职称英语考试阅读判断试题的练习(五)
<p> 职称英语考试阅读判断试题练习</p><p> 5.<span word="Rescue">Rescue</span> <span word="platform">platform</span> 救生平台</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aftermath">aftermath</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="terrorist">terrorist</span> <span word="attacks">attacks</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Trade">Trade</span> <span word="Center">Center</span>, <span word="security">security</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rescuing">rescuing</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="burning">burning</span> <span word="skyscrapers">skyscrapers</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="platform">platform</span> <span word="capable">capable</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="flying">flying</span> <span word="vertically">vertically</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="hovering">hovering</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="helicopter">helicopter</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="platform">platform</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="rise">rise</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="alongside">alongside</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="skyscraper">skyscraper</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pick">pick</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="stories">stories</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="vertical">vertical</span> <span word="takeoff">takeoff</span> <span word="platform">platform</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="hatched">hatched</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Russian">Russian</span> <span word="aerospace">aerospace</span> <span word="engineer">engineer</span>, <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Metreveli">Metreveli</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Israel">Israel</span>. <span word="Metrevelis">Metrevelis</span> <span word="design">design</span>, <span word="called">called</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Eagle">Eagle</span>, <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="jet">jet</span> <span word="engines">engines</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="horizontal">horizontal</span> <span word="propellers">propellers</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="spinning">spinning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="propellers">propellers</span> <span word="generates">generates</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="lift">lift</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="upward">upward</span> <span word="force">force</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="platform">platform</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="supplied">supplied</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="propellers">propellers</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="platform">platform</span> <span word="rises">rises</span>. <span word="Moving">Moving</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="platform">platform</span> <span word="sideways">sideways</span> <span word="involves">involves</span> <span word="applying">applying</span> <span word="differing">differing</span> <span word="amounts">amounts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="propeller">propeller</span>.</p><p> <span word="Helicopters">Helicopters</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="burning">burning</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span>. <span word="Escape">Escape</span> <span word="baskets">baskets</span> <span word="slung">slung</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="dangle">dangle</span> <span word="beside">beside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="climb">climb</span> <span word="into">into</span>. <span word="Unfortunately">Unfortunately</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="baskets">baskets</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="floor">floor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ropes">ropes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="hang">hang</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="unstable">unstable</span> <span word="beyond">beyond</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="length">length</span>.</p><p> <span word="So">So</span> <span word="far">far</span>, <span word="Metreveli">Metreveli</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span>-<span word="scale">scale</span> <span word="model">model</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Eagle">Eagle</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="idea">idea</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wake">wake</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="September">September</span> 11, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="secure">secure</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="larger">larger</span>, 4-<span word="meter">meter</span> <span word="by">by</span> 4-<span word="meter">meter</span> <span word="prototype">prototype</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Eaglet">Eaglet</span>.</p>
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