Question

Today, when a man steps on to the moon, or something new and important happens, the world learns about it immediately. What did the newspapers say about that first flight in 1903? Strangely enough, they said hardly anything about it at all. There are only a few reports about it in the papers. These reports said very little. Some of the things they said were not even correct.

In 1904 the Wrights built a second machine. They called it “Flyer No. Two”. They invited some reporters to a field near Dayton to watch them fly. Unfortunately, there was some mechanical(機械的) trouble with the plane and it did not fly at all that day. The newspapermen went away. They were disappointed and did not come back. The Wrights went on with their work. In 1905, they built an even better machine, “Flyer No Three”. They were able to stay upon the air for half an hour and more in the machine. Farmers and travelers on the road around the Dayton often saw them flying, but when three people told newspapermen about it, they refused to believe them.

The Wrights offered “Flyer No. Three” to the United States government. The government was not interested. They seemed to think the Wrights wanted money in order to build a plane. They did not understand the Wrights had already done this, and flown it as well. Experts were still saying that mechanical flight was impossible. At the end of 1905, the two brothers took their planes to pieces. The parts were put into a huge wooden box. It seemed nobody was interested.

1.The reporters were disappointed in 1904 because________.

A．the Wrights did not invite them

B．the plane could not stay long in the air

C．the plane did not fly at all that day

D．they had wanted to see a better machine

2.The U．S. government could not understand that________.

A．the Wrights had already built a machine that could fly

B．experts still thought flight was impossible

C．the Wrights wanted more money to build an airplane

D．“Flyer No. Three” was now in a wooden case

3.The Wrights took their plane to pieces because________.

A．they planned to go to Europe

B．nobody was interested

C．the government didn't give them any money

D．the newspapermen didn't report their flights

4.What does the underlined word “Flyer” mean?

A．Pilot.             B．Drive.            C．Plane.            D．Kite.

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Today, people are very interested in new things.

B．People in the past talked little about new things.

C．Reporters are now as interested in new happening as in the past.

D．People in the past even told each other wrong things.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了在過去的時侯the Wrights發(fā)明了一種能飛的機器，發(fā)明飛行器2號時，就請記者去了可是那天沒有機器沒能起飛，從此，記者再也沒有去過，他們不相信他們能制造出這種飛行器。后來，他們兄弟二人把飛行器3號給美國政府看，美國政府及專家都不相信他們能制造出這種機器，這就說明過去的信息交流特別慢。而現(xiàn)在的通訊和媒體都傳播得很快。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)it did not fly at all that day. 故選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)They did not understand the Wrights had already done this, and flown it as well.美國政府根本不相信the Wrights制成了能飛的機器，故選A。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It seemed nobody was interested.故選B。

4.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)They invited some reporters to a field near Dayton to watch them fly. 可以猜出那是能飛的機器，故選C。

5.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The newspapermen went away. They were disappointed and did not come back 和something new and important happens, the world learns about it immediately.記者過去和現(xiàn)在是不一樣的，故選C。

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