Grade 6 English: Comprehension - Electric Aircraft

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A short comprehension about electric aircraft.

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• Publié par: Netsport
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2022
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• Langue: English

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Comprehension: Electric Aircraft

Comprehension: Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions:

 Grade 6

An electric flying vehicle called “Skai” (pronounced “sky”) was recently unveiled near Los Angeles, California. “Skai” is made by Alaka’i Technologies. The vehicle has six rotors on top. Inside, there are seats for five passengers. To many people, “Skai” looks like a cross between a giant drone and a car. Alaka’i Technologies hopes the vehicle will one day serve as a flying taxi, a cargo carrier, and an ambulance. Other companies, such as Boeing and Airbus, are also designing electric aircrafts. They are using batteries to power them. But batteries can weigh the vehicles down. “Skai” uses hydrogen fuel cells to power its rotors. Hydrogen fuel cells lighter than batteries and more environmentally friendly. A test flight will take place near the company’s Massachusetts headquarters, but it may be years before the aircraft is cleared to carry passengers. “Skai” must first meet regulations. “The technology is interesting, but the regulatory road will be very long,” attorney Thaddeus Lightfoot said. While they are waiting for approval, the craft could be used to transport food and water. It could also serve as a mobile cell tower in places struck by natural disasters. https://www.timeforkids.com/g34/car-in-sky/ Vocabulary to announce or show publicly blades that rotate to lift a unveiled rotors for the first time helicopter an unmanned aircraft a vehicle that transports drone cargo carrier operated by a remote control goods, not people clean fuel (not like petrol or hydrogen fuel headquarters head offices of a business diesel) rules that companies have to to carry goods or people from regulations transport follow one place to another disasters caused by changes agreement that the company approval natural disasters in nature, e.g. volcanoes, can go ahead earthquakes, etc.

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What is the name of the electric flying vehicle and who is responsible for

designing it?

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What other companies are also designing electrical aircrafts?

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