2015职称英语理工类B级阅读理解练习题及答案(3)

　　Dreams of Flight

　　There is also an English legend of King Bladud who, during his rule in the ninth century B.C., used wings to fly. But his flight was short-lived and he fell to his death. The dream of flying continued, but in all the legends, the flier rose like a bird only to fall like a stone. It took hundreds of years that men flew up into the air and returned to earth safely.

　　After studying the flight of birds and the movement of the air, a great scientist of the fifteenth century concluded that birds flew because they flapped their wings and that it was possible for man to do the same. So a kind of flapping-wing flying machine was invented. Many men tried and failed to fly with flying machines. It was not until 1890 that people discovered why this method would never succeed - man could not develop sufficient power with his arms and legs.

　　A He killed the guards and got out of the island.

　　C His son came to rescue him and took him away.

　　42 According to the English legend, King Bladud lost his life because__________.

　　B he flew too high.

　　D he was hit by a stone.

　　A a Greek.

　　C a Chinese.

　　44 The priest failed to build the boat because__________.

　　B his design was not scientific.

　　D copper spheres could not be made as designed

　　A he could not develop adequate power with his arms and legs.

　　C they were made of heavy metal.