首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Ask any American who invented the airplane and they would say
[originaltext] Ask any American who invented the airplane and they would say
游客
2023-08-05
75
管理
问题
Ask any American who invented the airplane and they would say the Wright brothers, but Brazilians would have a different answer. In the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics on Friday, Brazil continued that claim by honoring Alberto Santos-Dumont, the man they credit with the invention.
In 1906, Santos-Dumont flew his plane on the outskirts of France and was recognized around Europe as the creator of the airplane. But Orville and Wilbur Wright later proved that their first flight came three years earlier in 1903.
The question is whether the Wright brothers’ flight should count.
The opinion of many Brazilians is that the Wrights used a catapult and simply created a glider that could maintain a prolonged fall. In 2003, CNN looked into the conflicting claims.
Aviation experts in Brazil claim that the Wright brothers needed strong and steady winds to get the "Kitty Hawk" off the ground, leaving no proof that it was able to take off on its own.
American experts disagree with that claim and say the Wrights’ plane had to have been self-sustaining,
"Even in 1903 the airplane sustained itself in the air for nearly one minute. If it’s not sustaining itself under its own power, it’s not going to stay up that long," Peter Jakab of the National Air and Space Museum told CNN.
Which country really invented the airplane depends plenty on the definition and on the circumstances that the Wright brothers used to get off the ground. The country of Brazil made it clear which side of the debate it is on early in the Opening Ceremony.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
12.What can we learn about Santos-Dumont?
13.What hinders the confirmation of the creator of the airplane according to the speaker?
14.Why do Brazilians think that the Wright brothers’ flight don’t count as the first one?
15.What was the justification that American experts argued for the Wright brothers’ flight?
选项
A、It was not self-sustaining because it stayed in the air for only one minute.
B、It partially resorted to the strong and steady wind to take off.
C、It was self-sustaining or it could not stay in the air for one minute.
D、It relied on other powers to take off and stay in the air.
答案
C
解析
短文中提到美国专家反对巴西航空专家否认怀特兄弟的飞机为第一架飞机的言论:早在1903年,怀特兄弟的飞机就能实现在空中靠自身力量飞行将近一分钟,如果飞机不是靠自己的力量飞行,那么它不可能在空中待那么久。因此答案为C)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2900803.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Thereisacommonopinionthatifyoustudyhardandgraduatewit
[originaltext]Thereisacommonopinionthatifyoustudyhardandgraduatewit
[originaltext]Noscenarioisricherwiththepotentialimpolitenessthanthe
[originaltext]Noscenarioisricherwiththepotentialimpolitenessthanthe
[originaltext]Noscenarioisricherwiththepotentialimpolitenessthanthe
[originaltext]Noscenarioisricherwiththepotentialimpolitenessthanthe
[originaltext]Thereisacommonopinionthatifyoustudyhardandgraduate
[originaltext]Thereisacommonopinionthatifyoustudyhardandgraduate
[originaltext]Engaginginregularexerciseimprovesyouroverallhealth,mobili
[originaltext]Today,wewillfocusonsolotravelling.Whileit’sfuntotravel
随机试题
InparallelogramABCDbelow,findthefollowing.(a)AreaofABCD(b)Perimeterof
Sevenyearsago,whenIwasvisitingGermany,Imetwithanofficialwhoexp
在《神曲》中,古罗马诗人维吉尔象征着()A.感性 B.理性 C.信仰 D
下列关于管理层次和管理幅度的论述,不正确的是()。A.管理层次和管理幅度之间没
患者,男,21岁。患急性淋巴细胞性白血病,五心烦热,口干口苦,盗汗、乏力,皮肤瘀
血栓闭塞性脉管炎治疗措施不正确的是A:指导病人绝对戒烟 B:用热水袋改善肢体温
各种运输方式内外部的各个方面的构成和联系,就是( )。 A.运输系统
确定最低工资标准的通用方法不包括()。A:比重法 B:GBP C:恩
工程设备采购工作的要求不包括()。A.保证设备质量 B.保证供货商信誉 C
某高血压患者,伴发心悸(HR99次/分)和劳力性心绞痛时,应首选的药物是A、β受
最新回复
(
0
)