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Air Transportation

Airplanes are used to carry passengers, cargoand mail. Air transport companies operate scheduled airlines and non-scheduledservices over local, regional, national, and international routes. The aircraftoperated by these companies range from small single-engine planes to largemultiengine jet transports.

The first air passenger services began in 1910,when dirigibles began operation between several German cities. The firstscheduled airplane service to carry passengers began in the U.S in 1914.Several experimental airmail flights took place in India, Europe, and theUnited States before World War I, but air transport service did not become atrue business until after the war.

During World War Two, intercontinental airtransport became firmly established. After the war the new long-distancetransports with advanced facilities were increasingly able to avoid storms andstrong wind and make flights more economical and consistent. A new generationof "jumbo-jet" transports began operations in 1970, and thesupersonic transport entered passenger service in 1976.

During the 1970s the number of domesticpassengers on U.S airlines increased about 78%, and during the 1980s the figurewas up about 58%. In 1990 there were 41.8 million international passengers, thefigure was a 75% increase over 1980. The total cargo flown by U.S airlinesalmost doubled during the 1980s, from 5.7 billion to 10.6 billion ton-miles in1990.

Major airports provide a wide range offacilities for the convenience of millions of travelers. These range from suchbasic services as ticket-sales counters and restaurants to luxury hotels,shopping centers and play areas for children. International airports must alsohave customs areas and currency-exchange counters and so on.

EXERCISE:

1. Paragraph 2 _____.

2. Paragraph 3 _____.

3. Paragraph 4 _____.

4. Paragraph 5 _____.

A Airport services

B Training of pilots

C Beginning period

D Rapid growth in the U.S.

E Development

F Competition

5. Air transport companies use different plans____.

6. The United States was the country where____.

7. The forty years from the 1930s to the 1970swas an important period ___.

8. Nowadays airports provide all kinds ofservices ____.

A in the development of air transportation

B the earliest passenger flights weresuccessfully operated

C to make travel easy and pleasant for thepassengers

D to provide different services

E the shortage of qualified pilots

F traveling by air was very cheap

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56%的考友选择了B选项
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0%的考友选择了D选项
2%的考友选择了E选项
1%的考友选择了F选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 我选了C、E、D、A、D、B、A、C，没有理由，就是C、E、D、A、D、B、A、C
 · 我也选了C、E、D、A、D、B、A、C到底对不对
 · 这题不解，原来选C、E、D、A、D、B、A、C，感觉挺好的