If you’re like most kids, you’ve probably made more than a few paper airplanes in your day. But how many kids can say their paper airplanes have been built life-size and then flown? At least one: 12-year-old Arturo Veldenegro of Tucson, Arizona, who won the Pima Air& Space Museum’s first annual Great Paper Airplane Project Fly-Off in March 2012.
“ The purpose of the petition is to inspire and draw kids’ interest in science and flight,” says Tim Vimmerstedt, director of the museum.
About 150 kids entered the petition. The young designers learned about how airplanes fly and then set to work designing their own planes.
Arturo designed and built his airplane. When hen was finished, he took his plane to the flight area and let it fly, outdistancing the other petitors in all age groups. At last, Arturo’s airplane flew the farthest---more than 75 feet!
As the winner, Arturo got to meet with a team of engineers, which took his design and made a bigger one. The new paper airplane might have been the largest one ever built! Arturo named his large paper airplane Arturo’s Desert Eagle.
Later a helicopter tried to lift the paper airplane over the Arizona desert, but it was unsuccessful. Engineers worked for eight hours to repair it for a second try. This time, the helicopter managed to raise it to 2700 feet and then set the plane free.
Arturo watched as his plane flew through the sky at speeds of up to 98 miles per hour for 10 seconds before falling to pieces.
“I felt happy but sad,” Arturo says, “ It flew really well, but it was sad to see it destroyed.”
But that wasn’t the end of Arturo’s Desert Eagle. The Pima Air & Space Museum collected the pieces of the broken plane and put them on show to inspire other young engineers to reach for the sky.
【小题1】According to the text, the Great Paper Airplane Project Fly-Off petition A．has been held many times B．can only be entered by kidsC．is to choose the largest planeD．is held by a team of designers【小题2】The underlined word ”outdistancing” in Para 4 means A．looking forB．believing inC．throwing awayD．leaving behind【小题3】What do we know about the paper airplane Arturo built?A．It flew the highestB．It flew for 20 minutes C．It flew more than 75 feetD．it took him eight hours to build【小题4】In the end, Arturo’s Desert Eagle A．was made into a helicopterB．was produced in many placesC．was sold to a team of engineersD．was put on show in the museumB
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(答案→)B
解析：
如果你像大多数小孩那样的话，那么在那段时光里你大概做过许多纸飞机。但是又有多少小孩能说他们做的纸飞机已经被做成实物大小，并且已经被放飞，至少来来自亚利桑那州图桑市的12岁少年Arturo Veldenegro在2012年3月赢得了Pima航天航空博物馆举办的首届纸质年度飞机放飞项目的第一名。
【小题1】细节题，结合第2段“The purpose of the petition is to inspire and draw kids’ interest in science and flight”，竞赛的目的就是激发和引起小孩对科学和飞行的兴趣，故B正确。
【小题2】词义猜测，结合第4段“When it was finished, he took his plane to the flight area and let it fly, outdistancing the other petitors in all age groups. At last, Arturo’s airplane flew the farthest---more than 75 feet!”故D正确。
【小题3】细节题，结合第4段“At last, Arturo’s airplane flew the farthest---more than 75 feet!”故C正确。
【小题4】 细节题，结合文章最后一段“But that wasn’t the end of Arturo’s Desert Eagle. The Pima Air & Space Museum collected the pieces of the broken plane and put them on show to inspire other young engineers to reach for the sky.”故D正确。