首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
What was the cause of the tragedy?
What was the cause of the tragedy?
admin
2014-01-27
45
问题
What was the cause of the tragedy?
M: Did you hear about the air crash that occurred in South America recently? It was quite a tragic accident!
W: No, I didn’t see anything in the news about it. What happened?
M: A foreign airliner was attempting to land at night in a mountainous area in Argentina and flew into a hill!
W: That sounds really terrible! Did anyone survive?
M: No, everyone aboard, including the crew, was killed instantly.
W: What were the circumstances? Were they bad weather, a fire, or engine failure?
M: Apparently, there were some low clouds in the area, but mostly it was just miscommunication between the pilots and the air traffic controllers.
W: Weren’t they both speaking in English, the official international aviation language?
M: Yes they were, but the transition from poor quality radios was slightly distorted and the accents of the Spanish speaking controllers was so strong that the pilots misunderstood a vital instruction.
W: How could a misunderstanding like that cause such a serious accident?
M: The pilots were told to descend to 22, 000 feet. The instruction actually meant 22, 000 feet, but they thought they heard descend 2, 000 feet. That’ s a huge difference, and it should have been confirmed, but it was not. Unfortunately, the terrain of the mountains in Norweija ascend to 2 , 000 feet.
W: So the pilots did descend to the wrong altitude then, because they were following the air controller’ s instructions.
M: Sadly enough, yes they did. It was a really bad mistake. Many people died as a result of the simply misunderstanding.
W: Wow, that’ s a powerful lesson on how important it can be to accurately communicate with each other.
选项
A、Two thousand feet.
B、Twelve thousand feet.
C、Twenty thousand feet.
D、Twenty-two thousand feet.
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/otKsFFFM
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Sarahstartedstudyingphilosophybeforeshewenttoprimaryschool.
Whichonecouldbethebesttitleofthearticle?Dr.HoraceWell’sdiscovery______.
Ajobinterviewisyourchanceto(31)anemployerwhatheorshewillgetifyou’re(32).Thatiswhyitis(33)tobewellpre
Mirrorimagesisoftendifferentfromthe"feltimages".
Economistsbelievethatinvestorsarerational,andthatstockpricesarethereforeunpredictable.Itsoundspeculiar,butthel
WhyisthequestionoftradeunionpowerimportantinBritain?Disagreementsarisebetweenunionsbecausesomeofthem______.
AnswerQuestionsbyreferringtothearticleaboutmobilephonesinthefollowingmagazinearticle.A=NokiaB=Ericss
TherecentsocialandeconomicchangesintheU.S.havegreatimpactonalltheAmericanhousingsystem.
TherecentsocialandeconomicchangesintheU.S.havegreatimpactonalltheAmericanhousingsystem.
Answerquestionsbyreferringtothecommentson3differenttypesofmusicinthefollowingmagazinearticle.A=Country&F
随机试题
需行非手术治疗的肠梗阻包括
胸腺瘤位于下列哪项,前方紧贴胸骨,后方从上至下贴附于气管、无名静脉、主动脉弓和心包
一般可以将房地产的供求状况分为以下几种类型:()。
根据英国遗产税制的规定,英国遗产税的纳税人不包括()。
在保持其他条件不变的前提下,研究单个市场风险要素的变化可能会对金融工具或资产组合的收益或经济价值产生影响的方法是()。
下列各项中,能够引起负债和所有者权益项目同时发生变动的有()。
根据我国《=刑事诉讼法》规定,未成年人犯罪的案件一律或一般不公开审理。关于该规定中未成年人“年龄”的理解,下列选项正确的是()。
仰韶文化是黄河中游地区重要的新石器时代文化,它的持续时间大约在公元前5000年3000年。今天在中国已发现上千处仰韶文化的遗址,其中以()为最多。
根据诺贝尔经济学奖获得者、欧元之父蒙代尔的理论,在开放经济条件下,一国的独立货币政策、国际资本流动、货币相对稳定的汇率,不能三者都得到,即存在所谓的“不可能三角关系”。我国经济已经对外开放,如果蒙代尔的理论正确,以下哪项陈述一定为真?
Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowards"therecurrentthemeoftheomniscientcomputer"whichwillultimatelytakeovertheorder
最新回复
(
0
)