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Lesson 55
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UNIT 28 TRANSPORTATION
Lesson 55
Part Ⅰ Warming-up Exercises
Spot Dictation: A New Way to Fly----the Boeing 747
Have you travelled on any of ____new giant planes? If you haven't, ____to imagine a jet which is ____than 70 metres long and more ____5 stories high at the tail. ____a plane costs at least 25 ____dollars to build.
Inside, the jet ____like a great theatre. It has ____kitchens, which are all needed when ____plane is full of passengers. It ____hold more than 400 passengers. Imagine ____number in one jet plane.
The ____are quite safe. On each plane ____are twice as many engines as ____jet needs. If two engines fail ____the same side, the plane can ____use its other engines to land. ____are also two mechanical pilots to ____charge if the human pilots cannot ____the plane.
Score: ____
Part Ⅱ Travel In London
Exercises:
Column A Column B
Means of Transport Advantages and Disadvantages
______ 1.the best way to travel when one is in a hurry
______ 2.easily get held up in traffic jams
_____ 3.rather slow in rush hours
______ 4.quite expensive
______ 5.fast and comfortable
______ 6.good for short journeys
Part Ⅲ Travel In Britain
Exercises:
1.There are.miles of track in Britain.
a. over 1,000
b. about 250,000
c. over 13,000
2.The internal air service is.the rail and road transport systems.
a. as important as
b. more important than
c. less important than
3.London Airport is one of the.airports in the world.
a. best
b. busiest
c. biggest
4.Britain.the biggest merchant navy in the world.
a. had
b. has
c. will have
5.Sea travel in Britain?br />
a. has become more important.
b. has become less important.
c. has become the most preferable form of transport.
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