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 able to travel longer distances with less petrol. Plug-in hybrids will be even more advanced as 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 but if they do, it will be a major breakthrough for transport.

32. According to the passage, researchers are developing ____________.

A. cars that do not need a battery        

B. electric car that don’t need to be charged

C. cars that never run out of battery power

D. electric cars whose battery can be recharged

33. According to the passage, this new technology would be a great advantage for ____________.

A. people who don’t use much petrol        B. countries which do not produce oil

C. oil producing countries                        D. companies which produce cars

34. According to the passage, hybrid cars ____________.

A. use a combination of electricity and petrol        

B. have not been developed

C. use more petrol than cars running on petrol        

D. get their energy only from electricity

35. The word “they” in line 13 refers to ____________.

A. greenhouse gases         B. fossil fuels                C. cars                        D. distances

36. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. How to develop hybrid cars.                B. Cars running on petrol.

C. I low to reduce gas.                                D. Cars of the future.

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