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United States: Air crews searched through Thursday night for missing US adventurer Steve Fossett on a task they compared to looking for a needle in a haystack in the vast Nevada desert. Four days after Fossett’s plane disappeared, authorities dramatically (戲劇般的) increased the search area to 26,000 sq km from on an original 1,600 sq km. But they said it could take two weeks or more to find the 63 – year – old millionaire and aviation record – setter who disappeared on Monday., Thursday’s search turned up on trace of Fossett and no locater signals nor emergency beacons (求救燈) from him or his small single – engine plane, authorities said. Two planes with infra – red (紅外線) technology will fly through the night in hopes of finding him, they said.

Major Cynthia Ryan of the Nevada Civil Air Patrol said daytime ground patrols (巡邏隊) of the mountains and a search of western Nevada’s Walker Lake have been added, and the air search was extended into California’s mountain border. “Trying to make that needle stand out in a haystack that big is going to be a real challenge and is going to be discouraging for people who were hoping for results early on,” Ryan told a news conference. “Searches of this nature very typically can go on two weeks and longer. So four days into it, we are still scratching the surface,” she said. “We can’t always guarantee the result that everyone would like, but I do guarantee results,” Ryan added.

Fossett’s Citabria Super Decathlon disappeared while he was out searching dry lake beds for a planned attempt to set a land speed record. Nothing has been heard from a fine watch that Fossett is known to wear that is designed to let pilots signal their location in an emergency.

More than 12 planes took off at dawn on Thursday to scour the Nevada desert, whose mountains rise up to 3,000 meters and are buffeted by heavy cross winds. Searchers are using several types of planes, including some with imaging technology that quickly distinguishes man – made objects, including air – craft wreckage, from natural objects.

(from September 8 – 9 2007 China Daily)

1．Who is the man named Steve Fossett in the passage?

       A．A rich young man who like to risk.        B．A young millionaire that love to venture.

       C．An old man that enjoys walking.            D．An old adventurer who is rich.

2．We can infer from the underlined part looking for a needle in a haystack in the first paragraph that           .

       A．it is difficult to find Steve Fossett         

       B．it is easy to find Steve Fosset

       C．it is not clear whether they could find Fossett                        

       D．it is obvious that they could find Fossett

3．The reason why Fossett disappeared was that           .

       A．the plane he was on for business fell down from the sky

       B．he forced the pilot of the plane to fall down to the ground

       C．he wanted to set a record of landing by driving a plane

       D．he was not careful enough in piloting his own plane

4．The underlined word “buffeted” may have the closest meaning to            .

      A．attacked violently                                 B．beaten softly

       C．flowed quickly        D．blown normally

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