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Comprehension Check

1. Choose the answer which is the most corresponding with the text information:

1. The two main requirements of aircraft design are:

- speed and passenger comfort

- making things both light and reliable.

2. The maximum possible weight of an aircraft is determined by

- the engine power

- the number of passengers

3. The stress man’s job is to calculate

- how safe the plane is

- how strong each part must be

4. The first three airplanes of a new type

- do not fly

- are used for testing purposes

5. All equipment in an aircraft must

- work especially well at high temperature

- work perfectly within a wide range of temperature

6. Certificates of airworthiness are given by

- the aircraft industry

- the government

7. Research workers

- are employed in large numbers by the aircraft industry

- do not need elaborate laboratories

8. New materials are

- too expensive to use in the aircraft industry

- put to a variety of tests

2. Insert the proper words from the box:

1. One or two ….. are always tested to prove that they are as …… as designer intended.

2. Two kinds of …. strength tests are carried out.

3. The structure of the aircraft has to be as ….. and ……. as safety and efficiency will allow.

4. When a plane has passed all the …… it can get a government certificate of …. without it cannot fly.

5. New ….. to give the best strength in relation to weight are constantly being tested.

Divide the text into logical parts. Think of the subtitle to each part. Highlight the key words of each part.

In the text find the definition of a stress man.

5. Answer the questions:

1. What are the things which make aircraft engineering difficult?

2. What is a practical limit to the total weight of aircraft?

3. Where and why do the stress man’s calculations go?

4. Why are the samples tested?

5. How many airplanes of new type are destroyed in structural tests?

6. What types of ground strength tests are carried out?

7. Can the airplane fly without government certificate of airworthiness?

8. What are the requirements for the flying controls, the electrical equipment, etc?

9. What must the working parts of the aircraft be?

10. For what reason are the new materials being tested?

Vocabulary Focus

Match the synonyms and make up word combinations using words from column B.

A B

reliable unit

aircraft safe

difficult destruction

engine plane

consumption cargo

freight armature

sample hard

assembly use

resistance power plant

collapse opposition

equipment pattern

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