初中英语任务型阅读(4)

适合初中学生

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The world’s first “flying car” will soon appear in the market—It will be yours for

just ￡127.000.

The Terrafugia Transition is a light sport plane with four wheels and foldable.(可折

叠的) wings. It can fly up through the skies just like a regular plane. Then land on the

ground, fold up its two wings and drive down the road at highway speeds.

It is 19 feet long and can fly a distance of 460 miles, with a top speed of 115 mph

in the air and 60 mph on the high way. According to early reports, the plane uses

common gas—no rocket fuel(燃料) are necessary. It gets power through the 100

horsepower four—stoke Rotax 912S engine.

It is about as wide as most normal cars except the folded gliders(折叠的助滑装置).

The Terrafugia Transition can be put into most garages(车库) and drive normally on

the road. A special code(密码) from a pilot’s license is needed to get the wings to

unfold.

Interested pilots(yes, you need to be a licensed(有执照的) flyer or a driver with a

pilot’s license to buy one) can get an order of the flying car(or the highway plane) for

Answer:

26. wheel

27. fly

28. unnecessary

29. price

30. pilot/driver/flyer

31. rest

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Grown-ups are always telling kids what to do. Do you listen to them? Usually they

know what is best for you, but sometimes they can be wrong.

So, many countries have a special law(法律) to keep people under 18 safe.

Teachers can punish(惩罚) bad students, but they cannot just do anything they like.

If a teacher tries to kick you out of class, you can go to the headmaster and tell him

you have the right to stay in school.

1) School buildings and playgrounds must also be If the things you