Can nonbustion (非燃烧) technology create a no-pollution way to drive？Imagine pulling into a service station to fuel up your car. But not at the gas pump or electric battery charger —at the air pump! That’s not hot air, either! The next generation of cars may run on thin air. Wouldn’t that be an incredible way to cut both pollution and dependence on foreign oil?
If you’ve ever inflated a balloon and then let it go, you’ve got the basics to test-drive the amazing MiniCAT, currently being developed by Noteur Development International (MDI), headquartered in Luxembourg. Invented by Formula One racing car designer Guy Negre, this experimental vehicle is unlike any car you’ve ever seen. While your family’s traditional car or SUV draws its horsepower using bustion, the only fuel that MiniCAT needs (CAT stands for Compressed Air Technology) is the air we breathe.
Start with about 25,000 gallons of air. Now, press it all into a space smaller than your school locker—because that’s the size of two super-strong, high-pressure air tanks, made from fiber and fixed beneath the air car.
Confining that much air inside those small tanks generates an internal pressure of over 4,000 pounds per square inch. That’s over 300 times normal air pressure.
When this cold, high-pressure air enters MiniCAT’s unique engine, it interacts(交互作用) with warmer air to create pressure waves that pump the engine’s engineered pistons (活塞) to move the car. MiniCAT’s projected top speed is 60 miles per hour, with a range of 120 miles on a full air supply.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?A．Ways to cut down air pollution.B．Cars that run on thin air.C．Formula One racing car designer.D．Dependence on foreign oil.【小题2】What is MiniCAT according to the passage?A．The name of a car.B．The name of a balloon.C．The name of a car pany.D．The name of a car designer.【小题3】The underlined world “Confining” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by .A．KeepingB．PreventingC．PushingD．Running【小题4】What does the last paragraph tell us?A．How much pressure the air creates.B．How the car works.C．What the normal air pressure is.D．How the air gets into the engine.B
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(答案→)B
解析：这篇文章主要讲的是靠空气行驶的汽车，通过介绍这种汽车的工作原理，读者可以看出这种汽车完全不需要污染严重的燃油，不会对环境造成污染。
【小题1】细节题：根据第一段的句子：The next generation of cars may run on thin air. Wouldn’t that be an incredible way to cut both pollution and dependence on foreign oil?可知这篇文章主要讲的是靠空气行驶的汽车，选B。
【小题2】猜词题：根据文章第二段的句子：Invented by Formula One racing car designer Guy Negre, this experimental vehicle is unlike any car you’ve ever seen.可知MiniCAT 是汽车的名字，选A
【小题3】猜词题：根据文章第四段的句子：Confining that much air inside those small tanks generates an internal pressure of over 4,000 pounds per square inch.将这么多的空气保持在这些小的箱子里面产生每平方英寸的4000磅的压力，可知“Confining” 是维持的意思，选A。
【小题4】段落大意题：从最后一段的句子：When this cold, high-pressure air enters MiniCAT’s unique engine, it interacts(交互作用) with warmer air to create pressure waves that pump the engine’s engineered pistons (活塞) to move the car.可知最后一段讲的是这种汽车的工作原理，选B。