Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.FIRST TIME IN THE AIR When John Mills was going to fly in an aero plane for the first time, he was frightened. He did not like the idea of being thousands of feet up in the air. “ ‘I also didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t be in control,” says John. “I’m a terrible passenger in the car. When somebody else is driving, I tell them what to so. It ...
Nguyễn Thị Nhài | Chat Online | |
03/09 18:17:58 (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12) |
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
FIRST TIME IN THE AIR
When John Mills was going to fly in an aero plane for the first time, he was frightened. He did not like the idea of being thousands of feet up in the air. “ ‘I also didn’t like the fact that I wouldn’t be in control,” says John. “I’m a terrible passenger in the car. When somebody else is driving, I tell them what to so. It drives everybody crazy.” However John couldn’t avoid flying any longer. It was the only way he could visit his grandchildren in Canada. “I had made up my mind that I was going to do it, I couldn’t let my son, his wife and their three children travel all the way here to visit me. It would be so expensive for them and I know Tom’s business isn’t doing so well at the moment – it would also be tiring for the children – it’s a nine-hour flight!” he says. To get ready for the flight John did lots of reading about aero planes. When he booked his seat, he was told that he would be flying on a Boeing 747, which is better known as a jumbo jet. “I needed to know as much as possible before getting in that plane. I suppose it was a way of making myself feel better. The Boeing 747 is the largest passenger aircraft in the world at the moment. The first one flew on February 9th 1969 in the USA. It can carry up to 524 passengers and 3.400 pieces of luggage. The fuel for aero planes is kept in the wings and the 747’s wings are so big that they can carry enough fuel for an average car to be able to travel 16,000 kilometers a year for 70 years. Isn’t that unbelievable? Even though I had discovered all this very interesting information about the jumbo, when I saw it for the first time, just before I was going to travel to Canada, I still couldn’t believe that something so enormous was going to get up in the air and fly. I was even more impressed when I saw how big it was inside with hundreds of people!” The biggest surprise of all for John was the flight itself. “The take-off itself was much smoother than I expected although I was still quite scared until we were in the air. In the end, I managed to relax, enjoy the food and watch one of the movies and the view from the window was spectacular. I even managed to sleep for a while! Of course,” continues John, “the best reward of all was when I arrived in Canada and saw my son and his family, particularly my beautiful grandchildren. Suddenly, I felt so silly about all the years when I couldn’t even think of getting on a plane. I had let my fear of living stop me from seeing the people I love most in the world. I can visit my son and family as often as I like now!”
Why did John Mills fly in an aero plane?
Lựa chọn một trả lời để xem Đáp án chính xác Báo sai đáp án hoặc câu hỏi |
A. He wanted to go on holiday 0 % | 0 phiếu |
B. He wanted to try it 0 % | 0 phiếu |
C. He wanted to see his family 0 % | 0 phiếu |
D. He had to travel on business 0 % | 0 phiếu |
Tổng cộng: | 0 trả lời |
Trắc nghiệm liên quan
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrases that best fits each of the numbered blanks. About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrases that best fits each of the numbered blanks. About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrases that best fits each of the numbered blanks. About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or coal-non-renewable ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrases that best fits each of the numbered blanks. About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrases that best fits each of the numbered blanks. About 50 or so kinds modern plastic are made from oil, gas, or ... (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- It all happened so quickly, one minute I was making chips and the next the whole kitchen was _________ fire (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- The production of tin ore in the United States is relatively insignificant, _________ less than one hundred tons anually (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- _________ one or more units of living substance called protoplasm. (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- You’ve all _________ the point. The film itself is not racist - it simply tries to make us question our own often racist attitude (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
- She’s so _________ ; you really have to watch what you say or she will walk out of the room (Tiếng Anh - Lớp 12)
Trắc nghiệm mới nhất
- Calcium hydroxide là chất rắn màu trắng, ít tan trong nước. Phát biểu nào sau đây sai? (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)
- Ứng dụng của silicon là (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)
- Từ cát thạch anh (cát trắng) sản xuất ra (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)
- Công đoạn chính để sản xuất đồ gốm theo thứ tự lần lượt là (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)
- Phát biểu nào sau đây không đúng về silicon? (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)
- Vì sao vôi tôi được sử dụng để xử lí SO2 trong khí thải? (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)
- Nhỏ một vài giọt hydrochloric acid lên một viên đá vôi thu được hiện tượng nào sau đây? (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)
- Để sản xuất thủy tinh loại thông thường, cần các nguyên liệu nào sau? (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)
- Vôi tôi là tên gọi của hợp chất nào sau đây? (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)
- Quặng nào sau đây không có thành phần chủ yếu là oxide của kim loại? (Khoa học tự nhiên - Lớp 9)