Question

    On Friday, 7 June, an Italian Airlines flight was ready to leave Rome for Tokyo in Japan. All the passengers were on the plane. The departure time was 21:00. The seatbelt signs were turned on, so passengers were not allowed to stand up and had to stay in their seats. Then something unusual happened.

A woman decided that she had to go to the toilet. So she got up and walked to the back of the plane. The toilet door was clearly marked ‘TOILET’, but the woman opened a door next to the toilet. This door was the emergency exit and, when she opened it, the evacuation slide (逃生滑梯) opened. Because of this, the plane was not able to take off.

All the passengers had to leave the plane. When the evacuation slide has opened, there are two possibilities. Workers can change the slide at the airport, but the flight will be delayed for a long time. Or the plane can take off without an evacuation slide and replace it when it has landed, but the number of passengers on the plane must be smaller for safety reasons.

Thirty-eight passengers had to stay at a hotel at the Airport and take another flight the next day. The other passengers got back on the plane, and it finally took off at 05:10 on Saturday morning. It arrived in Tokyo at 14:10. Some passengers found that their luggage was still in Italy. But perhaps they were lucky …

1.What city was the Italian Airlines flight ready to fly to?

2.Passengers on the plane were allowed to stand up and walk about, weren’t they?

3.Why was the flight delayed?

4.In what situation can the plane take off without the evacuation slide?

5.How long did it take the plane to get to the destination?

6.Do you think the passengers on the plane lucky or unlucky? Why?

Answer

1.Tokyo.

2.No，they weren’t.

3.Because a woman opened the emergency exit, the evacuation slide opened and the plane was not able to take off.

4.The number of passengers on the plane must be smaller for safety reasons.

5.It took nine hours.

6.I think they were unlucky, because their flight had been delayed and it spoiled their journey.

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述由于一位女士错误地打开了紧急出口，飞机的逃生滑梯打开了，飞机不能起飞；导致飞往日本东京的意大利航班晚点的故事。

1.

根据第一段“an Italian Airlines flight was ready to leave Rome for Tokyo in Japan”可知意大利航班准备离开罗马飞往日本东京。故答案为Tokyo.

2.

反义疑问句用yes或no来回答。根据第一段“passengers were not allowed to stand up and had to stay in their seats”乘客不允许站起来必须待在他们的座位上。故答案为No，they weren’t.

3.

why的疑问句用because来引出回答。根据第二段“the woman opened a door next to the toilet. This door was the emergency exit and, when she opened it, the evacuation slide opened. Because of this, the plane was not able to take off”可知由于一位女士打开了紧急出口，逃生滑梯打开了，所以飞机不能起飞。故答案为Because a woman opened the emergency exit, the evacuation slide opened and the plane was not able to take off.

4.

根据第三段“the plane can take off without an evacuation slide and replace it when it has landed, but the number of passengers on the plane must be smaller for safety reasons”乘客的人数必须出于安全原因要少一些，飞机才能在没有逃生滑梯的情况下起飞。故答案为The number of passengers on the plane must be smaller for safety reasons.

5.

根据最后一段“it finally took off at 05:10 on Saturday morning. It arrived in Tokyo at 14:10”最终周六的5：10起飞，14:10到达；共9个小时飞机才最终到达目的地。故答案为It took nine hours.

6.

根据最后一段“Thirty-eight passengers had to stay at a hotel at the Airport and take another flight the next day. The other passengers got back on the plane, and it finally took off at 05:10 on Saturday morning. It arrived in Tokyo at 14:10. Some passengers found that their luggage was still in Italy”可知飞机上的乘客有38名不得不待在机场的旅馆里第二天坐另一趟飞机，其他的乘客回到飞机上周六早上5:10起飞到东京都下午两点一十分。一些乘客的行李还在意大利。可知飞机上的乘客不怎么走运。故答案为I think they were unlucky, because their flight had been delayed and it spoiled their journey.