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浙江省温州市龙湾区2020中考英语第一次模拟试卷
If you've ever passed the cockpit in a flight and tried to understand your pilots' conversation, you probably didn't gain much from them. From terms like "niner" to "Zulu," pilot -speak can sound like its own language.
The special language is called "aviation* English". According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), pilots on international airlines and air traffic controllers on airlines need t speak "aviation English" when they communicate. Aviation English is necessary all over the world because it is unrealistic for a pilot to know all the different languages of the country to which he or she must fly. In addition, most of the phrases flight crew use were born out of a need for clear communication with a few words over an occasionally fuzzy* radio transmission*. Pilots must make effort to minimise their transmission time.
Misunderstandings between pilots and air traffic controllers can lead to disaster, so they must ensure not to misunderstand one another. To avoid making a mistake about understanding with similar sounding consonants, the ICAO has a standard phonetic alphabet: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. These words stand for the letters from A to Z. The pronunciation of numbers should also follow precise standards. For example, zero (0) is always "zero," not "oh." 3 becomes "tree". 4 is called "fower", five becomes "fife," and nine becomes "niner."
There are also more colorful phrases that pilots say were produced in the sky and shared widely among staffers. For example, "Feet wet" warns air traffic controllers when a military aircraft is flying over water. "Pan-Pan" is reserved for communication with air traffic controllers. When pilots notice something unusual with their plane that stops short of an immediate emergency, they use "pan-pan," a signal of urgency and attention. When pilots use this signal, other aviators on the same radio frequency will "shut up and let you get your message across," allowing air traffic control to provide the suitable aid and prevent a great danger in flight.
a. save the transmission time
b. make the orders clear and simple
C. avoid mistaking passengers' conversations
d. make international communication possible
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Crowdsourcing is the process of using many people to perform services. Crowdsourcing explains the saying "many hands make light work" in a new way. At the same time, crowdsourcing follows the old saying that "two heads are better than one". When many people work together on a project, they not only work faster, but they also work better.
There is a community learning website called Memrise, which offers more than 6, 000 free educational courses in all types of subjects. The courses, which are created by volunteers, include photos, videos, games and quizzes to help people learn quickly and have fun at the same time.
You need to know about Crowdsourcing:
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London's Tate Museum is another good example of crowdsourcing. In 2010, the museum started the Tate Movie Projectwebsite, where children learned how animated（动画的） films are made. The children also wrote stories, drew their own characters and sent them to the website. After that, professional animators worked with the children to compete a film called The ltch oftheGolden Nit. The film was shown on BBC television.
| Skill development: ·connecting what you're learning with real-world examples ·solving problems ·critical thinking |
Active learning ·exchanging information ·learning to meet their need |
In fact, as students, crowdsourcing can also be a way for you to deal with problems. Suppose your teacher asks you to create a magic story. And you have written a story, but you're not sure whether it's fun or not. What can you do? Just let others around you, your classmates, your parents or someone else, read it and offer their ideas. Then you will collect some wonderful ideas!
What do you think? Is crowdsourcing the way of the future?
The Fastest Runner
Italy has many old people. One in four are over 65 years old. Emma Maria Mazzenga is over 90. She is the fastest runner in her age group. She ran 200 meters in S1. 47 seconds. It is a new world record. She has five world records and many European and Italian records. She hopes to go to the world championships (锦标赛) in Sweden next year. ____
The two baby monkeys are new to the London Zoo. They are new to the world. And the most surprising thing is: they are only around 3cm, very small. They are the smallest monkeys in the world, called Pygmy Marmoset. They are only 10-15 cm when they grow up. They can be found in the Amazon. They are easy to die (死) in the wild. So it's very exciting to see this kind of monkey babies in the zoo. The Tallest Rideable Bike
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Graphic organizers(图像组织器) are visual tools that help learners connect ideas and show relationships among different information.
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It is the collection of information, opinions, or work from a group of people, usually through the Internet. 
