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Britain’s car industry may be slowing down but British engineers can still b

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问题     Britain’s car industry may be slowing down but British engineers can still build the world’s fastest car.【46】______(construct) work begins today on a car that engineers hope will break the land speed record【47】______more than 200 mph.
    The car, Bloodhound, is designed to travel faster than 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h) —far in【48】ex______of the speed of sound and the equivalent of crossing four football pitches every second. The record of 763 mph was【49】s______in 1997 by the Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, who will also drive Bloodhound.
    The time trial is【50】sch______for 2011 and will take place in a desert in the Northern Cape of South Africa.
    The car’s pencil-shape shell is made from【51】______(forge) aerospace-grade aluminum. Three engines lie under the bonnet: a 400 kg Euro-fighter Typhoon jet engine 135, 000 horsepower【52】eq______to the power of 180 Formula One cars.
    Wing Commander Green, 46, will lie feet-first in Bloodhound. As the car【53】______ (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 force of up to 3 G, the blood will drain from his head to his feet and he could black out. He will prepare【54】______the trial by flying upside down in a stunt aircraft. " A huge advantage is【55】______I’ve got 20 years’ experience of flying fast jets" , he said. [br]
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