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loped by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a 2______ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to 3______ together on the project. The plane 4______ over billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of 5______. This means that it 6______ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, pare with 78 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the fivehour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is 7______ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:. 8______ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour 9______! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway 10______ the most. They each have seven planes. 1. A. invented B. produced C. flew D. took off 2. A. talk B. dream C. meeting D. fight 3. A. work B. do C. carry D. finish 4. A. paid B. wanted C. needed D. cost 5. A. voice B. sound C. noise D. shout 6. A. spends B. takes C. covers D. travels 7. A. possible B. impossible C. real D. unreal 8. A. plane B. passenger C. flight D. airline 9. A. later B. late C. earlier D. early 10. A. build B. make C. sell D. own 八、閱讀理解。 要求:文字通順,條理清楚。t heard from my Australian pen pal for a month. 4. how to repair bikes 5. had a satisfied smile 6. reminds me of my mother school 7. think of 8. suits you very much 9. is looking for an actress 10. has been on 七、 15 CBADB 610 BACCD 八、 15 BDDDC 九、 Yesterday we had a discussion about whether we should keep animals in zoos. Twenty students thought that it was good to keep animals in zoos because people could see many different kinds of animals there and animals were taken good care of in the zoos. Thirty students thought it not good for animals. Since the animals were kept in cages, they were not able to travel( walk, run) freely. Animals liked to live in nature.