时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:英语六级听力练习集锦


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Passage 1 


On Sept. 11, the nation’s aviation system quickly and safely almost 4,500 planes that were in the air when the terrorist attacks took place. How was this (S1)_____? What was it like inside air traffic control centers and at airline (S2)_____? How was the decision made to land all the planes? And how did controllers execute it?


Some USA TODAY reporters spent seven months (S3)_____ more than 100 people involved in key decisions that day. The reporters traveled to New York, Washington, Chicago, Texas and Atlanta.


The (S4)_____, thoughts and quotes in the stories are based on interviews with (S5)_____ or with sources who had (S6)_____ to tape recordings 1. Accounts of the day’s events were (S7)_____. (S8)_____________________________________________________________________.


(S9)____________________________________. A key source was the FAA radar 2 data from the Traffic Situation Display. The system tracks all aircraft in the United States and Canada that have filed flight plans: (S10)__________________________________. It also estimates the location of planes over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans flying to the and from North America.


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(S1) accomplished 3


(S2) headquarters


(S3) interviewing


(S4) 


scenes


(S5) participants


(S6) access


(S7) verified


(S8) Reporters 


and editors also scrutinized 4 hundreds of pages of records, including transcripts 


of radio calls with the four hijacked 5 jets and a long kept by the Federal 


Aviation Administration.


(S9) USA TODAY compiled and analyzed 6 data from 


several sources.


(S10) commercial jets, private planes, cargo 7 jets and 


military aircraft.



1 recordings
n.记录( recording的名词复数 );录音;录像;唱片
  • a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
  • old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐
2 radar
n.雷达,无线电探测器
  • They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
  • Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。
3 accomplished
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
  • Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
  • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
4 scrutinized
v.仔细检查,详审( scrutinize的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The jeweler scrutinized the diamond for flaws. 宝石商人仔细察看钻石有无瑕庇 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • Together we scrutinized the twelve lemon cakes from the delicatessen shop. 我们一起把甜食店里买来的十二块柠檬蛋糕细细打量了一番。 来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比
5 hijacked
劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 ); 绑架; 拦路抢劫; 操纵(会议等,以推销自己的意图)
  • The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
  • The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。
6 analyzed
v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 );分解;解释;对…进行心理分析
  • The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程,因为对他来说,爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
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