A. TECHNICAL B. PACKAGE C. DIAMETER D. TEMPERATUREREAD THE FOLLOWIN...

4. A. technical

B. package

C. diameter

D. temperature

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet

to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

When your mobile phone runs out of battery power, all you have to do to get it working

again is to charge it up. Imagine if you could do the same thing with your car.

Researchers at car companies are developing cars that plug into electric sockets. These

vehicles might become the cars of the future.

The cars are called plug-in hybrids and they get most of their power from electricity, just

like other electrical devices like mobile phones and laptops.This technology would

significantly reduce the amount of petrol that people use. For countries that depend on

other oil producing countries for their petrol supply this could be a great advantage.

Presently, most cars use petrol. Unfortunately, burning fossil fuels produces carbon

dioxide gas, and when a large amount of this gas and other greenhouse gases are trapped

in the Earth’s atmosphere, they cause global warming. Hybrid vehicles have already been

developed and are being driven. These cars get their power from both petrol and

electricity; they are designed to be powered mainly by electricity and use only a small

amount of petrol. It might be some time before the cars will become available to the

public if

they

do, it will be a major breakthrough for transport.