超星 - Test for Lesson 5: Vocabulary and Structures - 查题吧

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词汇与结构However, airplanes with a castering nosewheel may require you to _____the use of the rudder pedals with independent use of the brakes.

A. connect
B. link
C. combine
D. conclude

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词汇与结构The main _____ with the tailwheel landing gear is that the center of gravity is behind the main gear. This makes directional control more difficult while on the ground.

A. advantage
B. drawback
C. holdback
D. merit

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词汇与结构Rather than land at Long Beach Airport, the pilot-in-command took the decision that the aircraft would _____ and land at Los Angeles International Airport.

A. diversion
B. direct
C. divert
D. diverse

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词汇与结构The pilots flew the aircraft for more than two hours in order to _____ fuel and lower the risk of fire upon landing.

A. dump
B. burn
C. save
D. transfer

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词汇与结构Pre-foaming might also reduce the _____of the aircraft's brakes, potentially causing it to slide off the runway.

A. effect
B. influence
C. efficiency
D. effectiveness

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词汇与结构This also served to lighten the plane, reducing potential stress on the landing gear and dramatically _____landing speed as well.

A. increasing
B. lowing
C. lowering
D. adding

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词汇与结构The pilots therefore used a much larger portion of the _____ runway than in a typical landing, stopping 1,000 feet / 305 m before the end of the runway.

A. available
B. useful
C. touchable
D. accessible

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词汇与结构Early airplanes had ________ brake system.

A. hydraulic
B. liquid
C. dynamic
D. hydrodynamic

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词汇与结构As the airplane became ________newer systems with hydraulic power were developed.

A. compounded
B. completed
C. sufficient
D. sophisticated

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词汇与结构Although some airplane________ make greater uses of hydraulic systems than others, the hydraulic system of the average modern airplane performs many functions.

A. producers
B. manufacturers
C. power- plants
D. factories

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