初中英文阅读理解练习.doc

PAGE PAGE 1 Comprehension Exercises 1 AEROPLANES Man’s natural home is the land, but many thousands of years ago he learnt how to travel on the sea - in fact boats are older than anything built for land transport. Travel on the sea was not a very difficult problem, * since wood, which can be found in most places near the sea, floats easily on water. But travel through the air was quite a different matter, since men knew of nothing which could at the same time float in the air and carry a man’s weight. For centuries, therefore, flying remained only a dream. * In Ancient Greek times, there is