問題詳情

(21-25)British Airways has begun talks with airlinemanufacturers about installing anti-missile technology on itsplanes, but recently 21 hopes of an early solution beingfound.The airline urged governments to reduce the risk ofsurface-to-air attacks on commercial jets in the meantime byprotecting land near airports that could be used to launchmissiles. The call came as the Department for Transport liftedits 22 on British airlines flying to Kenya. In November2002, shoulder-fired missiles narrowly missed an Israelicharter plane with 260 tourists 23 which had just takenoff from Mombasa airport. The British High Commission saidyesterday that security at the airport was now at a satisfactorylevel, but did not specify what measures had been 24 .British Airways is also planning to resume flights toSaudi Arabia within days. Saudi authorities denied a BBCreport that a lorry-load of surface-to-air missiles had beenseized by police near Jeddah.Mr. Watson, British Airways’ director of safety andsecurity, said that “We are talking with Boeing and Airbusabout whether measures which are available on militaryaircraft could be transferred to civilian aircraft. We are tryingto understand the options, but 25 might work for themilitary won’t necessarily work on a civilian plane. Wherethere is a risk, the most effective measure is for the relevantauthority to identify any likely launch sites near airports.”
21.
(A) alluded to
(B) stood for
(C) played down
(D) took off

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.458333
統計：A(6),B(3),C(11),D(2),E(0)

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