14.The elevator of the future may be just over the horizon thanks to German company    ThyssenKrupp.The firm has invented a cable-free elevator(called MULTI)that can go up and    down like traditional lifts but the magnetic motors allow it to go side-to-side too.The designers predict that this technology could increase the carrying capacity of existing architecture by as much as 50%.Plus it looks really neat.
ThyssenKrupp plans to use light-weight materials to build its elevator ears of the future and the lack of a cable winch(鋼纜絞車)will reduce weight as well.The ears wouldn't just move up and down as they do now but would instead go in a circle that allows more cars to slip in fight behind the next.The result is that you might only have to wait 10 seconds for the next one to arrive rather than wait for the one you just missed to come back down.
The technology backing ThyssenKrupp's MULTI elevator is very similar to magnetic    levitation(磁懸。﹕ystems used in high-speed trains.Each car has two magnetic motors-one    for vertical movement and another for horizontal.This system can also deliver power to the car's internal lighting and electronics without using wires.
A traditional cable driven elevator has mechanical components that can hold the car in place in the event of a power-off.ThyssenKrupp didn't go into detail about safety measures in its announcement but it's safe to say the magnetic levitation elevator will have some sort of system to hold it in place if the lights go out.ThyssenKrupp is working on a test tower that will be used to develop the MULTI into a rear elevator technology.This should be up and running by 2016 but it will probably take at least a few more years before you get to climb inside a magnetic elevator car.
32.What does the underlined phrase"over the horizon"mean?B
A.Above sea level.       
B.On the way.
C.On the market.     
D.Out of sight.
33.MULTI is designed toB.
A.save energy         
B.carry more passengers
C.run much faster     
D.be neat and comfortable
34.The key technology about MULTI is itsB.
A.cable winch         
B.magnetic motor
C.wireless electronics    
D.lighting material
35.What can be learned from the last paragraph?D
A.MULTI will sell well.
B.MULTI has to work on a tower.
C.MULTI will be put into use in 2016.
D.MULTI has a safety system in case of power-off.

分析 多虧有了德國蒂森克虜伯公司(ThyssenKrupp),未來的電梯已指日可待.目前,這家公司已研發(fā)出一款名為MULTI的無纜線式電梯.這種帶磁力馬達(dá)的電梯不僅可以像傳統(tǒng)升降電梯那樣上下移動,還可以在水平方向上運作.設(shè)計者預(yù)計,安裝這種技術(shù)大樓的運載能力將提升50%之多.此外,電梯看上去也讓人賞心悅目.
    蒂森克虜伯公司計劃用輕質(zhì)材料制造這種未來的電梯梯箱.由于沒有鋼纜絞車,電梯的重量也會減輕.這種電梯梯箱不再拘泥于像現(xiàn)在的電梯那樣上下移動,還能夠環(huán)線運行,于是更多梯箱能緊跟上一班電梯循環(huán)移動.這樣一來,你或許只需等待十秒鐘就能夠坐上下一趟,而不必再苦等剛剛錯過的電梯回來載你.
    蒂森克虜伯的MULTI電梯采用的技術(shù),與高速列車運用的磁懸浮系統(tǒng)原理非常相似.每一臺電梯都配有兩個磁力線馬達(dá),分別用于垂直和水平運動.通過無線感應(yīng),該系統(tǒng)還為電梯內(nèi)部的照明以及電子產(chǎn)品提供電力,無需再使用物理牽引纜線.
    傳統(tǒng)纜繩牽引的電梯帶有一些機(jī)械零件,在斷電時可使電梯停在原地.雖然蒂森克虜伯公司在產(chǎn)品的發(fā)布聲明中并未就安全措施作出詳細(xì)介紹,不過可以肯定的是,一旦停電也會有某種系統(tǒng)保證磁懸浮電梯能原地不動.
    目前,蒂森克虜伯公司正在開發(fā)一座實驗塔,用于研發(fā)MULTI技術(shù),使之成為現(xiàn)實,預(yù)計2016年將能夠得以實現(xiàn).不過,可能至少還需要幾年時間,人們才能真正座上磁懸浮電梯.

解答 32-35 BBBD
32題答案是B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)The firm has invented a cable-free elevator (called MULTI) that can go up and down like traditional lifts,but the magnetic motors allow it to go side-to-side,too.The designers speculate that buildings implementing this technology could increase the carrying capacity of existing architecture by as much as 50%.目前,這家公司已研發(fā)出一款名為MULTI的無纜線式電梯.這種帶磁力馬達(dá)的電梯不僅可以像傳統(tǒng)升降電梯那樣上下移動,還可以在水平方向上運作.設(shè)計者預(yù)計,安裝這種技術(shù)大樓的運載能力將提升50%之多.可知電梯已研究出來,還沒投入使用.故選B.
33題答案是B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)The designers speculate that buildings implementing this technology could increase the carrying capacity of existing architecture by as much as 50%.設(shè)計者預(yù)計,安裝這種技術(shù)大樓的運載能力將提升50%之多.可知MULTI是用來提升運載能力的,故選B.
34題答案是B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)The technology backing ThyssenKrupp's MULTI elevator is very similar to magnetic levitation systems used in high-speed trains.蒂森克虜伯的MULTI電梯采用的技術(shù),與高速列車運用的磁懸浮系統(tǒng)原理非常相似.可知MULTI 是用磁懸浮發(fā)動的,故選B.
35題答案是D.推理判斷題.根據(jù) but it's safe to say the magnetic levitation elevator will have some sort of system to hold it in place if the lights go out.不過可以肯定的是,一旦停電也會有某種系統(tǒng)保證磁懸浮電梯能原地不動.可知MULTI有一套安全系統(tǒng),預(yù)防停電.故選D.

點評 文章介紹了德國研發(fā)出可以橫著走的電梯.題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,做題時需要結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案;推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理地分析才能得出正確答案,切記胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).

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D.Shakespeare's greatest influence on the world culture.

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A.are needed toB.is needed toC.are needed forD.is needed for

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