A. MEDIUM B. AVERAGE C. POPULAR D. NORMALCONCORDECONCORDE, THE WOR...

10. A. medium B. average C. popular D. normalCONCORDECONCORDE, the world’s fastest and most graceful (41)______ plane, will soon be 25 years old.It first flew on 2 March 1969, from Toulouse in France.Concorde was developed by both France and Britain. From 1956 these two countries had a (42)______ of a supersonic passenger plane. In 1962 they started to work together on the (43)______. Theplane cost over £1.5 billion to develop. It is the most (44) ______ plane in the history of (45)______. Itwas given over 5,000 hours of testing.Concorde flies at twice the speed of sound. This means that it takes only 3 hours 25 minutes to flybetween London and New York, compared with 7 – 8 hours in other passenger jets. Because of the five-hour time (46)______ between the USA and Britain, it is possible to travel west on Concorde and arrivein New York before you leave London! You can (47)______ the 10.30 am flight from London, Heathrowand start work in New York an hour earlier!Concorde is much used by business people and film stars. But its oldest passenger was Mrs. EthelLee from Leicestershire in England. She was 99 years old when she (48)______ from Heathrow on 24February 1985.Each Concorde is built at a (49)______ of £55 million. Twenty have been built so far. Air Franceand British Airways (50)______ the most. They each have seven planes.