Concorde’s Birthday

CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first 1______ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a 2______ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to 3______ together on the project. The plane 4______ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of 5______. This means that it 6______ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7-8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is 7______ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. 8______ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour 9______! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway 10______ the most. They each have seven planes.

1. A. invented　　 B. produced　　 C. flew　　　 D. took off

2. A. talk　　　　 B. dream　　　 C. meeting　 D. fight

3. A. work　　　 B. do　　　　 C. carry　　　 D. finish

4. A. paid　　　 　B. wanted　　 C. needed　　 D. cost

5. A. voice　　　 B. sound　　　 C. noise　　　 D. shout

6. A. spends　　　 B. takes　　　 C. covers　　 D. travels

7. A. possible　　 B. impossible　 C. real　　　 D. unreal

8. A. plane　　　 B. passenger　　 C. flight　　 　D. airline

9. A. later　　　　 B. late　　　　 C. earlier　　　 D. early

10. A. build　　　 B. make　　　 C. sell　　　　 D. own

10. 快，电影已经开演约十分钟了。

Hurry up! The film __________________ for about ten minutes.

9. 导演正在为他们的新影片寻找一位女演员。

The director __________________ for his new film.

8. 这顶帽子非常适合您，女士！

This hat __________________, madam!

7. 你对这部新影片有什么看法？

What do you __________________ of the new film?

6. 这幢建筑使我想起了我的母校。

This building __________________.

5. 妈妈脸上露出了满意的笑容。

Mother __________________ on her face.

4. 王叔叔教我们如何修自行车。

Uncle Wang teaches us __________________.

3. 我有一个月没收到我澳大利亚亚笔友的来信了。

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