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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 （螺旋桨） 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 （封闭车厢） 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（潜水面罩） connected to the car's compressed-air （压缩空气） 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