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Air Force One is a powerful diplomatic and political tool.
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Air Force One is a powerful diplomatic and political tool.
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第1题
The best title for this passage might be "______"
A.On Air Force One
B.The President of the United Stated
C.Six Terrorists
D.Hijackers
第2题
A football,meant to be thrown at 60 mi/h in sea—level air (ρ=1.22 kg/m3, μ=1.78E—5N s/m2) is to be tested using a one—quarter (1/4) scale model in a water tunnel (ρ=998 kg/m3, μ=0.0010 N s/m2). For dynamic similarity, what is the ratio of prototype force to model force?
第3题
National Geographic Lifts Veil on Air Force One
Until Franklin D. Roosevelt, no U. S. President traveled by air while in office. World War Ⅱ changed that, and since then an executive aircraft has been an indispensable tool of the Presidency.
But keeping the President safe from assassins and in command of the government and U. S.armed services at all times, anywhere in the world, requires a huge security and support staff—and a flying for tress as secure and technologically equipped as the Oval Office itself.
As the Presidency evolved, so has Air Force One, as the presidential aircraft is officially known. The President's personal aircraft has become larger, faster, and a potent symbol of political and diplomatic power.
Crammed with secret military technology, including anti-missile defense and encrypted communications, Air Force One has remained largely off limits to news cameras. A new television documentary shot for National Geographic, airing in the United States July 11, offers a rare glimpse at the facilities on board the custom-built Boeing 747 and the many people who keep the executive plane .aloft.
"As you can imagine, the security is pretty ferocious on Air Force One," said Peter Schnall, the producer-director for Air Force One. "And yet, we were allowed to see things that nobody else has seen, and were allowed to film things that nobody else has ever filmed. And in such situations, things arc still kept secret, classified, and for the fight reasons."
Former Presidents Recollect The documentary offers rare footage of the inside of Air Force One, from the cockpit and communications room to the presidential suite and various meeting rooms.
The film follows an actual journey made by President Clinton on a swing through several cities in the United States. Details of the intricate planning and preparations for a presidential journey arc revealed.
Viewers witness many of the myriad functions involved in any presidential travel, as when the Secret Service sends out advance teams, tests and seals the aircraft fuel, dispatches agents to check runways for debris, issues "orders to shoot" if there is a threat during the President's boarding or disembarking, and travels ahead in separate aircraft to deliver the President's bullet-proof limousine and an arsenal of small arms in case of an ambush.
The documentary describes how all the U.S. armed services arc involved in moving the President a round the country. It focuses on the officer who carries the "football," or briefcase that contains the launch codes and authority for the President to launch nuclear-tipped missiles in the event of an attack against the United States.
Former crew members and passengers, including several ex-Presidents, share anecdotes about life on board.
Daily Routines Two kitchens in Air Force One turn out gourmet meals, including birthday cakes when needed. The President may sleep in a full-size bed, relax on a sofa, take a shower, or work behind a desk.
A special communications compartment enables the President and other officials to make encrypted phone calls to anywhere on Earth. During the film viewers learn that in' one such call, former President Clinton called a friend who was driving on a freeway.
Former Presidents Carter, Bush, and Clinton have fond memories of Air Force One, Schnall said.
"The plane, to them, really represents a place where they can be themselves, relax and get away from the demands of the White House and the Oval Office," Schnall explained. "Former President Bush would sometimes go to Andrews Air Force Base the night before the flight, get on board, go to sleep on the airplane, and wake up in the air."
Viewers learn that Air Force One is a powerful diplomatic and political tool that Presidents use frequently to influence votes in Congress or to impress international allies and foes. It may
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第4题
The group of boys had to stop because ______.
A.they had reached the peak
B.one of the boys was badly injured
C.one of the boys was sick
D.they had to return to the hut
第5题
The group of boys had to stop because ______.
A.they had reached the peak
B.one of the boys was badly injured
C.one of the boys was sick
D.they had to return to the hut
第6题
听力原文: The dog has often been an unselfish friend to man. It is always grateful to its master. It helps man in many ways. Certain breeds of dogs are used in criminal investigations. They are mined to sniff out drags and bombs. They help police to catch criminals.
The dogs that help in criminal investigations are trained at a school called the Military Dog Studies Branch of the U.S. Air Force in Lackland, Texas. The dogs to be trained are selected by an air force team. This team visits large cities across the country to buy the dogs. They may buy dogs from private citizens for up to $750 each. Some citizens freely give their dogs. The dogs selected must be healthy, brave and aggressive. They must be able to fight back if they are attacked. The dogs chosen are between the ages of one and three. They are given a medical examination when they arrive at the school. Their physical examination includes X-rays and heart tests. The trainee dogs undergo the first stage of training when they arrive in Lackland. This is an 11-week course for patrol duty. After this course, the best dogs are selected to go on another 9-week course. They learn drug-sniffing or bomb-sniffing. After this course, the dogs are ready for their jobs in the cities or on air force bases.
The training given to a drug-sniffing dog is different from that given to a bomb-sniffing dog. A drug-sniffing dog is trained to scratch and dig for the drags when he sniffs them. A bomb-sniffing dog sits down when he finds a bomb. That is the alert for hidden explosives.
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A.Given by the local government.
B.Born by a large number of bitches.
C.Bought from different cities and villages.
D.Captured over grassland.
第7题
Marshall was actually in a hiding-place. Using his mobile (移动的) phone, he got himself connected with the White House. He told the Vice President not to talk with the terrorists in spite :of the killing. At the same time he killed one of the terrorists and at last helped most of the hostages (人质) to escape using parachutes (something for making people fall slowly and safely from a plane). However, Ivan was still holding his wife and daughter. Rather than see either killed , Moscow to set General Radek free. He and Ivan fought it out and at last Ivan was killed. Marshall rang Moscow just in time to prevent Raded getting away. He had his family succeeded in escaping at last but the plane crashed into the sea.
James Marshall didn't know what had happened to the plane until ______.
A.he boarded Air Force One
B.the six Russian journalists interviewed him
C.the plane was hijacked
D.he escaped in a special emergency pod
第8题
The snoring is caused by______.
A.the soft palate and other structures of the throat
B.the inflowing and outflowing air through the nose
C.the inflowing and outflowing air through mouth
D.the vibrations as a result of the inflowing and outflowing air
第9题
Byrd did not agree with Ronald Amundsen in that ______.
A.the Antarctic is not a suitable place for human beings to survive
B.people cannot explore the Pole area from air
C.the airplanes would one day replace dogs and sledges
D.dogs and sledges need no human care
第10题
(46)John Callahan, a former FAA division chief of accidents and investigations, said he was directed by CIA officers to cover up a Nov. 18, 1986, incident involving a UFO and a Japanese airliner near Anchorage, Alaska. Michael Smith, a former U.S. Air Force air traffic controller stationed near Klamath Falls, Ore., in the 1960s and early 1970s, reported seeing a UFO hovering at 80,000 feet one night. "I was told you keep it to yourself," he said. "NORAD(North American Aerospace Defense Command) called me one night to say there&39;s a UFO coming up the California coastline. I asked them what to do. (47)"
Donna Hare, a NASA design illustrator with secret clearance, said UFOs were routinely airbrushed out of high altitude photos of the Earth before being released to the public.
(48)Apollo astronauts, she said, had spotted UFOs, but they "are told to keep this quiet and not to talk about it, "she said. Karl Wolf, an Air Force sergeant who was assigned to the National Security Agency, said that mysterious structures were discovered on the far side of the moon when the United States was mapping its surface before the 1969 lunar landing.(49).
(50)Despite the government&39;s refusal to discuss the issue, several witnesses have also told of being stationed at military bases or near silos containing nuclear missiles when a UFO swung by. Afterward, military officers would discover the missiles had been temporarily deactivated.
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A. They said nothing, not to write it down.B. The 20 witnesses, it is said, were a fraction of the 400 people who are willing to testify.C. The Pentagon does not comment on UFOs, expect to say they do not exist and that such objects really are high altitude balloons or military aircraft.D. "We always airbrush them out before we release them to the public," one technician told her.E. These have been retrieved from a purported crash in July 1947.F. These photos too were culled out of the public record.
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A. They said nothing, not to write it down.B. The 20 witnesses, it is said, were a fraction of the 400 people who are willing to testify.C. The Pentagon does not comment on UFOs, expect to say they do not exist and that such objects really are high altitude balloons or military aircraft.D. "We always airbrush them out before we release them to the public," one technician told her.E. These have been retrieved from a purported crash in July 1947.F. These photos too were culled out of the public record.
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A. They said nothing, not to write it down.B. The 20 witnesses, it is said, were a fraction of the 400 people who are willing to testify.C. The Pentagon does not comment on UFOs, expect to say they do not exist and that such objects really are high altitude balloons or military aircraft.D. "We always airbrush them out before we release them to the public," one technician told her.E. These have been retrieved from a purported crash in July 1947.F. These photos too were culled out of the public record.
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A. They said nothing, not to write it down.B. The 20 witnesses, it is said, were a fraction of the 400 people who are willing to testify.C. The Pentagon does not comment on UFOs, expect to say they do not exist and that such objects really are high altitude balloons or military aircraft.D. "We always airbrush them out before we release them to the public," one technician told her.E. These have been retrieved from a purported crash in July 1947.F. These photos too were culled out of the public record.
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A. They said nothing, not to write it down.B. The 20 witnesses, it is said, were a fraction of the 400 people who are willing to testify.C. The Pentagon does not comment on UFOs, expect to say they do not exist and that such objects really are high altitude balloons or military aircraft.D. "We always airbrush them out before we release them to the public," one technician told her.E. These have been retrieved from a purported crash in July 1947.F. These photos too were culled out of the public record.
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