CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first    1    on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by   2   France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a  3  of a supersonic(超声波) passenger plane. In 1962 they started to   4   together on the project. The plane   5      over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5,000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of    6   . This means that it   7   only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7-8 hours in other passenger jets. Because    8    the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is    9    to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30am    10    from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour     11   ! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars.   12   Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so   13   . Air France and British Airway    14   the most. They each    15   seven planes.

1. A. invented       B. produced       C. flew       D. took off

2. A. both       B. among       C. between   D. of

3. A. talk           B. dream           C. meeting       D. fight

4. A. work   B. do           C. carry   D. finish

5. A. paid       B. wanted       C. needed   D. cost

6. A. voice   B. sound           C. noise       D. shout

7. A. spends   B. takes       C. covers   D. travels

8. A. for       B. at           C. in       D. of

9. A. possible   B. impossible   C. real       D. unreal

10. A. plane   B. passenger   C. flight   D. airline

11. A. later   B. late           C. earlier   D. early

12.A. everyone   B. each               C. either       D. any

13. A. far       B. long           C. easy       D. fast

14. A. build       B. make           C. sell           D. own

15. A. had       B. has               C. have       D. are having

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