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It isn’t often that an entire industry is symbolized in the figure of a single human being, and such is the case with Canadian a
It isn’t often that an entire industry is symbolized in the figure of a single human being, and such is the case with Canadian a
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2014-05-25
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It isn’t often that an entire industry is symbolized in the figure of a single human being, and such is the case with Canadian aviation and the aircraft industry. The man is the Hon. John A. D. McCurdy, and the life story of this still vigorous, distinguished Canadian is at once and at the same time the thrilling history of aviation’s progress in Canada.
It all began one cold February day in 1909 at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, when John McCurdy confounded the critics by flying the Silver Dart, an aircraft designed by himself, for half a mile over the ice of Brasdeor Lakes. This was the first powered flight in Canada and the first by a British subject in the Commonwealth.
McCurdy gave proof of his flying ability and of the development and the use of the aileron by being the first man in the world to execute a figure eight in the air. He became the first to pilot a flying boat, taking off from Long Island Sound. He flew the first airplane to Mexico. In 1911 he had made the longest flight to date, and that over open sea 90 miles from Key West to Havana. He won the first cross country race in Canada, 40 miles from Hamilton to Toronto, and he transmitted the first radio message from aircraft.
When the World War II came, McCurdy took on board supervisory authority for Canadian aircraft production by serving with the government in various senior positions.
Following the World War II , McCurdy was honored by being made lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia where he made Canada’s first historic flight. He now lives in Montreal with a summer home in Baddeck, site of his first flight.
McCurdy is NOT the first one to______.
选项
A、fly in Canada
B、pilot a flying boat
C、fly from Key West to Toronto
D、fly to Mexico
答案
C
解析
先找到选项涉及的细节,再逐一进行判断取舍。先看A项“在加拿大飞行”,从第二段最后一句可以确证,故排除。B项“架驶飞艇”,据第三段第二句可以将其排除。现在看C项“从Key West飞往Toronto”,参看第三段倒数第二句可知,是从“Key West”飞往“Havana”,所以不属实,应为选项。而D项“第一个飞到墨西哥”也能从第三段第三句得到确认。这样,C为正确选项无疑。
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