COMAC航空科技英语等级考试B样题

COMAC航空科技英语等级考试B样题
COMAC航空科技英语等级考试B1（技术类）样题
Test Time：120 minutes
部门_______________ 姓名____________ ⼯号____________
Part I Listening （30%）
Section 1 Conversation and Lecture（10%）
Directions: In this section, you will hear a long conversation and a lecture. At the end of the conversation or the lecture, you will hear five questions. The conversation, the lecture and the questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices.
Conversation
1. A) They get you directly to holiday destination.
B) Their tickets can be bought on the internet.
C) They offer excellent services to customers.
D) They’re much cheaper than famous airlines.
2. A) They have sprung up recently and become successful.
B) They change prices on the basis of customers’ demand.
C) They always offer travelers the extremely cheap flight.
D) They do much advertising but few people ever watch it.
3. A) By travelling before public holidays.
B) By buying tickets a day in advance.
C) By booking at the very last minute.
D) By flying at peak time like Fridays.
4. A) They try every possible means to reduce expenses.
B) They charge different prices depending on demand.
C) They don’t serve any food on any of their flights.
D) They have increased the speed of their aero planes.
5. A) They only offer cheap tickets online.
B) They fail to offer satisfactory service.
C) They spend little time on the ground.
D) They fly to and from smaller airports.
Lecture
6. A) The 845m2 wing area is large enough to park 70 cars.
B) The plane has the potential to carry 550 passengers.
C) The tail is about as long as the Great Sphinx in Egypt.
D) The two deck fuselage is as high as a 7-storey building.
7. A) It is as economical to run as a common jet.
B) It burns more fuel than other jumbo jets.
C) It can fly an amazing 15,000 km non-stop.
D) It can carry more fuel than other planes.
8. A) Toulouse in France.
B) England and Wales.
C) All over the Europe.
D) Spain and Germany.
9. A) It is remarkably expensive.
B) It is impressively efficient.
C) It is a nation-wide project.
D) It is extremely complicated.
10.A) The expenses.
B) The designing.
C) The electronics.
D) The cooperation.
Section 2 Compound Dictation （10%）
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage TWICE. You have its script in the following, but with eleven blanks in it. You are required to fill in the first eight blanks with the exact words you have just heard. For last three blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Remember, there will be a pause for the last three blanks.
Laurence Barron, President of Airbus China, defended the A380 superjumbo jet as its safety performance has been called into question.
“The Qantas A380 suffered an (1) ______________ engine failure, a fairly rare event, which also damaged the aircraft itself. The aircraft performed as expected and (2) ______________ safely, so no, there is nothing wrong with the A380. It’s a (3)
______________ aircraft.”
Barron also says the engine issue will not (4) ______________ next summer’s scheduled delivery of the A380 to China Southern Airlines, the only (5) ______________ carrier to purchase the plane.
Meanwhile, Barron explains that the lack of orders for its A350 aircraft, which is under development, from Chinese carriers is due to the country’s (6) ______________ planning structure.
“The Chinese government, as you are well aware, works on a 5-year-plan basis, and they are about to (7) ______________ the 12th 5-year-plan which runs from 2011 to 2015. The A350 deliveries that we can offer are now in the what will become the 13th 5-year-plan period.”
Eric Chen, Airbus China‘s Vice President, adds that the Chinese carriers’ timid (8) _____________ to the A350 is due to its competing product, Boeing’s 787.
“Several years ago, Chinese airlines ordered more than 60 Boeing 787’s and for various reasons, airlines lack this kind of courage and determination to be a launching customer for a new program again. In other words, we are buying the bill for our rivals’ dilemma and consequences.”
(9) ______________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
“I don’t really understand the world ‘challenge’. Our industry is challenging. There are lots of challenges but this is not a challenge, this is a competitor. (10) _____
_____________________________________________________________________ Beverly Wyse, Vice President of Boeing’s 737 program, says Boeing is open to work with C919’s manufacturer.
“I think (11) ______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________”
Four Chinese airlines and two aircraft leasing companies have signed agreements to purchase 100 C919’s as launching costumers.
Section 3 Listening and translating （10%）
Directions: In this section you are going to hear five short passages. You will hear them ONLY ONCE. In each of these passages some of the sentences are already printed. You are required to translate the missing parts into Chinese. After each of the passages there will be a pause lasting one and a half minutes. The pause is intended for you to do the translation.
1)The ARJ21-700 jetliner, China’s first self-designed aircraft, will undertake its
maiden flight before the end of the year. COMAC chairman, Zhang Qingwei says this first homegrown regional jet has aroused great interest from aviation companies at home and abroad.”I just came back from the United States and Canada. __________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________.”
2)Nine top tier US manufacturing companies won competitive contracts to build
and supply the aviation system for China‘s new aircraft program, the C919.
Airport infrastructure needs are filling opportunities in the US companies as well.
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________ 3)The Deputy Chief of the China’s Civic Aviation Administration, Xia Xinghua,
says more cooperation is crucial for the Chinese side. “Firstly, we need to strengthen our cooperation on sustainable security development, expanding the relationship in a pragmatic way._______________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________”
4)The Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said that the review would be
comprehensive covering design, manufacturing and assembly of the Dreamliner.
Michael Huerta of the Federal Aviation Administration said emphasis would be put on electrical systems and how these and the plane’s sophisticated mechanical systems interact.___________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________.
5)Though the tricycle arrangement may be most popular today, that was not always
the case. The tail wheel undercarriage dominated aircraft design for the first four decades of flight and is still widely used on many small piston-engine planes.
What makes this form of landing gear most attractive is its simplicity. Another potential advantage results from the fact that
_____________________________ _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________ Part II Reading Comprehension（30%）
Section 1 Skimming and Scanning (10%)
Directions: In this section there are 10 incomplete statements. Based on the following passage, please complete the statements with the information given in the passage.
Commercial aviation is an essential component of the global economy. The cost of aviation fuel is directly determined by the prevailing world price of oil, and it accounts for a major proportion of airplane operating costs. Several airline companies now add a fuel surcharge to the ticket cost of a commercial flight to compensate for the recent rapid rise in fuel costs. World oil prices are expected to remain high for several years. The prospect of sustained high aviation fuel prices could propel airline companies to seek alternative aviation fuels. Seeking alternative fuel could become paramount（最⾼的）for the airline
industry should the peak-oil phenomenon actually occur.
Breakthroughs and Research
It may become possible for super-cooled liquid hydrogen（氢）to eventually be used as an alternative fuel for some types of commercial airline service. Other alternative fuels may include high-density energy-storage technologies that result from breakthroughs in research in the areas of nanotechnology(纳⽶技术) and in high-temperature superconductivity(超导性). High-temperature superconductivity holds great promise for use in high-density energy-storage technology. Advances in nanotechnology could enable superconductive materials to eventually be manufactured at a cost that could justify their application in airliner propulsion. Electrical Storage and Propulsion
Energy stored in a superconductive storage technology could power electric motors that drive the identical propulsion fans that are found at the front-end of modern, “high-bypass” turbo-fan aircraft engines. Such fans provide up to 90% of the propulsive thrust of the turbo-fan engine. Each electrically powered propulsion fan may be driven by multiple (induction) lightweight electric motors during take-off. Some electric motors would “cut-out”under reduced power demand at cruising altitude so that the remaining motors will operate at higher efficiency (electric motors have poor part-load efficiency). Coanda fans may propel subsonic commercial aircraft that use high-density electrical storage technology. Such units were originally developed by physicist Henri Coanda and can operate at comparable efficiency and at comparable flight speeds as turbine-driven propulsion fans. Electrically powered aircraft that use either turbine propulsion fans or Coanda fans could be flown in thinner air at higher altitude (up to 65,000-feet) to reduce energy consumption (less drag on aircraft) on extended flights.
The cooler air found at such altitudes could assist in keeping the superconductive energy storage systems functioning properly.
Superconductive energy storage systems used in future commercial aircraft would likely be cooled by liquid nitrogen(氮). Both systems would need to be frequently recharged, which would likely be both energy-intensive as well as time consuming.
It may be possible to design the energy storage systems along with their cooling systems to be removed and replaced during shorts layovers—such technology could help reduce the turn-around time of the aircraft. The introduction of superconductive energy storage systems in commercial aircraft in the long-term future would require that future airport terminals be equipped with power generation technology at or near the premises.
Power Generation
The number of electrically powered and hydrogen powered road and railway vehicles would likely increase during a post peak-oil period. Commuter aircraft that operate short-haul service could be powered by ethanol(⼄醇) or by hydrogen while future supersonic aircraft could use liquid hydrogen as fuel. The commercial aviation industry of the future (post peak oil) could likely require vast amounts of electric power to recharge superconductive energy storage systems, recharge liquid nitrogen cooling systems as well as to generate, compress and supercool large amounts of hydrogen.
Modern commercial aircraft are energy intensive during take-off. Airports that serve metropolitan areas presently process continual processions of large long-distance aircraft during peak periods. Such aircraft could require between 300-Mw-hr and 1000-Mw-hr of power to undertake trans-oceanic flights at subsonic speed. The power requirements of a future electrically based commercial aviation industry could likely overwhelm the power generation industry of most developed nations. Major international airports may eventually need to generate electric power on-site to meet the energy needs of future fleets of electrically powered and hydrogen-fueled commercial aircraft. Airport power stations may be nuclear; use hydrogen fusion or be based on some other unconventional power generation technology that is still subject to research.
Energy Storage
The ability to store large amounts of energy at or near major airports could gain importance during a post peak-oil period. Electric power could be purchased from the grid during their off-peak periods and put into short-term storage. Airport power stations that encounter off-peak periods could replenish(装满) airport energy storage systems that may include superconductive storage, flow batteries, hydraulic storage in hydroelectric dams in nearby mountains (coastal airports) or off-site pneumatic storage (subterranean salt domes that were emptied). Air that is exhausted from pneumatic storage systems may be sufficiently cold to assist in “replenishing” liquid nitrogen super-cooling systems.
Power Regulation (Airports)
Power stations that provide energy for air transportation use may have to be excluded from the regulatory framework. Most of the electrically powered airliners that will be recharged would be “foreign”owned, that is, the owners would be domiciled in a
different jurisdiction(司法权) to where the aircraft would be recharged. The idea of regulators in one jurisdiction looking after the interests of parties who live, do business and pay taxes in another jurisdiction is quite ludicrous. Power stations that supply a future airline industry with electric power would need to be regulatory-free despite the “foreign”airline owners being “captive”customers. It would be possible for power to be supplied to a single airport by several small providers who compete against each other. Power providers and airline companies could negotiate deals, perhaps even on a daily basis. Conclusion
Future scientific breakthroughs are likely to occur in both nanotechnology and in superconductivity. High-density energy storage technologies could be the likely result and appear in the distant future. Electrically powered commercial aircraft that fly at subsonic speeds could appear in the future irrespective of whether or not peak-oil actually occurs. Alternative liquid fuels that are cost-competitive to fossil oil are also likely to appear and find applications in aviation. Large ground-effect aircraft （地效飞⾏器）that fly above water and that carry either passengers or freight between coastal cities are also likely appear in the future.
1.The prospect of sustained high aviation fuel prices could propel airline companies
to seek _______________________.
2.Breakthroughs in nanotechnology could enable _______________________ to be
available in their application in airliner propulsion.
3.Coanda fans were first developed by _______________________ .
4._______________________ could be used to cool superconductive energy
storage system used in future commercial aircraft.
5._______________________, which operates short-haul service, could be powered
by ethanol(⼄醇) or by hydrogen.
6.Future airport power stations may be_______________________; use hydrogen
fusion or be based on some other unconventional power generation technology. 7.During a post peak-oil period, the ability to_______________________ at or near
major airports could gain importance.
8.Power stations that provide energy for air transportation use are likely to be
_______________________ from the regulatory framework.
9.Electrically powered commercial aircraft that fly at _______________________
speeds could appear in the future.
10.Aircrafts flying above water and carrying either passengers or freight between
coastal cities are called _______________________.
Section 2 Reading Comprehension (10%)
Directions: The following passage is followed by some questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should choose the best answer from the four choices.
Living standards have soared during the twentieth century, and economists expect them to continue rising in the decades ahead. Does that mean that we humans can look forward to increasing Happiness?
Not necessarily, warns Richard A. Easterlin, an economist at the University of Southern California, in his new book, Growth Triumphant: The Twenty-first Century in Historical Perspective. Easterlin concedes that richer people are more likely to report themselves as being happy than poorer people are. But steady improvements in the American economy have not been accompanied by steady increases in people’s self-assessments of their own Happiness.
The explanation for this paradox(悖论) may be that people become less satisfied over time with a given level of income. In Easterlin’s word: “As incomes rise, the aspiration level does too, and the effect of this increase in aspirations is to vitiate (破坏) the expected growth in Happiness due to higher income.”
Money can buy Happiness, Easterlin seems to be saying, but only if one’s amounts get bigger and other people aren’t getting more. His analysis helps to explain sociologist Lee Rainwater’s finding that Americans’perception of the income “necessary to get along” rose between 1950 and 1986 in the same proportion as actual per capita income. We feel rich if we have more than our neighbors, poor if we have less, and feeling relatively well-off is equated with being happy.
Easterlin’s findings, challenge psychologist Abraham Maslow’s “hierarchy(等级) of wants” as a reliable guide to future human motivation. Maslow suggested that as people’s basic material wants are satisfied they seek to achieve nonmaterial or spiritual goals. But Easterlin’s evidence points to the persistence of materialism.
“Despite a general level of affluence never before realized in the history of the world.” Easterlin observes, “Material concerns in the wealthiest nations today are as pressing as ever and the pursuit of material need as intense.” The evidence suggests there is no evolution toward higher order goals. Rather, each step upward on the ladder of economic development merely stimulates new economic desires that lead the chase ever onward.
Needs are limited, but not greeds. Science has developed no cure for envy, so our wealth boosts our Happiness only briefly while shrinking that of our neighbors. Thus the outlook for the future is gloomy in Easterlin’s view. “The triumph of economic growth is not a triumph of humanity over material wants; rather, it is the triumph of material wants over humanity.”
1.What does Easterlin warn in his new book?
A)Humans can look forward to increasing happiness with soaring living
standards.
B)Humans might not be able to enjoy increasing happiness with soaring living
standards.
C)Richer people tend to report themselves as being happy more than poorer
people do.
D)Richer people tend to report themselves as being happy less than poorer
people do.
2.Which of the following statements may account for the paradox(悖论) mentioned
in paragraph 3?
A)People become less satisfied though the income rises over time.
B)A general level of affluence never before realized in the history of the world.
C)Though the American economy improved steadily, there isn’t a steady
increase in people’s self-assessments of their own happiness.
D)As incomes rise, there will be an increase in the aspiration level, which will
hamper the expected growth in Happiness due to higher income.
3.Whose finding is against the theory of “Hierarchy of wants”?
A)Easterlin’s B) Maslow’s C) Rainwater’s D) Lee’s
4.According to Easterlin, the outlook of the future of happiness is ________.
A)bright B) sad C) unclear D) thrilling
5.From the quotation in the end of the passage (paragraph 7), we can infer that
___________?
A)The triumph of economic growth results in more humanity.
B)The triumph of economic growth results in more material wants.
C)Humanity contributes more to the triumph of economic growth.
D)Material wants contributes more to the triumph of economic growth.
Section 3 Short Answer Questions (10%)
Directions: Read the following passage and then answer the questions. The answer should not be more than 25 words.
The maximum allowable weight for an aircraft is determined by design considerations. However, the maximum operational weight may be less than the maximum allowable weight due to such considerations as high-density altitude or high-drag field conditions caused by wet grass or water on the runway. The maximum operational weight may also be limited by the departure or arrival airport’s runway length.
One important preflight consideration is the distribution of the load in the aircraft. Loading the aircraft so the gross weight is less than the maximum allowable is not enough. This weight must be distributed to keep the center of gravity (CG) within the limits specified in the POH or AFM.
If the CG is too far forward, a heavy passenger can be moved to one of the rear seats or baggage can be shifted to a rear compartment. If the CG is too far aft, passenger weight or baggage can be shifted forward. The fuel load should be balanced laterally: the pilot should pay special attention to the POH or AFM regarding the operation of the fuel system, in order to keep the aircraft balanced in flight. Weight and balance of a helicopter is far more critical than for an airplane. With some helicopters, they may be properly loaded for takeoff, but near the end of a long flight when the fuel tanks are almost empty, the CG may have shifted enough for the helicopter to be out of balance laterally or longitudinally. Before making any long flight, the CG with the fuel available for landing must be checked to ensure it will be within the allowable range.
Changes of fixed equipment may have a major effect upon the weight of the aircraft. The replacement of older, heavy electronic equipment with newer, lighter
types results in a weight reduction, which will probably cause the CG to shift and must be computed and annotated in the weight and balance record.
Repairs and alteration are the major sources of weight changes. The A&P mechanic must compute the CG and record the new empty weight and EWCG in the aircraft weight and balance record.
The A&P mechanic or repairman conducting an annual or condition inspection must ensure the weight and balance data in the aircraft records is current and accurate. It is the responsibility of the pilot in command to use the most current weight and balance data when operating the aircraft.
Questions:
1.What conditions might cause the operational weight of a plane to be less than the
maximum allowable weight?
2.What should be done if the CG is too far aft in an aircraft?
3.Why is the weight and balance for a helicopter far more critical than for an
airplane?
4.According to the passage, what might lead to weight changes and cause the CG to
shift in an aircraft?
5.Who are responsible for recording and using the most current and accurate data of
the weight and balance?
Part III Translation (15%)
Section 1 English-Chinese Translation (10%)
Direction: In this section there are two passages in English. Please read these passages and translate the underlined parts into Chinese.
Passage 1
The airplane propeller consists of two or more blades and a central hub to which the blades are attached. 1) Each blade of an airplane propeller is essentially a rotating wing. As a result of their construction, the propeller blades are like airfoils and produce forces that create the thrust to pull, or push, the airplane through the air.
The power needed to rotate the propeller blades is furnished by the engine. The engine rotates the airfoils of the blades through the air at high speeds, and the propeller transforms the rotary power of the engine into forward thrust.
2) An airplane moving through the air creates a drag force opposing its forward motion. Consequently, if an airplane is to fly, there must be a force applied to it that is equal to the drag, but acting forward. This force is called “thrust.”
Passage 2
Aircraft flight control systems are classified as primary and secondary. 3) The primary control systems consist of those that are required to safely control an airplane during flight. Secondary control systems improve the performance characteristics of the airplane, or relieve the pilot of excessive control forces. Those included in the primary control systems are the ailerons, elevator (or stabilator), and rudder. Examples of secondary control systems are wing flaps and trim systems.
Airplane control systems are carefully designed to provide a natural feel, and at the same time, allow adequate responsiveness to control inputs. 4) At low airspeeds, the controls usually feel soft and sluggish, and the airplane responds slowly to control
applications. At high speeds, the controls feel firm and the response is more rapid.
Movement of any of the three primary flight control surfaces changes the airflow and pressure distribution over and around the airfoil. These changes affect the lift and drag produced by the airfoil/control surface combination, and allow a pilot to control the airplane about its three axes of rotation.
Design features limit the amount of deflection of flight control surfaces. For example, control-stop mechanisms may be incorporated into the flight controls, or movement of the control column and/or rudder pedals may be limited. The purpose of these design limits is to prevent the pilot from inadvertently overcontrolling and overstressing the aircraft during normal maneuvers.
5) A properly designed airplane should be stable and easily controlled during maneuvering. Control surface inputs cause movement about the three axes of rotation. The types of stability an airplane exhibits also relate to the three axes of rotation. Section 2 Chinese-English Translation (5%)
Direction: In this section there are five sentences in Chinese. Please translate them into English.
1.太阳能动⼒飞机的平均飞⾏时速为70公⾥，暂时不会对商⽤飞机构成威胁。

2.国际航空业公布了航空业的减排⽬标：到2050年，该⾏业的⼆氧化碳排量
将⽐2005年减少50％。

3.民航局颁发的适航证应当规定该民⽤航空器所适⽤的活动类别和证书的有
效期限。

4.外国民⽤航空器必须经民航局对其原登记国颁发的适航证审查认可后⽅可
飞⾏。

5.在2008年，维珍⼤西洋航空公司的⼀架波⾳747飞机使⽤了⽣物混合燃料
完成了从伦敦⾄阿姆斯特丹的⽆乘客飞⾏。

Part IV Writing (25%)
Section 1 Practical writing (10%)
Situation: You are the Personal Assistant to Mr. O. Fleming, Production Director of Millennium Bug Products International Inc. He is on a business trip to the firm’s factories in Europe and has just phoned you back at the office. Here are the notes you
Write a Memo (70-80 words) to put on Mike Owen’s desk.
Section 2 Technical Writing (15%)
Major Components of an Aircraft
要求：请简要介绍飞机五个主要组成部分的重要特征和功能（如下图所⽰：机⾝，机翼，尾翼，起落架和动⼒装置，可任选其中三项介绍）。

⽂章长度180-230词。

特别注意要详略得当；表达清晰、简洁；语⾔准确、得体。