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CONCORDE

CONCORDE, the world’s fastest and most graceful (41)______ plane, will soon be 25 years old.
It first flew on 2 March 1969, from Toulouse in France.
Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a (42)
______ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to work together on the (43)______. The
plane cost over £1.5 billion to develop. It is the most (44) ______ plane in the history of (45)______. It
was given over 5,000 hours of testing.
Concorde flies at twice the speed of sound. This means that it takes only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly
between London and New York, compared with 7 – 8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-
hour time (46)______ between the USA and Britain, it is possible to travel west on Concorde and arrive
in New York before you leave London! You can (47)______ the 10.30 am flight from London, Heathrow
and start work in New York an hour earlier!
Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. But its oldest passenger was Mrs. Ethel
Lee from Leicestershire in England. She was 99 years old when she (48)______ from Heathrow on 24
February 1985.
Each Concorde is built at a (49)______ of £55 million. Twenty have been built so far. Air France
and British Airways (50)______ the most. They each have seven planes.
1. A. transportation B. carriage C. conveyance D. passenger
2. A. expectation B. dream C. hope D. imagination
3. A. project B. plot C. structure D. development
4. A. tested B. tried C. investigated D. experimented
5. A. flight B. aviation C. space D. locomotion
6. A. separation B. division C. expansion D. difference
7. A. run B. transport C. catch D. register
8. A. blasted B. launched off C. took off D. flew off
9. A. cost B. price C. expense D. expenditure
10. A. own B. mortgage C. hire D. master
TEST 5
The search of alternative resources of energy has resulted in different directions. Many
communities are burning garbage and other biological waste products to produce electricity.
Experimental work is being done to make synthetic fuels from coal, or coal tars. But to date, that
process has proved expensive. Some experts are trying to revive hydroelectric power which is derived
from streams and rivers. Fifty years ago, hydroelectric power provided one third of the electricity used in
the United States, but today it supplies only four percent. The oceans are another source of energy.
Scientists are studying ways to change the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves into electricity.
1. What are many communities doing to produce electricity?
a. burning garbage and other biological waste products.
b. changing waste products into power
c. searching for alternative resources
2. Has the process of making synthetic fuels proved cheap or expensive?
a. It has proved cheap
b. It has proved expensive
c. It has not proved expensive
3. Where is hydroelectric power derived from?
a. rivers and ocean
b. lakes and streams
c. rivers and streams.
4. What percentage of the electricity used in the United States does hydroelectric power provide today?
a. 33%
b. 35 %
c. 4 %
5. What are scientists studying?
a. ways to have electricity from the energy of ocean.
b. ways to change the energy of ocean currents, tides, and waves into electricity.
c. a and b are correct.

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