Pilot Linda Finch will take off on March 17, 1997 to repeat one of the most famous flights of all time－Amelia Earhart's 1937 round-the-world journey.

The original flight did not end well. In July 1937, near the end of her trip, Earhart's Lockheed 10E airplane suddenly disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.

Finch hopes that this time she will have a better chance. Though she is flying an exact copy of Ear, art's plane, she will have the latest navigation, communications, and weather-tracking tools.

'Amelia had to navigate by the stars,' an impossible task on a cloudy night, Finch says. Finch, in contrast, will be able to know her exact location－even while flying over the ocean－using the-Global Positioning system （GPS）. This ring of orbiting satellites continuously transmits radio signals to Earth. To calculate her position, Finch's GPS receiver will measure how long it takes radio signals transmitted from various satellites to reach the plane. Knowing her location is especially important when flying around the equator, as Earhart did. In that region, thunderstorms are dangerous. 'I can't fly through thunderstorms,' says Finch, because, 'the winds 'moving up and down could break the plane.' And Finch will not be able to fly above the storms because her airplane Electra is not pressurized. That means the plane is not equipped to pump in outside air to make breathing easier at high altitudes. So Finch will fly around storms－or wait for them to pass. But unlike Earhart, Finch will know what weather is ahead. She will receive regular reports via radar from Naval stations around the globe.

Finch will also be in communication with lots of ordinary people——maybe even with you! Through her computer and a satellite link, she will receive and transmit email messages. Finch hopes to touch down at her final stop in Honolulu, Hawaii, in May 1997.

41 What happened to Earhart?

A　She was successful in her world flight.

B　Her airplane was blown away by the strong winds over the equator.

C　She lost her way after failing in communicating with the Naval station around the equator.

D　Her airplane disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean.

42 What differences do you find between Finch's airplane and Earhart's?

A Finch's airplane is a jet plane while Earhart's was not.

B Finch's airplane is equipped with the modern navigation and weather-tracking systems.

C No differences have been found. Finch's airplane is an exact copy Of Earhart's in every aspect.

D Finch's airplane is an improved version of Earhart's in flying speed and altitude.

43 What would happen if Finch tried to fly through the storms over the equator?

A　Her plane would lose its communication with the Naval stations.

B She could not stand the plane moving up and down strongly in the storms.

C　The strong storms would tear her plane apart.

D　She might not be able to control her plane.

44 How do you interpret the sentence 'her airplane Electra is not pressurized' （Para.4）?

A The plane exerts pressure on the pilot.

B The plane is not installed with a piece of equipment to pump in outside air.

C The plane cannot keep stable in the storms because the air pressure is not high enough.

D The pilot does not feel comfortable under pressure.

45 Which of the following statements is true?

A Finch can communicate with anyone anywhere in the world.

B Finch will be in communication with the Naval stations around the globe only.

C Besides the Naval stations, Finch will also be allowed to communicate with her family, but not her friends.

D Finch will be allowed to communicate with anyone while flying over the Pacific Ocean.

 

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Little Lady Starts Big War

Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book "Uncle

Tom's Cabin." （46） The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress.

But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852. They sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England. （47） Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained America's most popular play for 80 years. It might appear that "Uncle Tom's Cabins was universally popular, but this was certainly not true, Many people during those pre-Civil War days'——particularly defenders of the slavery system——condemned it as false propaganda and poorly written melodrama （传奇剧作品）.

Harriet did have strong religious views against slavery （When asked how she came to write the book, she replied: "God wrote it."）, and she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so perhaps the book could be considered propaganda. （48）

Though she was born in Connecticut in 1832, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the presidency of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary （神学院）. Ohio was a free state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in action. （49） In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe began her book.

Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system. （50）

In fact, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet at the White House during the Civil

War, he said, "So, this is the little lady who started this big war."

A She had read a lot about the slavery system.

B Today some historians （历史学家） think that it helped bring on the American Civil War.

C But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accurately described the evils of slavery.

D For a while it outsold every book in the world, except the Bible.

E But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success.

F She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college.

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Tree

Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with wood and other products; they give him shade; and they help （51） drought and floods.

Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not （52） that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness （~） to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large （53）, only to find that with the trees used he has lost the best friends he had. Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its " （54） to build warships with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but without its trees, its soil became hard and （55）. When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found （56） faced with floods and starvation.

Even where a government realizes the （57） of a rich supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to （58） his food with; and he can earn money （59） making charcoal （木炭） or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or （60） careless to plant and look after new trees. So, unless the government has a good （61） of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.

This does not only （62） that the villagers' sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more （63）. For where there are trees, their roots break up the soil allowing the rain to sink in and also bind the soil, thus preventing the （64） from being washed away easily. But where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the top-soil, in （65） crops grow so well. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.

51 A give B use C prevent D lead

52 A hoped B realized C promised D planned

53 A sense B things C prices O numbers

54 A bricks B hills C trees O crops

55 A rich B poor C famous O enough

56 A itself B himself C it D-him

57 A practice B importance C feeling D space

58 A eat B sell C grow D cook

59 A by B to C beside D down

60 A well B towards C too D along

61 A event B system C supply D figure

62 A mean B believe C talk D understand

63 A reliable B useful C serious D limited

64 A floods B rocks C villagers D soil

65 A which B when C what D where

答案：

　　1.A　　2. B　　3. C　　4. B　　5. A

　　6. B 7. D 8. A 9. A 10. C

　　11. B　　12. A　　13. D　　14. B　　15. A

　　16. A　　17. B　　18. C　　19. B　　20. B

　　21. A　　22. B　　23. D　　24. F　　25. C

　　26. B　　27. E　　28. B　　29. C　　30. A

　　31. B　　32. D　　33. D　　34. A　　35. D

　　36. C　　37. A　　38. D　　39. A　　40. C

　　41. D　　42. B　　43. C　　44. B　　45. A

　　46. E　　47. D　　48. C　　49. F　　50. B

　　51. C　　52. B　　53. D　　54. C　　55. B

　　56. A　　57. B　　58. D　　59. A　　60. C

　　61. B　　62. A　　63. C　　64. D　　65. A