Question

The word’s largest aircraft made its public debut last week at Europe’s biggest factory, a purpose built assembly line in Toulouse, souther, n France．The Airbus A380 will have 50 per cent more floor space than American rival Boeing’s 747 Jumbo, with room for duty-free shops, restaurants and even a sauna．This new arrival is expected to change the face of air travel．

The A380 will enter service in early 2006 with Singapore Airlines．

Airbus claims the A380 will burn less fuel, make less noise, create less pollution and cost 17 per cent less per seat than the 747．It will also reduce traffic problems in the skies．

The aircraft, which cost between ￡140 million(US$250m) and ￡157 million (US$280m) each compared with ￡84 million (US$150m) for Boeing’s new Dreamliner jet, is being built at 16 factories in Germany, France, Spain and the UK．

But activists have warned of more noise and pollution from the Superjumbo, while Boeing believes huge aircraft will not be in great demand over the next decade．

As a result, it is putting faith in the much smaller 7E7 Dreamliner．But Airbus is pinning its hopes on the “big is beautiful” theory, gambling on size being the key factor in the US-European battle for the skies．

Airbus said it was in talks with half a dozen global airlines about buying the A380. China Eastern Airlines, already an Airbus customer, is said to be targeted, while executives made it plain that they wanted to fight for the Japanese market, which had traditionally been controlled by Boeing．

Over the next 20 years, Airbus hopes to sell 750 of the new planes into a market worth ￡185billion (US$330bn)．The company already has129 firm orders for the A380, with 52 options．

According to Airbus, which of the following is not the advantage of A380 compared to Boeing 747?

       A．Making less noise, causing less traffic problems

       B．Using less fuel, costing less money

       C．Creating less pollution, having less weight

       D．Having more floor space, creating less pollution

From the passage, we can infer that _________

       A．Airbus is not aiming at the Japanese market．

       B．Boeing is not a rival of Airbus．

       C．A380 hasn’t been used yet．

       D．Boeing is better than Airbus．

In the Airbus A380, passengers cannot find ___________．

       A．duty-free shops       B．restaurants      C．banks     D．a sauna

According to the news, the prospect of A380 may be ___________．

       A．not so good          B．cheerful         C．undesirable          D．gloomy

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】D

【小題3】C

【小題4】B

解析:

【小題1】根據文章第三段的內容Airbus claims the A380 will burn less fuel, make less noise, creat less pollution and cost 17 per cent less per seat than the 747．it will also reduce traffic problems in the skies可以看出，C選項的have less weight不是A380的優點。

【小題2】從文章倒數第二段while executives made it plain that they wanted to fight for the Japanese market可以推斷出A選項，Airbus正準備進軍日本市場。從第一段的The Airbus A380 will have 50 per cent more floor space than American rival Boeing’s 747 Jumbo及倒數第二段的while executives made it plain that they wanted to fight for the Japanese market, which had traditionally been controlled by Boeing．可以推斷出，B選項，Boeing是Airbus的競爭對手。從文章第二段The A380 will enter service in early 2006 with Singapore Airlines．看出，A380還沒有投入使用當中。所以C選項也可以推斷出，只有D選項文章沒有提到。

【小題3】文章第一段第2句提到：空中巴士A380 比它的競爭對手Boeing 747 有更多的空間—— 有免稅商店、飯店及桑拿浴室的空間，但沒提到銀行。

【小題4】通過文章對空中巴士A380的描述，我們可以推知：其前景是相當樂觀的。