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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