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  Terrafugia Inc.said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight,bringingthe company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the nextyear.The wehicle-named the Transition – has two seats wheels and wings thatfold up so it can be driven like a car.The Transition,which flew at 1,400 feetfor eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and115 in the flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and bums 5 gallons per hour inthe air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.

Around 100 peoplehave already put down a $10,000 deposit to get a Transition when they go onsale, and those numbers will likely rise after Terrafugia introduces theTransition to the public later this week at the New York Auto Show. Butdon’t  expect it to show up in too manydriveways. It’s expected to cost $279,000.And it won’t  help if you’re stuck in traffic. The car needsa runway.

 Inventors have been trying to make flying carssince the 1930s, according to Robert Mann, an airline industry expert. But Mannthinks Terrafugia has come closer than anyone to making the flying car areality. The govemment has already permitted z&xxkthe company to usespecial materials to make it easier for the vehicle to fly. The Transition  is now going through crash tests to make sureit meets federal safety siandards.

Mann saidTerrafugia was helped by the Federal Aviation Administration’s decision fiveyears ago to create a separate set of standards for light sport aircraft, whichare lower than those for pilots of larger planes. Terrafugia says an ownerwould need to pass a test and complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the Transition,a requirement pilots would find relatively easy to meet.

28. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. The basic dataof the Transition.     

B. The advantagesof flying cars.

C. The potentialmarket for flying cars.  

D. The designersof the Transition.

29. Why is the Transition unlikely to show up in toomany driveways?

A. It causerstraffic jams.             

B. It isdifficult to operate.

C. It is veryexpensive.               

D. It bums toomuch fuel.

30. What is the govemment’s attitude to thedevelopment of the flying car?

A. Cautious                       

B. Favorable.

C.Ambiguous.                     

D.Disapproving.

31. What is the best title for the text?

A. Flying Car atAuto Show          

B. The Transition’sFist Flight

C.Pilots’DreamComing True         

D. Flying Car Closerto Reality