Concorde’s Birthday CONCORDE, the world’s fastest passenger plane, will soon be over 33 years old. It first _ _1_ _ on 2 March 1969 in France. Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a _2__ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to _ _3_ _ together on the project. The plane _ _4 _ over 1.5 billion pounds to develop. It is the most tested plane in the history. It was given over 5000 hours of testing. Concorde flies at twice the speed of _5__ . This means that it _ 6_ only 3 hours 25 minutes to fly between London and New York, compare with 7—8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time difference between the USA and Britain, it is _7_ _ to travel west on Concorde and arrive in New York before you leave London! You can catch the 10:30a.m. _ 8_ _ from London, Heathrow and start work in New York an hour _ 9_ ! Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. Each Concorde is built at a cost of 55 million pounds. Twenty have been built so far. Air France and British Airway _10_ the most. They each have seven planes. 小题1: A．invented B．produced C．flew D．took off 小题2: A．talk B．dream C．meeting D．fight 小题3: A．work B．do C．carry D．finish 小题4: A．paid B．wanted C．needed D．cost 小题5: A．voice B．sound C．noise D．shout 小题6: A．spends B．takes C．covers D．travels 小题7: A．possible B．impossible C．real D．unreal 小题8: A．plane B．passenger C．flight D．airline 小题9: A．later B．late C．earlier D．early 小题10: A．build B．make C．sell D．own