TheelevatorofthefuturemaybejustoverthehorizonthankstoGermancompanyThyssenKrupp．Thefirmhasinventedacable-freeelevator（calledMULTI）thatcangoupanddownliketraditionalliftsbutthemagneticmotorsallowittogos
TheelevatorofthefuturemaybejustoverthehorizonthankstoGermancompany ThyssenKrupp．Thefirmhasinventedacable-freeelevator（calledMULTI）thatcangoupand downliketraditionalliftsbutthemagneticmotorsallowittogoside-to-sidetoo．Thedesignerspredictthatthistechnologycouldincreasethecarryingcapacityofexistingarchitecturebyasmuchas50%．Plusitlooksreallyneat．
ThyssenKruppplanstouselight-weightmaterialstobuilditselevatorearsofthefutureandthelackofacablewinch（钢缆绞车）willreduceweightaswell．Theearswouldn'tjustmoveupanddownastheydonowbutwouldinsteadgoinacirclethatallowsmorecarstoslipinfightbehindthenext．Theresultisthatyoumightonlyhavetowait10secondsforthenextonetoarriveratherthanwaitfortheoneyoujustmissedtocomebackdown．
ThetechnologybackingThyssenKrupp'sMULTIelevatorisverysimilartomagnetic levitation（磁悬浮）systemsusedinhigh-speedtrains．Eachcarhastwomagneticmotors-one forverticalmovementandanotherforhorizontal．Thissystemcanalsodeliverpowertothecar'sinternallightingandelectronicswithoutusingwires．
Atraditionalcabledrivenelevatorhasmechanicalcomponentsthatcanholdthecarinplaceintheeventofapower-off．ThyssenKruppdidn'tgointodetailaboutsafetymeasuresinitsannouncementbutit'ssafetosaythemagneticlevitationelevatorwillhavesomesortofsystemtoholditinplaceifthelightsgoout．ThyssenKruppisworkingonatesttowerthatwillbeusedtodeveloptheMULTIintoarearelevatortechnology．Thisshouldbeupandrunningby2016butitwillprobablytakeatleastafewmoreyearsbeforeyougettoclimbinsideamagneticelevatorcar．
32．Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase"overthehorizon"mean？___
A．Abovesealevel．
B．Ontheway．
C．Onthemarket．
D．Outofsight．
33．MULTIisdesignedto___．
A．saveenergy
B．carrymorepassengers
C．runmuchfaster
D．beneatandcomfortable
34．ThekeytechnologyaboutMULTIisits___．
A．cablewinch
B．magneticmotor
C．wirelesselectronics
D．lightingmaterial
35．Whatcanbelearnedfrom
