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4．Terrafugia Inc．said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight，bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year．The vehicle-named the Transition-has two seats，four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car．The Transition，which flew at 1，400 feet for eight minutes last month，can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air．It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and burns 5 gallons per hour in the air．On the ground，it gets 35 miles per gallon．
      Around 100 people have already put down a﹩10，000 deposit to get a Transition when they go on sale，and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces the Transition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show．But don't  expect it to show up in too many driveways．It's expected to cost﹩279，000．And it won't  help if you're stuck in traffic．The car needs a runway．
      Inventors have been trying to make flying cars since the 1930s，according to Robert Mann，an airline industry expert．But Mann thinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car a reality．The government has already permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly．The Transition  is now going through crash tests to make sure it meets federal safety standards．
      Mann said Terrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration's decision five years ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft，which are lower than those for pilots of larger planes．Terrafugia says an owner would need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition，a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet．
 
28．What is the first paragraph mainly about？A
A．The basic data of the Transition．
B．The advantages of flying cars．
C．The potential market for flying cars．
C．The designers of the Transition．
29．Why is the Transition unlikely to show up in too many driveways？C
A．It causes traffic jams．
B．It is difficult to operate．
C．It is very expensive．
D．It burns too much fuel．
30．What is the government's attitude to the development of the flying car？B
A．Cautious．
B．Favorable．
C．Ambiguous．
D．Disapproving．
31．What is the best title for the text？D
A．Flying Car at Auto Show          B．The Transition's First Flight
C．Pilots'Dream Coming True         D．Flying Car Closer to Reality．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要寫了飛行汽車的數(shù)據(jù)性能，發(fā)展的狀況，政府的態(tài)度，可以預(yù)言飛行車離現(xiàn)實越來越近了．

解答 28．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)句子The Transition，which flew at 1，400 feet for eight minutes last month，can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air．It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and bums 5 gallons per hour in the air．On the ground，it gets 35 miles per gallon．可以看出列出的都是Transition的基本數(shù)據(jù)，所以答案選A．
29．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)句子But don't  expect it to show up in too many driveways．It's expected to cost﹩279，000．但不要指望它出現(xiàn)在太多的車道，它的預(yù)計成本﹩279000．由此可以推斷出 Transition 太昂貴了，很少有人買得起，所以答案選C．
30．B 推理判斷題．根據(jù)句子The government has already permitted the company to use special materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly．政府已經(jīng)允許該公司使用特殊材料，使車輛更容易飛行．可以推斷出政府對于制造這種車是贊許的，favourable"贊許的"．
31．D 標(biāo)題大意題．根據(jù)文章第一段第一句可知新的飛行汽車已經(jīng)完成了第一次飛行，使該公司更接近其在明年出售飛行汽車的目標(biāo)．以及最后一段說一個車主需要通過一個測試，完成20個小時的飛行時間，由此可見Flying Car Closer to Reality符合本文的主旨，所以答案選D．

點評 本文主要測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論，對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋．考生首先要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，完整了解信息，準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點．