Taxi!
Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new
service. The ‘taxi’ is a small Swiss aeroplane called a ‘Pilatus
Porter’. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. The most
surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: or
snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain Fawcett's first
passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in
the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers
to many unusual places. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats
and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain
Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. The man
wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but
Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.
Answer these questions in not more than 60 words.
- 1 Has Captain Ben Fawcett bought a small Swiss aeroplane, or has he bought an ordinary taxi? Does he use it as a taxi or not? (and)
- What is it called?
- How many passengers can it carry? Can it land anywhere or not? (not only … but)
- Has Captain Fawcett taken passengers to many strange places in his plane or not?
- Did he refuse to fly a businessman to Rockall or not?
- Was the journey too dangerous or not?
Rewrite these sentences using the correct verbs and joining words:
The plane (not only) (neither) (flew) (threw) close to the river, (but) (or) also flew under a bridge. (Then) (However) it (climbed) (ran) into the air. The people on the bridge (waved) (shook) to the pilot (and) (yet) he did not (notice) (look after) them.
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要求参考:
《新概念英语》2-2 单元要求