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       A CAR design team is bringing back memories of a famous scene from a James Bond movie by producing a car that can travel under water．

       In the 007 film, The Spy Who Loved- Me （1977）, Bond drives below the waves in a vehicle that moments earlier seemed to be an ordinary car．

       The scene was shot using special movie magic, but more than 30 years later the Swiss company Rinspeed has come up with a concept （概念） car - the sOuba．It is an open-topped sports car that car drive over land, above the waves and even under water to a depth of 10 meters．It is to be displayed at next month's Geneva Motor Show．

       Rinspeed boss Frank Rinderknecht, 52, is a James Bond fan．"For three decades I have tried to imagine how it might be possible to build a car that can fly under water," he said．"Now we have made this dream come true．”

       To make sQuba, Rinspeed took a sports car and replaced the ordinary engine with several electric motors．Three motors arc located in the back of the car．One provides power on land while the other two drive the screws （螺旋槳） underwater．

       For safety reasons sQuba was built as an open car so that people can get out quickly in an emergency．With an enclosed cabin （封閉車廂） opening the door might be impossible because of water pressure．

       sQuba is easy to drive．When you go into the water it floats, until you open the door to let the water in．Soon the sQuba starts on its way to the underwater world．To breathe, you'll have to wear a scuba mask（潛水面罩） connected to the car's compressed-air （壓縮空氣） tank．The vehicle can stay under water until you run out of air, which is about two hours．

       Sadly, those people excited by the sQuba may never be able to drive one as there are no plans to put it into production．

       "It's a tradition that we produce a concept car for the Geneva Motor Show．"said Rinderknecht．"We don't plan to build it," he admitted．

1．The sQuba can drive both on land and under water because ____．

     A．it was designed with an enclosed cabin

     B．it was built as an open-topped sports car

     C．three screws are positioned in the back of the car

     D．electric motors are equipped instead of an ordinary engine

2．The sQuba was produced to____．

     A．help shoot a scene in a 007 film

     B．update some water sports cars

     C．be tested before going into production

      D．be put in a motor exhibition

3．It can be inferred from the passage that ____．

     A．the sQuba probably can't run at the bottom of deep sea

     B．the sQuba will probably sell well in the market of Geneva

     C．the shape of sQuba is totally different from an ordinary car

     D．the driver in the sQuba can't breathe freely when floating on water

4．The writer of the passage would agree that ____．

     A．Rinspeed will make a lot of money by selling the sQuba

     B．Rinderknecht plays a role in the invention of the sQuba

     C．007 film directors will be interested in using the sQuba

     D．it's a waste of money to design an concept car for a motor show