour.

Limping home on dangerous low fuel tanks, the Voyager cruised over Edwards Air Force Base early on December 23, 1986. Thousands of people came out to watch the historic landing.

Today the Voyager is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. It hangs with planes of other famous and daring pilots who dared to do the undoable.

16. Why would the pay be doubled?　

　　 A. Because two persons are doing one job of the same.

　　 B. Because the important job is worth double pay.

　　 C. Because it is necessary that the injured person should be paid.

D. Because the double pay is for two persons.

15. Whom might the writing be mainly for?

　　 A. An important person in a firm.　　　　　　　 B. An employee of a firm.　

　　 C. The boss of a company.　　　　　　　　　　 D. Readers of a newspaper.

14. What is really true according to the above?　

　　 A. Travelers Insurance Company provides services of accident insurance.

　　 B. An important person of the firm has just had an accident.

　　 C. Accident Insurance will protect the important person from accident.

　　 D. Unfortunately the important person has become disabled.

13. The above is most probably ______.

　　 A. a report　　　　　 B. a letter. 　　　　　 C. an announcement 　　 D. an advertisement

12. By saying “I do wish they would leave me alone at this place”, Mr. Smith ______.

A. showed that he disliked such people at the hotel

B. gave the impression that he was a constant guest

C. tried to make his clients feel sorry for him

D. sounded as if he was tired of such greeting　　　　　　　　　　

D

Suppose a key man in your firm had just met with a terrible accident. The doctor tells you that this man upon whom you depend for directing sales, checking your books or for performing some other important roles will be laid up for months. You’d have to replace him, wouldn’t you? And probably at a pay about equal to his?

Then you’d be faced with double paying for one job because stopping the pay of an injured man would simply be out of the question.

You can prevent this kind of unproductive out going on your payroll by providing your key man with the protection of Travelers Business Accident Insurance!--- This insurance provides total medical expense and a weekly income in case a key man is disabled for some time. Should the disability prove everlasting, and income for life is certainty. Why not make out a list of your key men now? Then get together with Travelers Insurance Company, and let us tell you how little it costs to apply this much needed protection to your business.

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