2. 外语
  3. What’s happening?

What’s happening?

admin2012-04-23  33
问题 What’s happening?
The first prototype of an aircraft intended to revolutionize travel and shatter speed records was destroyed during its maiden flight on Saturday after a booster rocket carrying it aloft veered out of control and tumbled from the sky.
    US space scientists were forced to destroy the unmanned X-43A prototype in midair just minutes before the plane was due to fire the oxygen scooping "scramjet" engine designed to drive it at seven times the speed of sound.
    NASA cameras aboard two F-18 chase planes showed the Pegasus rocket careening off course and falling out of control from the sky before controlers triggered on board explosures to destroy it over the Pacific Ocean at about 1:45 pm PDT (4:45 pm EDT/2045 GMT)
    Pieces of the booster rocket and the small, black X-43A prototype, part of NASA’ s "Hyper-X" programme, fell into the sea.
选项 A、A revolutionary NASA jet was destroyed in its first flight.
B、A booster rocket veered out of control and tumbled to the ground.
C、A booster rocket was destroyed after it fulfilled the task.
D、A revolutionary NASA jet was destroyed after many flights.
答案A
解析 新闻的结构是：事件+细节+结果。在听第一段时就可以知道What’s happening. "The first prototype of an sire raft intended to revolutionize travel and shatter speed records was destroyed during its maiden flight on Saturday after a booster rocket carrying it aloft veered out of control and tumbled from the sky."其中"shatter"为"to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow"; "maiden"为"earliest, first"首次的；"veer"为"to turn aside from a course, direction, or purpose"转变；"tumble"为"move or rush in a headlong or uncontrolled way"翻腾。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/VGiO777K
0

专业英语八级

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)