1、,Unit 1 Where did you go on vacation?,Wednesday 星期三(Section A综合运用),( Section A综合运用),基础复现天天练：飞行事故,( Section A综合运用),As everyone knows, air travel is safer than driving a car or taking a train. But still there is a danger that seems to grow every year. Airliners are getting larger and larger. Quite a f
2、ew airplanes now can carry over 300 passengers. And the air itself becomes more and more crowded.,( Section A综合运用),If one giant airliner hit another in midair, 600 lives could be lost. From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens. Air traff
3、ic controllers tell the pilots exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down.,( Section A综合运用),The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London Heathrow may deal with 2, 500 planes a day. Not all of them actually land at the airport. Any plane that flies near the airport co
4、mes under the orders of the controllers there. Few mistakes can be made.,( Section A综合运用),Recently a disaster almost happened. Two planes were flying towards the airport. One was carrying 69 passengers from Toronto, and the other 176 passengers from Chicago. The controller ordered one plane to turn
5、to the right and to climb because of their flying too close to each other. But he made a mistake.,( Section A综合运用),He ordered the wrong plane to do this. It seemed that something unlucky would happen. Luckily, one of the pilots noticed this himself and made a change.,( Section A综合运用),( ) 1. Many pla
6、nes can carry more than _passengers now. A. 69 B. 176 C. 300 D. 600,C,( Section A综合运用),( ) 2. The air traffic controllers can tell the pilots to do the following things EXCEPT _. A. when to turn B. when to climb C. when to come down D. when to open the door,D,( Section A综合运用),( ) 3. What does the un
7、derlined word “disaster” mean in Chinese? A. 喜事 B. 灾难 C. 困难 D. 好运,B,( Section A综合运用),( ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. The plane with 69 passengers was from Chicago. B. The controller of the airport made a mistake. C. Both of the pilots noticed the danger. D. Heathro
8、w cant deal with 2, 500 planes a day.,B,( Section A综合运用),( ) 5. Whats the best title of this passage? A. An accident about planes. B. How to avoid an air accident. C. The danger by taking a plane is growing. D. Travelling by air is safer than by car.,C,( Section A综合运用),( Section A综合运用),( Section A综合运用),( Section A综合运用),谢 谢 观 看 ！,
