WEEK 18 - BTRLS prep ReadingOnline version Designed to help students develop their ability to MAKE INFERENCES in order to get ready for the Berlitz Test of Reading and Listening Skills (BTRLS) by laura iglesias 1 PARAGRAPH 1: Airports have not always been called airports. At first they were called "flying fields," and were simply level, grassy fields. Some airports, such as Dallas's Love Field and Louisville's Standiford Field, still retain the word field in their names. Most of these early airports had hangars for servicing and storing planes, and in some cases observation stands for watching the air shows that were popular in the early 1900's. Some of these airfields also housed the earliest airplane factories. In this paragraph , the author suggests that Standiford Field and Love Field: a a. have been in operation for many years b b. were sites of famous air shows c c. were always called "airports" d d. were sites of aircraft factories 2 PARAGRAPH 2. During World War I, many military airports were built in Europe. Afterwards, commercial airlines shared these fields with the military. The field at Le Bourget, near Paris, was the first to have a building dedicated to commercial air travel. This building was called an "airway station" and, like others in Europe and North America, resembled a train station. Early airplane interiors resembled the interior of railroad cars. These were efforts to assure passengers that there was really nothing strange about air travel. From the information in this paragraph, it can be inferred that in the early days of air travel, passengers: a a. preferred to travel by plane rather than by train b b. traveled to airports on trains c c. were accustomed to train travel d d. refused to use airports that were shared with the military 3 PARAGRAPH 3. Coastal airports of the 1920's and 1930's could accommodate both land-planes, for short-range domestic flights, and seaplanes ("flying boats") for international flights. LaGuardia Airport near New York City had both a marine terminal and a landplane terminal. The design of the marine terminal was compared to the Parthenon in Greece and the landplane terminal, built on two levels, adopted the best of train-station design. In this paragraph, the author suggests that seaplanes: a a. were not as safe as landplanes b. were used only for domestic flights b b. were used only for domestic flights c c. could fly farther than landplanes d d. were not as convenient as boats
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