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UNIT 28 TRANSPORTATION Lesson 55 Part Ⅰ

UNIT 28  TRANSPORTATION

Lesson 55

Part Ⅰ  Warming-up Exercises

Spot Dictation: A New Way to Fly----the Boeing 747

Have you travelled on any of ____new giant planes? If you haven't, ____to imagine a jet which is ____than 70 metres long and more ____5 stories high at the tail.  ____a plane costs at least 25 ____dollars to build.

Inside, the jet ____like a great theatre. It has ____kitchens, which are all needed when ____plane is full of passengers. It ____hold more than 400 passengers. Imagine ____number in one jet plane.

The ____are quite safe. On each plane ____are twice as many engines as ____jet needs. If two engines fail ____the same side, the plane can ____use its other engines to land. ____are also two mechanical pilots to  ____charge if the human pilots cannot ____the plane.

Score: ____

Lesson55 Part Ⅱ TravelIn London

 Lesson55 Part Ⅲ TravelIn Britain

Lesson 55

Part Ⅲ                  Travel In Britain

Exercises:

1.There are…miles of track in Britain.

a. over 1,000 

b. about 250,000

c. over 13,000

2.The internal air service is…the rail and road transport systems.

a. as important as

b. more important than

c. less important than

3.London Airport is one of the…airports in the world.

a. best

b. busiest

c. biggest

4.Britain…the biggest merchant navy in the world.

a. had

b. has

c. will have

5.Sea travel in Britain…

a. has become more important.

b. has become less important.

c. has become the most preferable form of transport.

Lesson 55

Part Ⅱ               Travel In London

Exercises:

Column A                      Column B

Means of Transport       Advantages and Disadvantages

______                         1.the best way to travel when one

                                    is in a hurry

______                         2.easily get held up in traffic jams

                                  3.rather slow in rush hours 

                                  4.quite expensive

______                         5.fast and comfortable

                                  6.good for short journeys