【正文】 you’ll find it will be on sale seven, perhaps eight years from now.”he smiled. The manager thought that was uncertain. He said, “It is better than our fish oils. I admit that.” “So I am told, sir.” agreed Johnson. “Have you any plans to produce it yourself, Mr. Johnson?” Johnson smiled again. “Would I be showing it to you if I had?” “We might add some chemicals to one of our fish oils,” said the manager. “It would be expensive to do that, even if you could,” Johnson said gently. “Besides,” he add ed, “I am told that this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils. Cheaper than any vegetable oil, in fact.” “Perhaps, ” said Johnson. “There are two ways of dealing with a situation of this sort. The usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as possible. That is, of course, the best way.” The manager nodded. He knew plenty about all that. “But I am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time.” The manager had his doubts, but all he said was an inquiring (探詢的 ) “Oh?”. “The other way,” continued Johnson, “is to produce the thing yourself before the trouble starts.” 5. This happened when . A. Johnson visited the manager for the first time B. the manager had never seen Johnson’s oil C. Johnson visited the manager, not for the first time D. the manager had bought some of Johnson’s oil 6. The manager thought of adding chemicals to the fish oil to make it . A. Cheaper than the new oil B. more quickly C. more expensive D. as good as the new oil 7. Johnson’s new oil will be . A. more expensive than fish oil, but better B. less expensive, and better C. less expensive, but not as good D. more expensive, and not as good 8. Johnson expresses his regret that the manager . A. cannot stop the new oil from being made B. will never know how to make it 5 C. has spent a lot of money on it D. doesn’t know enough about it 9. Johnson shows his new oil to the manager because he wants . A. to produce it himself B. to prevent it from being produced C. to be paid not to produce it D. the manager to produce it C Almost one in three of all deaths in 1990s mercial (商業(yè)的 ) jet aircraft accidents were on flights operated by Asian airlines, specialist magazine Orient Aviation said Asia accounted for 2, 480 or nearly percent of 8,251 jet aircraft fatalities(死亡人數(shù) ) from 1990 to 1999. The magazine said a review of crash records had bad effect on Asia’s whole perfor mance in spite of having some of the world’s safest aircrafts. There are more fatalities than elsewhere, more nonfatal accidents and a crash ratio to departures(起飛墜機(jī)比率 ) higher than the world average,” Or ient Aviation said. “The numbers clearly show why Asia has built up a bad name in the air safety field,” the magazine said. Rapid traffic growth has led to problems that Asia’s aviation infrastru cture(航空基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施 ) is unable to deal successfully with the pressure placed on it. Korean Air has had a number of crashes in the 1990s. The worst occurred in 1997 when a 747 blew into a hillside in Guam, killing 226 of 254 people on board. So has Taiwan’s China Airlines. The latest crash at Taipei’s international airport in February 1998 killed all 196 people on board and 6 on the ground. Jet aircraft fatalities (1990— 1999) Region Number of Deaths Percentage Asia 2,480 Africa 1,530 S. America 1,391 CIS 1,212 N. America 827 Europe 811 10. What has caused so many aircraft crashes? A. The aircrafts are old and unsafe. B. The air traffic grows too rapidly. C. The pilots are badly trained. D. The weather in Asia is terrible. 11. How many people were killed in the two crashes of Asian Airlines referred to in this passage? A. 422 B. 450 C. 428 D. 456 12. From the form we know . A. Europe has the smallest number of aircr