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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

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问题     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.
Nowadays, McCurdy______.
选项 A、lives in Montreal in summer
B、is the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia
C、is still very active and energetic
D、is the government’s counsellor
答案C
解析 “分辨事实类题”比较容易解答，只要找到有关事实，进行对照即可确定答案，实际上此题与上一题考查的目的及解题方法相似。逐一分析选项。A项“夏天住在Montreal”从最后一段得知“他夏天住在Baddeck”，所以不正确。B项“是Nora Scotia州的副州长”。从最后一段第一句可知，他是在第二次世界大战结束时担任这一职务的，故也不对。再看C项“他现在仍非常活跃”，这个选项较难判断，因为有关细节不在最后一段，容易认为是“作者没有提到”而误排除。现在我们来看第一段最后一句，方知道这是文章的事实，故是选项。也就不必看D了。实际上，D说“他是一名政府顾问”，文中没有提及，也的确不能选。
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