Directions

In part C, you will hear several talks. After each talk, you will be asked some questions. The talks and questions will be spoken just one time. They will not be written out for you, so you will have to listen carefully in order to understand and remember what the speaker says.

When you hear a question, read thefour possible answers in your test book and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Then, on your answers sheet, find the number of the problem and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

Almost two centuries ago, humans enjoyed their first airbone ride in a cloth balloon. Passengers rode in a basket fastned below the ballon. These brave adventures depended solely on the wind velocity and direction to move them about because of the lack of a steering mechanism.

In 1852, a French clockmaker flew the first controllable balloon a distance of seventeenmiles. germany began producing and using airships about 46 years later with its famous zeppelins, named in honor of their inventor, Count von Zeppelins. The largest and probably most famous of Germany's airships was the Hindenberg, which could travel at 85 miles per hour.

Later, the two countries bordering on the English Channel, Great Britian and France, built smaller airships called "blimps". The letter ships were intended for patrolling the coast and observing submarine activity, while the former served as passenger and cargo ships. After the Hindenberg burned in 1973, more and more people shied away from this form of transprotation.

 

15. Why was it difficulttofly in the air-filled balloons of two hundred years ago?

(A) There was not much wind.

(B) There was no way of controlling them.

(C) It was hard to get off the ground

(D) They were too heavy.

 

16. Which of the following countires was NOT involved in the production of airships ?

(A) Germany

(B) France

(C) United States

(D) England

 

17. Who flew the first controllable balloon ?

(A) A French clockmaker

(B) Von Zeppelin

(C) A Frecnh count

(D) Blimp

 

18. Which country used these ships for passenger and cargo transport ?

(A) Germany

(B) England

(C) United States

(D) France

 

19. Why did fewer people travel on airships after 1937 ?

(A) The airships were used for wartime purposes.

(B) They were afraid because of the tragedy of the Hinderberg.

(C) The newer modelsweretoo small

(D) They were difficult to control

 

20. In about what year was Hindenberg introduced by Germany ?

(A) 1889

(B) 1894

(C) 1989

(D) 1898