The word’s largest aircraft made its public debut last week at Europe’s biggest factory, a purpose built assembly line in Toulouse, souther, n France．The Airbus A380 will have 50 per cent more floor space than American rival Boeing’s 747 Jumbo, with room for duty-free shops, restaurants and even a sauna．This new arrival is expected to change the face of air travel．
The A380 will enter service in early 2006 with Singapore Airlines．
Airbus claims the A380 will burn less fuel, make less noise, create less pollution and cost 17 per cent less per seat than the 747．It will also reduce traffic problems in the skies．
The aircraft, which cost between ￡140 million(US$250m) and ￡157 million (US$280m) each pared with ￡84 million (US$150m) for Boeing’s new Dreamliner jet, is being built at 16 factories in Germany, France, Spain and the UK．
But activists have warned of more noise and pollution from the Superjumbo, while Boeing believes huge aircraft will not be in great demand over the next decade．
As a result, it is putting faith in the much smaller 7E7 Dreamliner．But Airbus is pinning its hopes on the “big is beautiful” theory, gambling on size being the key factor in the US-European battle for the skies．
Airbus said it was in talks with half a dozen global airlines about buying the A380. China Eastern Airlines, already an Airbus customer, is said to be targeted, while executives made it plain that they wanted to fight for the Japanese market, which had traditionally been controlled by Boeing．
Over the next 20 years, Airbus hopes to sell 750 of the new planes into a market worth ￡185billion (US$330bn)．The pany already has129 firm orders for the A380, with 52 options．
【小题1】According to Airbus, which of the following is not the advantage of A380 pared to Boeing 747?A．Making less noise, causing less traffic problemsB．Using less fuel, costing less moneyC．Creating less pollution, having less weight D．Having more floor space, creating less pollution【小题2】From the passage, we can infer that A．Airbus is not aiming at the Japanese market．B．Boeing is not a rival of Airbus．C．A380 hasn’t been used yet．D．Boeing is better than Airbus．【小题3】In the Airbus A380, passengers cannot find ．A．duty-free shopsB．restaurantsC．banksD．a sauna【小题4】According to the news, the prospect of A380 may be ．A．not so goodB．cheerfulC．undesirableD．gloomyC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】根据文章第三段的内容Airbus claims the A380 will burn less fuel, make less noise, creat less pollution and cost 17 per cent less per seat than the 747．it will also reduce traffic problems in the skies可以看出，C选项的have less weight不是A380的优点。
【小题2】从文章倒数第二段while executives made it plain that they wanted to fight for the Japanese market可以推断出A选项，Airbus正准备进军日本市场。从第一段的The Airbus A380 will have 50 per cent more floor space than American rival Boeing’s 747 Jumbo及倒数第二段的while executives made it plain that they wanted to fight for the Japanese market, which had traditionally been controlled by Boeing．可以推断出，B选项，Boeing是Airbus的竞争对手。从文章第二段The A380 will enter service in early 2006 with Singapore Airlines．看出，A380还没有投入使用当中。所以C选项也可以推断出，只有D选项文章没有提到。
【小题3】文章第一段第2句提到：空中巴士A380 比它的竞争对手Boeing 747 有更多的空间——有免税商店、饭店及桑拿浴室的空间，但没提到银行。
【小题4】通过文章对空中巴士A380的描述，我们可以推知：其前景是相当乐观的。