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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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2016-10-25
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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.
The best title for this passage is______.
选项
A、How McCurdy Became a Famous Canadian Pilot
B、McCurdy’s Legendary Experience
C、McCurdy and the Canandian Aviation
D、McCurdy—the Symbol of American Aviation and the Aircraft Industry
答案
B
解析
解答此题需要具有一定的概括和推理能力。通读全文可知,文章主要讲的是加拿大人McCurdy的传奇经历。虽然他的一生与“飞机”紧密相关,但他并不是一个纯粹的飞行员。这也是我们应该认识到的。现在来分析选项,A项“McCurdy——一名著名的加拿大飞行员”,根据以上分析,知道此选项有失偏颇。看B项“McCurdy的传奇经历”,这正是文章的中心内容,所以合适。为了确证,再看一下C项“McCurdy与加拿大航空业”,这显然不是文章的中心,因为文章主要还是从McCurdy个人的角度来写的,所以与B相比,也不能选。最后看D项“McCurdy——美国航空业的象征”,这里如果把美国改成加拿大,或许可以选。所以最终确定,B为正确答案。
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