section b skimming and scanning
in this section there are seven passage followed by ten multiple-choice questions. skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.
text e
first read the question.
51. the passage mainly discusses ____
a. flight international.
b. world accidents.
c. pilot error accidents.
d. an aviation magazine.
now go though text e quickly to answer question 51.
airplane crashes caused by pilot miscalculation during descent killed 640 people in 1997, more than in any previous year, according to a new report out last week. flight international, a respected aviation magazine, said its survey showed such crashes remained the biggest cause of airline passenger deaths. major airlines were still vulnerable to such accidents, despite improved technology, it said. the accidents, known officially as "controlled flights into terrain," or cfits, happened in clouds or darkness, usually on the descent towards an airport. the crew members made a navigational error or descended too low, or both, so that the aircraft hit the ground without the crew realizing the danger. special efforts had been made in recent years to reduce cfits, flight international said. "although small carriers and non-passenger operations tend, in most year, to account for the majority of the cfit accidents, major carriers are manifestly vulnerable," the magazine said. flight international added that cfits were thought to be responsible for the korean air boeing 747 crash in guam in august and the garuda airbus a300 accident in sumatra, indonesia, in september. together, the accidents accounted for 462 deaths. the previous record for cfits in a single year was 582 in 1989. the magazine said there were51 fatal airline accidents in 1997 resulting in 1,306 deaths. that compared with an annual average of 49 fatal accidents and 1,234 deaths for the preceding decade. areas with normally good safety records such as western europe, australia, north america and the middle east had a safe year, flight international said. africa had no airline fatalities, and latin america only one, but the southern part of the former soviet union, parts of asia and the asian pacific regions fared less well.
51. the passage mainly discusses ____
a) flight international.
b) world accidents.
c) pilot error accidents.
d) an aviation magazine.
text f
first read the questions.
52. the passage focuses on ____.
a. the location of the valley.
b. the temperature of the valley.
c. the rivers, animals and plants of the valley.
d. the general features of the valley.
in this section there are seven passage followed by ten multiple-choice questions. skim or scan them as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.
text e
first read the question.
51. the passage mainly discusses ____
a. flight international.
b. world accidents.
c. pilot error accidents.
d. an aviation magazine.
now go though text e quickly to answer question 51.
airplane crashes caused by pilot miscalculation during descent killed 640 people in 1997, more than in any previous year, according to a new report out last week. flight international, a respected aviation magazine, said its survey showed such crashes remained the biggest cause of airline passenger deaths. major airlines were still vulnerable to such accidents, despite improved technology, it said. the accidents, known officially as "controlled flights into terrain," or cfits, happened in clouds or darkness, usually on the descent towards an airport. the crew members made a navigational error or descended too low, or both, so that the aircraft hit the ground without the crew realizing the danger. special efforts had been made in recent years to reduce cfits, flight international said. "although small carriers and non-passenger operations tend, in most year, to account for the majority of the cfit accidents, major carriers are manifestly vulnerable," the magazine said. flight international added that cfits were thought to be responsible for the korean air boeing 747 crash in guam in august and the garuda airbus a300 accident in sumatra, indonesia, in september. together, the accidents accounted for 462 deaths. the previous record for cfits in a single year was 582 in 1989. the magazine said there were51 fatal airline accidents in 1997 resulting in 1,306 deaths. that compared with an annual average of 49 fatal accidents and 1,234 deaths for the preceding decade. areas with normally good safety records such as western europe, australia, north america and the middle east had a safe year, flight international said. africa had no airline fatalities, and latin america only one, but the southern part of the former soviet union, parts of asia and the asian pacific regions fared less well.
51. the passage mainly discusses ____
a) flight international.
b) world accidents.
c) pilot error accidents.
d) an aviation magazine.
text f
first read the questions.
52. the passage focuses on ____.
a. the location of the valley.
b. the temperature of the valley.
c. the rivers, animals and plants of the valley.
d. the general features of the valley.