4.C　推理判断题。由第四段的...It was called the car,and it also used the heat engine可知C项正确。由第三段的A new era replaced the old era of animal-powered transportation,an era whose characteristics were speed and comfort可排除A项;由文章的首句和最后一段的第一句话可排除B项;由第三段的...animal-powered...可排除D项。

　　【疑难词汇解读】

　　1.decrease v.&n.降低;下降,减少

　　The number of the workers in that factory is decreasing.

　　那家工厂的工人的数量在下降。

　　2.affordable adj.付得起的

　　Now houses are affordable to most people.

　　现在多数人都能买得起房子。

　　【长难句子分析】

　　以热力发动机为基础,科学家们制造了机器,这大大提高产品数量的同时也降低了生产所需要的时间和成本。

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Dubai boasts(夸口) that it has just built a “new global landmark”---the Dubai Tower, which stands 512.1 meters high now and has just become the tallest building in the world.

　　The Dubai Tower now surpasses Taiwan’s Taipei 101, which is 508 meters tall, and has 141 storeys, more than any other building in the world.

　　The Dubai Tower, being built by South Korea’s Samsung Corporation and scheduled for completion next year, is one of a series of great projects taking shape in Dubai. The final projected height of the tower has remained a secret since the project was launched in January 2004; however, it is rumored that the tower will be more than 700 meters tall and have more than 160 storeys.

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