Тест на тему: " Airport services"

TEST

1. Define facilities of the airport.

1. What is a place where airplanes take off and land? Passengers get on and off planes, cargo and other goods are loaded and unloaded in it. Air travel has become the main type of transportation over long distances and modern airplanes belong to the safest means of travel. Every day millions of people fly on thousands of planes all over the world. 

2. Airplanes take off and land on____. Big passenger planes need long ______that are up to 4 or 5 km in length. They may look like ordinary paved roads but are made of a special material so that they won’t crack when heavy planes land.

3. What is the largest building at an airport? All passengers must pass through it when they start or end their trip. At the ticket counter you receive your boarding card and your baggage is checked and weighed. Then the airline assistant will put a label with a three-letter code around your baggage. It shows the destination airport and makes sure the suitcases get on the correct airplane.

4. What is the center of airport traffic control? Air controllers use radar, radio, signal lights and other electronic equipment to guide planes when they take off and land. They give pilots permission to take off or tell them which runway to use. 

5. _____are buildings in which airplanes are repaired or serviced. Most airlines have their own _____in which they can park many jets at the same time. Most _______are far away from terminals and runways so that they do not interfere with airport traffic.

6. Airports have many other_____. Food kitchens or catering companies prepare food that is brought onto planes. Large airlines often have their offices in their own buildings. All airports have big parking lots or houses and most airports are connected with the inner cities through trains or subways.

2. Say TRUE, FALSE or NO INFORMATION for the text “ Airport”

1. Airport is a big transportation centre for landing and take off aircrafts.

2. Airport’s structures include runways, taxiways, terminal, control tower, maintenance and refueling facilities, hangers, automobile parking areas, passenger services.

3. There is one type of airport.

4. The most suitable place for airport is a vast plain.

5. There is no air traffic control around the airport.

6. Passenger services are centered in the terminal building.

7. Aircrafts stand at the maintenance facilities and hangers.

8. Airports don’t provide many support services.

9. Airports differ in size.

10. There is a custom and passport control at the airport.

3. Fill in the correct form of adjectives given in brackets.

1. Heathrow Airport is the ________airport in the United Kingdom. (big)

2. Travelling by plane is the _______ and the _________way. (fast, expensive)

3. It’s ________ to travel by car than on foot. (comfortable)

4. Travelling by ship is the __________way. ( exciting)

5. The London underground is the _______ and_one of the______in the world. (old, busy)

6. The _____way to get around city is the way by public transport. (good)

7. I like to travel by bus ______than to travel by train. ( much)

8. Heathrow Airport is much ______ than other airports in London. ( busy )

9. Modern planes are ______than planes a few years ago. (powerful)

10. The Airbus can carry as______passengers as the Boeing. ( many)