11. НМТ/ЗНО Tests for reading

CHANGE IN THE AIR AS PASSENGERS ALLOWED TO USE MOBILES

By David Robertson

One of the last refuges from incessantly ringing mobile phones is about to disappear as Emirates plans to allow passengers to use them on aircraft from January. The sound of people telling friends and relatives that they are "over Greenland" (1_________) and the wail of babies.

The airline has spent $14 million developing technology that will allow passengers to use their mobiles in the air without the phones interfering with cockpit systems. Phones are currently banned on all flights as soon as the engines are started because sign signal surges that (2 ________ ) Emirates believes that it will get approval from European air-safety regulators by January to become the first airline to offer the servіce. The calls (3._________) with airlines taking percentage to cover its investment. Using a phone in flight will cost about $2 a minute or 60p for a text message.

Emirates hopes to add a Black Berry service and laptop internet access later in the year. The company, based in Duba believes that its passengers 4. ( ______ ), pointing to the number that rush to switch on their mobile phones that after landing. Emirates says that the average of 13passengers a flight use the credit –card operated phones that are already installed 5. (_____)

But whether passengers want to listen to their neighbours discussing the view at 40,000 ft is doubtful according to resent surveys. In one US study, only 11 per cent of the 50,000 passengers asked wanted to make calls while on a flight. Many said that they enjoyed being uncountable, and business-class passengers in particular were eager 6 (_______). Emirates says it will counter these objections by allowing air crew to switch off system at night.

CHANGE IN THE AIR AS PASSENGERS ALLOWED TO USE MOBILES

By David Robertson

One of the last refuges from incessantly ringing mobile phones is about to disappear as Emirates plans to allow passengers to use them on aircraft from January. The sound of people telling friends and relatives that they are "over Greenland" (1_________) and the wail of babies.

The airline has spent $14 million developing technology that will allow passengers to use their mobiles in the air without the phones interfering with cockpit systems. Phones are currently banned on all flights as soon as the engines are started because sign signal surges that (2 ________ ) Emirates believes that it will get approval from European air-safety regulators by January to become the first airline to offer the servіce. The calls (3._________) with airlines taking percentage to cover its investment. Using a phone in flight will cost about $2 a minute or 60p for a text message.

Emirates hopes to add a Black Berry service and laptop internet access later in the year. The company, based in Duba believes that its passengers 4. ( ______ ), pointing to the number that rush to switch on their mobile phones that after landing. Emirates says that the average of 13passengers a flight use the credit –card operated phones that are already installed 5. (_____)

But whether passengers want to listen to their neighbours discussing the view at 40,000 ft is doubtful according to resent surveys. In one US study, only 11 per cent of the 50,000 passengers asked wanted to make calls while on a flight. Many said that they enjoyed being uncountable, and business-class passengers in particular were eager 6 (_______). Emirates says it will counter these objections by allowing air crew to switch off system at night.

CHANGE IN THE AIR AS PASSENGERS ALLOWED TO USE MOBILES

By David Robertson

One of the last refuges from incessantly ringing mobile phones is about to disappear as Emirates plans to allow passengers to use them on aircraft from January. The sound of people telling friends and relatives that they are "over Greenland" (1_________) and the wail of babies.

The airline has spent $14 million developing technology that will allow passengers to use their mobiles in the air without the phones interfering with cockpit systems. Phones are currently banned on all flights as soon as the engines are started because sign signal surges that (2 ________ ) Emirates believes that it will get approval from European air-safety regulators by January to become the first airline to offer the servіce. The calls (3._________) with airlines taking percentage to cover its investment. Using a phone in flight will cost about $2 a minute or 60p for a text message.

Emirates hopes to add a Black Berry service and laptop internet access later in the year. The company, based in Duba believes that its passengers 4. ( ______ ), pointing to the number that rush to switch on their mobile phones that after landing. Emirates says that the average of 13passengers a flight use the credit –card operated phones that are already installed 5. (_____)

But whether passengers want to listen to their neighbours discussing the view at 40,000 ft is doubtful according to resent surveys. In one US study, only 11 per cent of the 50,000 passengers asked wanted to make calls while on a flight. Many said that they enjoyed being uncountable, and business-class passengers in particular were eager 6 (_______). Emirates says it will counter these objections by allowing air crew to switch off system at night.