"To Fly"

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Reading and Vocabulary
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Frage 1

Frage
According to physicist Lord Kelvin as cited in "To Fly," a chapter from "Space Chronicles", why whould human flight be impossible?
Antworten
  • Humans would not be able to breathe at altitudes necessary for flight.
  • Powerful air currents would cause any flying vehicle to crash.
  • It is impossible to design artificial wings.
  • Things heavier than air cannot fly.

Frage 2

Frage
In "Fly", how does the author respond to Kelvin´s assertion about flight?
Antworten
  • He suggests that technological ingenuity can solve all problems.
  • He points out thet birds are heavier than air, yet they fly.
  • He reminds the reader that Kelvin was not an inventor.
  • He reveals plans for a self-propelled airplane.

Frage 3

Frage
According to the author of "To Fly", what is the greatest achievement in flight so far?
Antworten
  • Icarus' flight
  • The Write Brother's aeroplane
  • the breaking of the sound barrier
  • the Apollo 11 lunar landing
  • the launch of Voyager 2

Frage 4

Frage
If a vacation has "foresight", which of the following is most likely to be true?
Antworten
  • She chooses the passport photo that makes her look happiest,.
  • She packs clothing for all potential changes in the weather.

Frage 5

Frage
Read the following passage from "To Fly": For Millennia, the idea of being able to fly occupied human dreams and fantasies. Waddling around on Earth's surface as majestic birds flew overhead, perhaps we developed a form of wing envy. One might even call it wing worship. The author says that humans want the powers that they observe in other creatures.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 6

Frage
Which fact about an author best illustrates the meaning of prescient?
Antworten
  • David Copperfield, published in 1850, is the most autobiographical of Charles Dicken's books.
  • In "The Sleeper Awakes," written in 1899, H:G: Wells describes aerial warfare before it was invented!
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