It so happened that another test laboratory in a different part of the world was involved in assessing bird-strikes--in this case on the windshields and the drivers’ cabs(驾驶室) of new high-speed trains. The train test engineers had read about the pioneering test developed by the aerospace team, and so they approached them to ask for specifications of the gun and the testing methods. The aerospace engineers gave them details, and the train engineers set about building their own simulation.

　　The simulated bird-strike tests on the train windshields and cabs produced shocking results. The supposed high-speed train windshields offered little resistance to tile high-speed chickens; in fact every single windshield that was submitted for testing was struck to pieces, along with a number of train cabs and much of the test-lab itself.

　　The frightened train engineers were concerned that the new high-speed trains required a safety technology that was beyond their experience, so they contacted the aerospace team for advice and suggestions, sending them an extensive report of the tests and failures.

　　The brief reply came back from the aero-engineers: “You need to defrost (解冻) the chickens... “

　　24. The underlined phrase “colliding with” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _________.

　　A. hitting

　　B. catching

　　C. throwing

【2017届江苏省高三英语一轮复习训练：5】相关文章：

★ 湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (41)

★ 【优化方案】2017届高考英语二轮复习全国卷Ⅱ题型重组训练：第4组（含解析）

★ 【三维设计】2017届高考英语（江苏专用）二轮复习阅读理解解题技法示范课件：6

★ 四川省2016届高考英语一轮复习课时作业（37） Module 1 Basketball 外研版选修8

★ 重庆市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（精品）训练题（13）附答案

★ 山西省永济市涑北中学高三英语总复习：美文欣赏（2）（Dad’s Gift）

★ 湖南省岳阳市2014高考英语一轮单项选择训练题（14）及答案

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(九)必修2Module 3《Music》（外研版）

★ 重庆市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（精品）训练题（6）附答案

★ 2017届江苏省淮安市新马中学高考牛津译林版英语一轮复习活动单：模块7 unit 3《The World online》