試題詳解

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(A) Now, similar systems are being considered for civilian airports.
(B) In 2009 an Airbus with 155 people on board hit a flock of geese when it was taking off from LaGuardia airport in New York.
(C) As the figures suggest, these approaches do not work well.
(D) Just after the plane leaves the runway a large bird comes hurtling towards it and vanishes into the aircraft’s engine.
(E) The world-wide figure is estimated by the European Space Agency to be $1.2 billion.