GMT on Monday, taking just over 48 hours to make the trip. Its final stop is Abu Dhabi, where the challenge began in March 2015. The two pilots sharing flying duties will each take one more turn at the controls.Andre Borschberg did the Seville-Cairo stage, flying over the pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza before landing. Bertrand Piccard will complete the challenge by taking Solar Impulse back to the United Arab Emirates in the next few days, depending on the weather. Towards the end of the flight, it was the first time the plane’s battery levels had gone under 30%, mission managers said. They organised to land in Egypt, where they were greeted by the country’s ministers of aviation and energy, in the morning when the winds and temperatures were most favourable.Before taking off from Seville International Airport, Mr. Borschberg said he inevitably felt the emotion of making his last journey in the plane.It crossed seven countries, negotiating some busy air routes.For Mr. Piccard, reaching Egypt is an important milestone for the project he founded.Mr. Piccard and Mr. Borschberg have been working on the Solar Impulse project for more than a decade. Their plane is wider than a 747 jumbo jet but weighs just 2.3 tonnes.[听力文本资源]1. [听力文本资源] What is the news mainly about? [听力文本资源]A) A flight with busy air routes.B) The departure of a sun-powered plane.C) A trip of a zero-fuel plane with low battery level.D) The landing of the sun-powered plane in Cairo. 2. [听力文本资源] Where did the sun-powered plane take off? [听力文本资源]A) Egypt.B) Spain. C) Abu Dhabi.D) United States.3. [听力文本资源] What do we learn about the flight from the news? [听力文本资源]A) It took more than 38 hours to make the trip.B) Andre Borschberg completed the whole flight.C) The flight crossed nine countries.D) The ministers of aviation and energy in Egypt greeted the flight.

[听力文本资源]The sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse has finished its next-to-last flight, landing in Egypt’s capital, Cairo. It took off from the Spanish city of Seville at 04:20 a.m. GMT on Monday, taking just over 48 hours to make the trip. Its final stop is Abu Dhabi, where the challenge began in March 2015. The two pilots sharing flying duties will each take one more turn at the controls. Andre Borschberg did the Seville-Cairo stage, flying over the pyramids and the Sphinx at Giza before landing. Bertrand Piccard will complete the challenge by taking Solar Impulse back to the United Arab Emirates in the next few days, depending on the weather. Towards the end of the flight, it was the first time the plane’s battery levels had gone under 30%, mission managers said. They organised to land in Egypt, where they were greeted by the country’s ministers of aviation and energy, in the morning when the winds and temperatures were most favourable. Before taking off from Seville International Airport, Mr. Borschberg said he inevitably felt the emotion of making his last journey in the plane. It crossed seven countries, negotiating some busy air routes. For Mr. Piccard, reaching Egypt is an important milestone for the project he founded. Mr. Piccard and Mr. Borschberg have been working on the Solar Impulse project for more than a decade. Their plane is wider than a 747 jumbo jet but weighs just 2.3 tonnes.[听力文本资源]1. [听力文本资源] What is the news mainly about? [听力文本资源]A)  A flight with busy air routes.B)  The departure of a sun-powered plane.C)  A trip of a zero-fuel plane with low battery level.D)  The landing of the sun-powered plane in Cairo. 2. [听力文本资源] Where did the sun-powered plane take off? [听力文本资源]A)  Egypt.B)  Spain. C)  Abu Dhabi.D)  United States.3. [听力文本资源] What do we learn about the flight from the news? [听力文本资源]A)  It took more than 38 hours to make the trip.B)  Andre Borschberg completed the whole flight.C)  The flight crossed nine countries.D)  The ministers of aviation and energy in Egypt greeted the flight.