Reading Passages Advanced Level Test - Quiz (Online Exercise With Answers) 4
Question 1 |
He may not inherit everything from his father. But King George Tupou V, Tonga’s new monarch, who has been sworn in, but not formally crowned, following the death of the battleship-sized King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV on September 10th, already has a picturesque palace, the royal title and a good deal of respect from his 110.000 subjects in Tonga. The big question is whether he will bow to the pleas of the country’s growing prodemocracy movement, and limit his throne’s huge powers
- It is understood from the passage that King George Tupou V _____ .
A | learned all he knows about the
royalty from his father |
B | owes his father everything |
C | has no respect towards King
Taufa’ahau Tupou IV |
D | hasn't been declared as the new
King of Tonga legally yet |
E | lost his father during democracy
movement |
Question 2 |
He may not inherit everything from his father. But King George Tupou V, Tonga’s new monarch, who has been sworn in, but not formally crowned, following the death of the battleship-sized King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV on September 10th, already has a picturesque palace, the royal title and a good deal of respect from his 110.000 subjects in Tonga. The big question is whether he will bow to the pleas of the country’s growing prodemocracy movement, and limit his throne’s huge powers 2. One may infer from the passage that in Tonga _____.
A | Tupou V will not accept being the
new king |
B | King George Tupou V inherited a
huge amount of money from Tupou
V’s father |
C | most of people reject accepting his
authority |
D | hasn't been able to get his royal
respect and title yet |
E | there is spreading demand for
regime change |
Question 3 |
He may not inherit everything from his father. But King George Tupou V, Tonga’s new monarch, who has been sworn in, but not formally crowned, following the death of the battleship-sized King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV on September 10th, already has a picturesque palace, the royal title and a good deal of respect from his 110.000 subjects in Tonga. The big question is whether he will bow to the pleas of the country’s growing prodemocracy movement, and limit his throne’s huge powers 3. As concluded in the passage that the monarch in Tonga _____ .
A | has failed to notice the growing
influence of pro-democracy activists
on the subjects |
B | has been supporting the leading
figures of the country’s growing
prodemocracy movement for a long
time |
C | isn’t a matter of the royal family |
D | has enormous authorization in ruling
the country |
E | has played a modernising role in
governing the country in recent
years |
Question 4 |
Peter Yellowless, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, has been teaching about schizophrenia for 20 years,but says that he was never really able to explain to his students just how their patients suffer. So he went online, downloaded some free software and entered Second Life. This is a “meta-verse" (i.e., metaphysical universe), a three-dimensional world whose users, or “residents", can create and be anything they want. Mr Yellowless created hallucinations. A resident might walk through a virtual hospital word, and a picture on the wall would suddenly flash the word “shit face”. The floor might fall away, leaving the person to walk on stepping stones above the clouds. An in-world television set would change from showing an actual speech by Bob Hawke, Australia’s former prime minister, into Mr Hawke shouting, “Go and kill yourself, you wretch!” A reflection in a mirror might have bleeding eyes and die. When Mr Yellowless invited, as part of a trial, Second Life’s public into the ward, and 73% of the visitors said afterwards that it “improved (their) understanding of schizophrenia.” 4. According to the passage, Second Life_____ .
A | is a software enabling its users to
create a 3-dimensional world in
which they can be and do anything
they wish |
B | is a computer game designed for
university students who study
psychiatry |
C | is a computer programme created
just for fun and leisure |
D | is a metaphysical online world in
which its users are passive and can
give no reactions |
E | is a built virtual online world whose
population and economy are
growing gradually |
Question 5 |
Peter Yellowless, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, has been teaching about schizophrenia for 20 years,but says that he was never really able to explain to his students just how their patients suffer. So he went online, downloaded some free software and entered Second Life. This is a “meta-verse" (i.e., metaphysical universe), a three-dimensional world whose users, or “residents", can create and be anything they want. Mr Yellowless created hallucinations. A resident might walk through a virtual hospital word, and a picture on the wall would suddenly flash the word “shit face”. The floor might fall away, leaving the person to walk on stepping stones above the clouds. An in-world television set would change from showing an actual speech by Bob Hawke, Australia’s former prime minister, into Mr Hawke shouting, “Go and kill yourself, you wretch!” A reflection in a mirror might have bleeding eyes and die. When Mr Yellowless invited, as part of a trial, Second Life’s public into the ward, and 73% of the visitors said afterwards that it “improved (their) understanding of schizophrenia.” 5. It is stated in the passage that by means of Second Life, Peter Yellowless_____ .
A | experienced a failure in his attempts
to make his students comprehend
schizophrenia better |
B | gained great fame as a psychiatrist
throughout the world |
C | could download free software easier
than before |
D | tried to improve his understanding of
how his patients suffer from
schizophrenia |
E | produced sample hallucinations and
tried to explain to his students how
the schizophrenics suffer |
Question 6 |
Peter Yellowless, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, has been teaching about schizophrenia for 20 years,but says that he was never really able to explain to his students just how their patients suffer. So he went online, downloaded some free software and entered Second Life. This is a “meta-verse" (i.e., metaphysical universe), a three-dimensional world whose users, or “residents", can create and be anything they want. Mr Yellowless created hallucinations. A resident might walk through a virtual hospital word, and a picture on the wall would suddenly flash the word “shit face”. The floor might fall away, leaving the person to walk on stepping stones above the clouds. An in-world television set would change from showing an actual speech by Bob Hawke, Australia’s former prime minister, into Mr Hawke shouting, “Go and kill yourself, you wretch!” A reflection in a mirror might have bleeding eyes and die. When Mr Yellowless invited, as part of a trial, Second Life’s public into the ward, and 73% of the visitors said afterwards that it “improved (their) understanding of schizophrenia.” 6. One may infer from the passage that patients who suffer from schizophrenia_____ .
A | pretend to be normal while they are
seeing hallucinations |
B | can be cured through the
hallucinations created in Second Life |
C | can commit suicide because of their
hallucinations |
D | are the participants of Peter
Yellowless’ trial of his online
hallucinations |
E | believe that they live in a
metaphysical universe and they are
wretch |
Question 7 |
Lame from birth, yet with a talent for landing on his feet, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand- Perigord was for cartoonists a natural. As statesman and diplomat, he was at or never far from the centre of power through every upheaval that shook France and Europe between the fall of the Bastille and the collapse of the restored Bourbon monarchy in 1830. The “price with six heads”, as one caricature nicely pictured him, was a bishop in the "ancient regime, "the revolutionist” in 1789, diplomat for Napoleon, minister to Lous XVIII and lastly-by which time he was already in his late 70s “an ambassador” in London for Louis Philippe, the “citizen king Such frequent shifts inevitably won him many enemies. But with each turn of the carousel former foes would become friends again. Talleyrand rose late, dressed slowly and played a lot of whist. He took a similar approach to politics, using time and delay to advantage. 7. One may infer from the passage that as a politician, Talleyrand_____ .
A | had a view of what was good for
France and also Europe, to which he
stuck through revolution, war and
restoration |
B | never forget his old partnerships
throughout his career |
C | always managed to be in a good,
high and powerful position under any
circumstances in France |
D | could never be shrewd enough to
manipulate the chaotic environment
of his era |
E | was a corrupt and immoral
opportunist of exaggerated
reputation interested mainly in his
family name |
Question 8 |
Lame from birth, yet with a talent for landing on his feet, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand- Perigord was for cartoonists a natural. As statesman and diplomat, he was at or never far from the centre of power through every upheaval that shook France and Europe between the fall of the Bastille and the collapse of the restored Bourbon monarchy in 1830. The “price with six heads”, as one caricature nicely pictured him, was a bishop in the "ancient regime, "the revolutionist” in 1789, diplomat for Napoleon, minister to Lous XVIII and lastly-by which time he was already in his late 70s “an ambassador” in London for Louis Philippe, the “citizen king Such frequent shifts inevitably won him many enemies. But with each turn of the carousel former foes would become friends again. Talleyrand rose late, dressed slowly and played a lot of whist. He took a similar approach to politics, using time and delay to advantage. 8. It can be understood from the passage, Talleyrand_____ .
A | served at least three rulers, having
different political responsibilities |
B | couldn’t play whist well |
C | had a strict habit of getting up early |
D | was harshly criticized by the
cartoonists at his time |
E | was never at the centre of,power |
Question 9 |
Lame from birth, yet with a talent for landing on his feet, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand- Perigord was for cartoonists a natural. As statesman and diplomat, he was at or never far from the centre of power through every upheaval that shook France and Europe between the fall of the Bastille and the collapse of the restored Bourbon monarchy in 1830. The “price with six heads”, as one caricature nicely pictured him, was a bishop in the "ancient regime, "the revolutionist” in 1789, diplomat for Napoleon, minister to Lous XVIII and lastly-by which time he was already in his late 70s “an ambassador” in London for Louis Philippe, the “citizen king Such frequent shifts inevitably won him many enemies. But with each turn of the carousel former foes would become friends again. Talleyrand rose late, dressed slowly and played a lot of whist. He took a similar approach to politics, using time and delay to advantage. 9. As is stated in the passage, Talleyrand_____ .
A | wasn't a successful statesman at all |
B | was believed to have six heads by
people who never saw him |
C | never forgave his enemies all his life |
D | had a handicup in his feet |
E | worked as an minister in London for
Napoleon |
Question 10 |
The impact of the American periodical press also has been technological and social. The large, mass-circulation magazines have influenced the smaller magazines, which in many instances seek to imitate their appearance and to emulate the high quality of their printing, layout, and make-up. They also have influenced magazines around the world. Europe, for example, is given to publishing magazines resembling “Life" and “Look”, and almost no heavily industrialized country is without its imitator of “Time”. An example to this is “Der Spiegel” in Germany, The social effect has to do with the discharge or failure to discharge its social responsibilities. These include the obligation to provide the people with a fair presentation offacts, with honestly held opinions, and with truthful advertising. 10. It’s understood from the passage that news magazines like “Life, Look, and Time”______.
A | are resented in European Countries |
B | sell very well throughout the worid |
C | are respected as models for foreign
magazines |
D | do not discharge social
responsibilities at all |
E | are sold extremely expensively on
the market |
Question 11 |
The impact of the American periodical press also has been technological and social. The large, mass-circulation magazines have influenced the smaller magazines, which in many instances seek to imitate their appearance and to emulate the high quality of their printing, layout, and make-up. They also have influenced magazines around the world. Europe, for example, is given to publishing magazines resembling “Life" and “Look”, and almost no heavily industrialized country is without its imitator of “Time”. An example to this is “Der Spiegel” in Germany, The social effect has to do with the discharge or failure to discharge its social responsibilities. These include the obligation to provide the people with a fair presentation offacts, with honestly held opinions, and with truthful advertising. 11. According to the passage ___.
A | American perodical press has no
contribution to its European
counterpart |
B | European magazines know very little
about the American ones |
C | smaller magazines have influenced
the bigger ones throughout the
history |
D | der Spiegel is a magazine which
originated in the USA. |
E | nearly all the heavily industrialized
countries have a magazine
resembling to “Time |
Question 12 |
The impact of the American periodical press also has been technological and social. The large, mass-circulation magazines have influenced the smaller magazines, which in many instances seek to imitate their appearance and to emulate the high quality of their printing, layout, and make-up. They also have influenced magazines around the world. Europe, for example, is given to publishing magazines resembling “Life" and “Look”, and almost no heavily industrialized country is without its imitator of “Time”. An example to this is “Der Spiegel” in Germany, The social effect has to do with the discharge or failure to discharge its social responsibilities. These include the obligation to provide the people with a fair presentation offacts, with honestly held opinions, and with truthful advertising. 12. As concluded in the passage, magazines____.
A | shouldn’t compete with television for
advertising |
B | ought to be subsidized |
C | must imitate European models |
D | shouldn’t accept untruthful
advertising |
E | have to make a profit at any cost |
Question 13 |
A team of astronomers from the Institute of Technology, led by Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In 2001, this team reported that it had spotted the "cosmic renaissance, ” the era when the first starlight shone through the cosmos. Just days earlier, a team from the Sloan Sky Survey had announced finding evidence of the cosmic “dark ages”—the period of about half a billion years after the Big Bang when dark fog filled the newly created space of our universe. The cosmic renaissance brought an end to the dark ages, as the first galaxies and quasars burned through the murky cosmos, making it transparent. The teams used data collected with powerful telescopes to observe the light emissions of quasars, the most distant known objects in the universe. Quasars, which are amazingly bright, can essentially offer snapshots of the universe from hundreds of millions of years ago. 13. The latter team aforementioned has declared that_____
A | in the first period of our universe was
full of dark fog |
B | they found out the proof of the dark
age of the universe |
C | cosmic renaissance happened after
one of the stars shone |
D | the rise of the cosmos was believed
to start with the first light of the sun |
E | dark ages were brought an end with
the cosmic renaissance |
Question 14 |
A team of astronomers from the Institute of Technology, led by Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In 2001, this team reported that it had spotted the "cosmic renaissance, ” the era when the first starlight shone through the cosmos. Just days earlier, a team from the Sloan Sky Survey had announced finding evidence of the cosmic “dark ages”—the period of about half a billion years after the Big Bang when dark fog filled the newly created space of our universe. The cosmic renaissance brought an end to the dark ages, as the first galaxies and quasars burned through the murky cosmos, making it transparent. The teams used data collected with powerful telescopes to observe the light emissions of quasars, the most distant known objects in the universe. Quasars, which are amazingly bright, can essentially offer snapshots of the universe from hundreds of millions of years ago. 14. What do the two teams have in common?
A | Both teams have mutual interests on
how to scrutinize the history of the
universe. |
B | The teams worked on the same
project in the twentieth century |
C | Not only the Institute of Technology
but Sloan Sky Survey have
astronauts who have experience in
space exploration as well. |
D | The devices used by the teams for
gaining information on quasars were
powerful telescopes |
E | The main subject of the teams were
about Big Bang |
Question 15 |
A team of astronomers from the Institute of Technology, led by Djorgovski, may have glimpsed the dawn of our universe. In 2001, this team reported that it had spotted the "cosmic renaissance, ” the era when the first starlight shone through the cosmos. Just days earlier, a team from the Sloan Sky Survey had announced finding evidence of the cosmic “dark ages”—the period of about half a billion years after the Big Bang when dark fog filled the newly created space of our universe. The cosmic renaissance brought an end to the dark ages, as the first galaxies and quasars burned through the murky cosmos, making it transparent. The teams used data collected with powerful telescopes to observe the light emissions of quasars, the most distant known objects in the universe. Quasars, which are amazingly bright, can essentially offer snapshots of the universe from hundreds of millions of years ago. 15. We can infer from the passage that quasars_____ .
A | the light of which reaching us
basically comes from a very distant
time |
B | which are surprisingly bright stars
can give us details about the history
of the galaxies |
C | whose photographs taken by a team
of scientists inform the danger
experienced during the history |
D | have always been in flames since
the beginning of the universe |
E | are the farthest known objects
detected by huge telescopes |
Question 16 |
For those of us without a family crest and signet ring, there is a place a few inches above the finger where social standing can still be displayed-the wrist. With its ticking heartbeat, the mechanical wristwatch is alive and never felt better. And for most people, the very definition of a luxury watch is a a Rolex. It has a mystical aura of high fashion, high quality and high price. It's the most popular watch, with an estimated 750,000 sold annually and even more changing hands each year in the second-hand market. The reason for Rolex's stunning success is the firm's genius at marketing to people who aspire to own and can afford to buy, the accoutrements of popular culture's nobility. The typical Rolex buyer is seeking to have something their neighbours and friends either have or wish they had. Rolex has struck a balance between making a product that is just expensive enough so not everyone will own one, but just affordable enough for it to be within the reach of many. 16. One point emphasized in the passage W is that_____ .
A | as it was in the old days, it is still
indispensable to have a signet ring
or a family crest for those who want
to own the highest social rank |
B | Rolex stands as the epitome of
Swiss watchmaking excellence |
C | the wristwatch may be regarded as a
symbol of social status and luxury by
most of the people today |
D | as a prestigious brand, Rolex also
determines all kinds of fashion
worldwide |
E | but for its prestige and price, Rolex
defies its own image in the secondhand
market |
Question 17 |
For those of us without a family crest and signet ring, there is a place a few inches above the finger where social standing can still be displayed-the wrist. With its ticking heartbeat, the mechanical wristwatch is alive and never felt better. And for most people, the very definition of a luxury watch is a a Rolex. It has a mystical aura of high fashion, high quality and high price. It's the most popular watch, with an estimated 750,000 sold annually and even more changing hands each year in the second-hand market. The reason for Rolex's stunning success is the firm's genius at marketing to people who aspire to own and can afford to buy, the accoutrements of popular culture's nobility. The typical Rolex buyer is seeking to have something their neighbours and friends either have or wish they had. Rolex has struck a balance between making a product that is just expensive enough so not everyone will own one, but just affordable enough for it to be within the reach of many. 17. The author relates the success of Rolex_____ .
A | to its being so expensive and
prestigious |
B | to its smart marketing system which
determines and addresses to the
target customer |
C | in an exaggerated style |
D | so clearly that even the rival firms
must respect it |
E | to the people who work in its
administration and marketing
departments |
Question 18 |
For those of us without a family crest and signet ring, there is a place a few inches above the finger where social standing can still be displayed-the wrist. With its ticking heartbeat, the mechanical wristwatch is alive and never felt better. And for most people, the very definition of a luxury watch is a a Rolex. It has a mystical aura of high fashion, high quality and high price. It's the most popular watch, with an estimated 750,000 sold annually and even more changing hands each year in the second-hand market. The reason for Rolex's stunning success is the firm's genius at marketing to people who aspire to own and can afford to buy, the accoutrements of popular culture's nobility. The typical Rolex buyer is seeking to have something their neighbours and friends either have or wish they had. Rolex has struck a balance between making a product that is just expensive enough so not everyone will own one, but just affordable enough for it to be within the reach of many. 18. One conclusion we can draw from the passage is that_____ .
A | Rolex holds the biggest share of the
electrical appliance market in the
world |
B | the standard Rolex buyer is always
in the pursuit of possessing the
items which their neighbours already
have |
C | Rolex is believed to earn $ 750,000
annually although it's intensely
secretive about its financial affairs |
D | Rolex can be defined as one of the
most popular watches of all |
E | Rolex has managed to make a
product that is attainable for many
despite its price |
Question 19 |
Some modern anthropologists hold that biological evolution has shaped not only human morphology but also human behavior. The role those anthropologists ascribe to evolution is not of dictating the details of human behavior but one of imposing , constraints -ways of feeling, thinking, and acting that "come naturally" in archetypal situations in any culture. Our "frailties" emotions and motives such as rage, fear, greed, gluttony, joy, lust, love- may be a very mixed assortment quality: we are, as we say, "in the grip" of them. And thus they give us oursense of constraints. Unhappily, some of those frailties our need for ever-increasing security among them are presently maladaptive. Yet beneath the overlay of cultural detail, they, too, are said to be biological in direction, and therefore as natural to us as are our appendixes. We would need to comprehend throughly their adaptive origins in order to understand how badly they guide us now. And we might then begin to resist their pressure. 19. The author implies that control to any extent over the "frailties" that constrain our behavior is though to presuppose_____
A | that those frailties and adaptive are
recognized as currently beneficial
and adaptive |
B | that there is little or no overlay of
cultural detail that masks their true
nature |
C | that there are cultures in which those
frailties do not "come naturally" and
from which such control can be
learned |
D | a full understanding of why those
frailties evolved and of how they
function now |
E | a thorough grasp of the principle that
cultural detail in human behavior can
differ arbitrarily from society to
society |
Question 20 |
Some modern anthropologists hold that biological evolution has shaped not only human morphology but also human behavior. The role those anthropologists ascribe to evolution is not of dictating the details of human behavior but one of imposing , constraints -ways of feeling, thinking, and acting that "come naturally" in archetypal situations in any culture. Our "frailties" emotions and motives such as rage, fear, greed, gluttony, joy, lust, love- may be a very mixed assortment quality: we are, as we say, "in the grip" of them. And thus they give us oursense of constraints. Unhappily, some of those frailties our need for ever-increasing security among them are presently maladaptive. Yet beneath the overlay of cultural detail, they, too, are said to be biological in direction, and therefore as natural to us as are our appendixes. We would need to comprehend throughly their adaptive origins in order to understand how badly they guide us now. And we might then begin to resist their pressure. 20. It can be inferred that in his discussion of maladaptive frailties the author assumes that_____ .
A | evolution does not favor the
emergence of adaptive
characteristics over the emergence
of maladaptive ones |
B | any structure or behavior not
positively adaptive is regarded as
transitory in evolutionary theory |
C | maladaptive characteristics, once
fixed, make the emergence of other
maladaptive characteristics more
likely |
D | the designation of a characteristic as
being maladaptive must always
remain highly tentative |
E | changes in the total human
environment can outpace
evolutionary change |
Question 21 |
Some modern anthropologists hold that biological evolution has shaped not only human morphology but also human behavior. The role those anthropologists ascribe to evolution is not of dictating the details of human behavior but one of imposing , constraints -ways of feeling, thinking, and acting that "come naturally" in archetypal situations in any culture. Our "frailties" emotions and motives such as rage, fear, greed, gluttony, joy, lust, love- may be a very mixed assortment quality: we are, as we say, "in the grip" of them. And thus they give us oursense of constraints. Unhappily, some of those frailties our need for ever-increasing security among them are presently maladaptive. Yet beneath the overlay of cultural detail, they, too, are said to be biological in direction, and therefore as natural to us as are our appendixes. We would need to comprehend throughly their adaptive origins in order to understand how badly they guide us now. And we might then begin to resist their pressure. 21. Which of the following most probably provides an appropriate analogy from human morphology for the "details" versus "constraints" distinction made in the passage in relation to human behaviour?
A | The ability of most people to see all
the colors of the visible spectrum as
against most peoples inability to
name any but the primary colors |
B | The ability of even the least fortunate
people to show compassion as
against people's inability to mask their
feelings completely |
C | The ability of some people to dive to
great depths as against most people's
inability to swim long distance |
D | The psychological profile of those
people who are able to delay
gratification as against people's
inability to control their lives completely |
E | The greater lung capacity of
mountain peoples that helps them
live in oxygen-poor air as against
people's inability to fly without
special apparatus |
Question 22 |
For most modern airports, the major design problem is scale -how to allow adequate space on the ground for maneuvering widebody jets while permitting convenient and rapid movement of passengers departing, arriving, or transferring from one flight to another. Most designs for airport terminals take one of three approaches. In the linear plan, the building may be straight or curved. The passengers’ board aircraft parked next to the terminal. This plan works well for small airports that need to provide boarding areas for only a few aircraft at a time. In the satellite plan, passengers board aircraft from small terminals that are separated from the main terminals. Passengers reach the satellites by way of shuttle trains or underground passage ways that have shuttle trains or moving side walks. The transporter plan employs some system of transport to move passengers from the terminal building to the aircraft. If buses are used, the passengers must climb a flight of stairs to board the aircraft. If mobile lounges are used, they can link up directly with the aircraft and protect passengers from the weather. 22. We may infer from the passage that scale would not pose a major design problem at airports if_____ .
A | other forms of transportation were
more efficient |
B | airplanes could fly faster |
C | airports were larger |
D | aircraft did not need so much space
to maneuver on the ground |
E | there were no airplanes |
Question 23 |
For most modern airports, the major design problem is scale -how to allow adequate space on the ground for maneuvering widebody jets while permitting convenient and rapid movement of passengers departing, arriving, or transferring from one flight to another. Most designs for airport terminals take one of three approaches. In the linear plan, the building may be straight or curved. The passengers’ board aircraft parked next to the terminal. This plan works well for small airports that need to provide boarding areas for only a few aircraft at a time. In the satellite plan, passengers board aircraft from small terminals that are separated from the main terminals. Passengers reach the satellites by way of shuttle trains or underground passage ways that have shuttle trains or moving side walks. The transporter plan employs some system of transport to move passengers from the terminal building to the aircraft. If buses are used, the passengers must climb a flight of stairs to board the aircraft. If mobile lounges are used, they can link up directly with the aircraft and protect passengers from the weather. 23. According to the passage, the linear plan would probably be best at_____
A | a busy airport |
B | an airport used by many small
aircraft |
C | an airport that serves a large city |
D | an airport with only a few arrivals or
departures |
E | only under good weather conditions |
Question 24 |
For most modern airports, the major design problem is scale -how to allow adequate space on the ground for maneuvering widebody jets while permitting convenient and rapid movement of passengers departing, arriving, or transferring from one flight to another. Most designs for airport terminals take one of three approaches. In the linear plan, the building may be straight or curved. The passengers’ board aircraft parked next to the terminal. This plan works well for small airports that need to provide boarding areas for only a few aircraft at a time. In the satellite plan, passengers board aircraft from small terminals that are separated from the main terminals. Passengers reach the satellites by way of shuttle trains or underground passage ways that have shuttle trains or moving side walks. The transporter plan employs some system of transport to move passengers from the terminal building to the aircraft. If buses are used, the passengers must climb a flight of stairs to board the aircraft. If mobile lounges are used, they can link up directly with the aircraft and protect passengers from the weather. 24. It's implied in the passage that the term “satellite plan” is used because______.
A | satellites are launched and tracked
from these sites |
B | the plan makes use of the most
modem, high-technology equipment |
C | airports that make use of this plan
utilize data from weather satellites |
D | it initiates the idea of space, travelling |
E | small terminals encircle the main
terminal like satellites around a
planet |
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