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【題目】Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, continues to show off ideas for the future.

The Q80 Inspiration here in Paris is an excellent piece of work, perhaps a concept elegant enough to make us forget that Infiniti’s former Hong Kong-based president, Johan de Nysschen, moved to take over General Motors’ Cadillac car brand in July and Infiniti chairman Andy Palmer is the new CEO at Aston Martin, the British luxury car brand.

The Q80, if it becomes reality, will be brought to market by Infiniti’s new boss, former BMW （another famous car brand ）executive Roland Krüger. He should focus on this, at least until he is head-hunted to another company.

The Q80 Inspiration is a low and sexy four-door fastback, and it is also a showcase for technology – from autonomous driving to eco-friendly power trains. Here in Paris, the Infiniti people say the hybrid drive in this concept suggest exactly where the brand is going in the future.

The company says the Q80 speaks to how Infiniti plans to pull people into more expensive cars – cars that compete with the Porsche Panamera, for instance.

Alfonso Albaisa, Infiniti Executive Design Director, said the car “delivers feminine elegance and muscular menace in equal measure and strikes big in terms of styling, craftsmanship, choice of materials and attention to detail.”

Most importantly, for luxury cars buyers who are increasingly puzzled by all the technology, the designers focused on making things simple.

“There is a tendency with modern design that every time you add interior features and technology you add complexity,” said Albaisa, pointing to the concept’s easy-to –understand –and –operate infotainment interface.

As for power, the Q80 Inspiration gets 550 horsepower from a twin turbocharged 3.0-litre V-6 combined with a hybrid electric power train. Fuel economy could be as good as 5.5 litres/100 km.

【1】Who will take charge of the launch of the Q80 Inspiration?

A. Andy Palmer B. Alfonso Albaisa

C. Johan de Nysschen D. Roland Krüger

【2】 In the future Infiniti will pay more attention to ______.

A. details B. craftsmanship

C. energy conservation D. materials

【3】The Q80 Inspiration _______.

A. has been produced in large numbers

B. has autonomous driving system

C. has double doors

D. has complicated operating features

【4】 How many car brands are mentioned in the passage?

A.3 B. 4 C. 5 D.6

【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. An introduction of the Q80 Inspiration.

B. A promotion of The Q80 Inspiration

C. The future of the Q80 Inspiration

D. The history of the Q80 Inspiration

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了英菲尼迪全新旗艦Q80 Inspiration概念車。 Q80 Inspiration率先實踐了英菲尼迪自動駕駛技術理念，而且這款概念車是未來英菲尼迪Q80旗艦級豪華四門轎跑的雛形。量產后的競爭對手將是保時捷Panamera。

【1】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段The Q80, if it becomes reality, will be brought to market by Infiniti’s new boss, former BMW （another famous car brand ）executive Roland Krüger.可知答案選D。

【2】C推理判斷題。 根據(jù)文章第四段the Infiniti people said the hybrid drive in this concept suggest exactly where the brand is going in the future可知使用環(huán)保節(jié)能的混合動力是英菲尼迪Q80 Inspiration概念車的未來發(fā)展方向，故選C。

【3】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段The Q80, if it becomes reality, will be brought to market by Infiniti’s new boss可知這款車還沒有大批量生產，排除A；根據(jù)第四段The Q80 Inspiration is a low and sexy four-door fastback可知英菲尼迪Q80 Inspiration概念車是豪華四門轎跑，排除C；再從文章倒數(shù)二、三段可知此款跑車操作簡單，故D選項錯誤；而根據(jù)第四段and it is also a showcase for technology – from autonomous driving to eco-friendly power trains可知英菲尼迪Q80 Inspiration概念車有著自動駕駛技術功能，故選B。

【4】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段和第三段可知文章提到了Infiniti’s The Q80 Inspiration （英菲尼迪 ）、 General Motors’ Cadillac （卡迪拉克 ）、 Aston Martin（阿斯頓·馬丁） 、BMW （another famous car brand ）（寶馬）,再根據(jù)第五段cars that compete with the Porsche Panamera（保時捷），for instance推測可知Porsche Panamera也是一種豪華轎車品牌，故選C。

【5】A主旨大意題。本文主要從車型，耗油量，功能等各個方面介紹了英菲尼迪全新旗艦Q80 Inspiration概念車，故選A。