文章大意:这是一篇新闻报道。文章提到飞行汽车一直以来是人们憧憬的梦想,近期由荷兰公司制造的PAL-V Liberty 飞行汽车已经进入了办理相关飞行许可的最后阶段,并有望于不远的将来上路行驶。
1 . For as long as there’ve been cars and planes, someone has been trying to combine the two. This Italian _________ was built in the 1940s. The trouble is, they’ve never been really _________, but now things could be about to change. Andy Wall, Sales Director, PAL-V said, “So, we had to stop _________, and we are now at the very last stage of processing the regulations within permissions for flight with this _________. So…It’s getting so _________. “The PAL-V Liberty is made by a Dutch company which is nearing the end of the long process to get everything licensed and _________.
The question is, who is going to buy one? Well, they’ve already got lots of _________. Marco van den Bosch, Chief Commercial Officer, PAL-V told us, “This is the _________ way to become a pilot. There’s always a small James Bond seat in every heart of every guy and every girl, so that’s where we’re _________ to.”
It takes less than ten minutes to turn it from a plane to a car. __________, isn’t it? You could __________ it at any airfield and then drive home. If you want to __________ one of these, it’s going to cost you €300,000. It sounds __________ but probably it will be a new motoring and air travel revolution if you want to be at the forefront of what they’re promising. You’ll need a private pilot’s __________ in the UK, but you can learn both here in Coventry and in Oxford. There’ve been many false starts in bringing a flying car to market. Next year, they believe, is when you may __________ one driving along a street near you.
1. A.toy | B.model | C.equipment | D.network |
2. A.portable | B.native | C.attractive | D.practical |
3. A.dreaming | B.working | C.cheering | D.wandering |
4. A.car | B.vehicle | C.plane | D.diploma |
5. A.interesting | B.risky | C.close | D.enjoyable |
6. A.designed | B.exchange | C.forbidden | D.approved |
7. A.gifts | B.opportunities | C.orders | D.goods |
8. A.fastest | B.slowest | C.funniest | D.oldest |
9. A.skating | B.removing | C.returning | D.selling |
10. A.Dangerous | B.Amazing | C.Unbearable | D.Grateful |
11. A.find | B.land | C.rent | D.arrange |
12. A.purchase | B.witness | C.invent | D.name |
13. A.a little | B.reasonable | C.a lot | D.possible |
14. A.ticket | B.theory | C.invitation | D.license |
15. A.imagine | B.suggest | C.see | D.appreciate |