Britain’s car industry may be showing down but British engineers can still build the world’s fastest car. (1)____(construct) work begins today on a car that engineers hope will break the land speed record (2)____ more than 200 mph.　　The car, Bloodhound, is designed to travel faster than 1,000 mph(1,600km/h)—far in (3) ex____ of the speed of sound and the equivalent of crossing four football pitches every second. The record of 763 mph was (4) s____ in 1997 by the Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, who will also drive Bloodhound.　　The time trial is (5) sch____ for 2011 and will take place in desert in the Northern Cape of South Africa.　　The car’s pencil-shape shell is made from (6)____(forge) aerospace-grade aluminum.　　Three engines lie under the bonnet: a 400 kg Euro-fighter Typhoon jet engine, a rocket and a third engine to pump fuel through to the rocket. This combination should produce 135,000 horsepower—(7) eq____ to the power of 180 Formula One cars.　　Wing Commander Green, 46, will lie feet—first in Bloodhound. As the car (8)____ (acceleration) to 1,050 mph in 40 seconds he will experience a force of 2.5 G, or about twice his body weight, As he decelerates and experiences forces of up to 3G, the blood will drain from his head to his feet and he could black out. He will prepare (9)____ the trial by flying upside down in a stunt aircraft. “A huge advantage is (10)____ I’ve got 20 years’ experience of flying fast jets,” he said.

发布日期：2021-09-17

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