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Post 2009 Comprehension

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
It is very nature of helicopter that is great versatility is found. To begin with, the helicopter is the fulfillment of tone of man’s earliest and most fantastic dreams. The dream of flying – not just like a bird – but of flying as nothing else flies or has ever flown. To be able to fly straight up and straight down – to fly forward or back or sidewise, or to hover over and spot till the fuel supply is exhausted.
To see how the helicopter can do things that are not possible for the conventional fixed-wing plane, let us first examine how a conventional plane “works”. It works by its shape – by the shape of its wing, which deflects air when the plane is in motion. That is possible because air has density and resistance. It reacts to force. The wing is curved and set at an angle to catch the air and push it down; the air, resisting, pushes against the under surface of the wing, giving it some of its lift. At the same time the curved upper surface of the wing exerts suction, tending to create a lack of air at the top of the wing. The air, again resisting, sucks back, and this give the wing about twice as much lift as the air pressure below the wing. This is what takes place when the wing is pulled forward by propellers or pushed forward by jet blasts. Without the motion the wing has no lift.

1. Where is the great versatility of the helicopter found?
The great versatility of helicopter is found in the nature of its motion, its flying of straight up and straight down, in its forward, backward or sidewise movement, or in its ability to hover over and spot till the fuel supply is exhausted.

2. What is the dream of flying?
The dream of flying is flying like nothing else flies or has ever flown. Flying freely in every degree forward, backward, sideways, up and down without any restraint.

3. What does the wing of the conventional aircraft do?
The wing deflects air when the plane is in motion, because air has density and resistance and it reacts to force.

4. What does the curved upper surface of the wing do?
The curved upper surface of the wing exerts suction, which tends to create a lack of air at the top of the wings.

5. What gives the wing twice as much lift?
The curved upper surface of the wing exerts suction, which tends to create a lack of air at the top of the wings, which makes it possible for resisting air to get sucked back and gives the wing about twice as much lift as the air pressure below the wing.
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