Question

【題目】 What would the world be like if cars could drive themselves? Imagine seeing an empty car passing by on its way to pick up its owner, or a car full of passengers who are reading, listening to music or even sleeping. But none of them are worried about the road ahead.

Well, all of this could be the future of driving. There are several companies, including Google, working on driverless cars. So far, no Google self-driven cars have gotten a traffic ticket (罰單), but some of them have been in accidents when other cars hit them.

These cars are now still in the testing stages (階段). But, if the tests are successful, these electric self-driven cars could be put into use very soon.

The cars are so special that they can take the place of drivers during certain situations. They are able to park themselves, or slow down when they notice objects close by. They can also control the speed if there is danger.

Scientists and engineers believe, with the help of wireless signals (無(wú)線信號(hào)) , cameras and GPS, creating a safe self-driven car might be possible. The cause of deadly (致死的) road accidents is usually careless drivers or bad conditions. The self-driven car may be able to prevent these. However, some people don’t like the idea. American lawyer Whit Drake does not believe these cars are safe. He thinks that technologies can also be mistakes.

Complete the chart according to the passage with only one word for each blank.

Self-driven cars
The future of driving	An empty car can drive 【1】 on the road. Or none of the passengers in it are worried about the road ahead.
The situation	They are in the 【2】 stages. Probably these electric cars made by some companies will be used soon.
The 【3】	They can park themselves, slow down and control the speed.
Different ideas about them	Scientists think they can prevent road 【4】. However, someone thinks they are 【5】 because technologies can also be mistakes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】itself

【2】testing

【3】features

【4】accidents

【5】unsafe/dangerous

【解析】

本文介紹了自動(dòng)駕駛汽車的特點(diǎn)，目前這些車輛正處在實(shí)驗(yàn)階段，如果測(cè)試成功，將很快投入使用。

【1】

根據(jù)第一段中“… cars could drive themselves”可知，此處是“一輛空車可以自己開”；themselves是反身代詞，句中主語(yǔ)是An empty car，所以此處使用反身代詞itself，意為“它自己”。故填itself。

【2】

根據(jù)第三段中“These cars are now still in the testing stages.”可知，這些車現(xiàn)在還在測(cè)試階段，所以此處使用testing，testing stages表示“測(cè)試階段”。故填testing。

【3】

根據(jù)第四段中“The cars are so special that they can take the place of drivers during certain situations. They are able to park themselves, or slow down when they notice objects close by.”可知，這些車非常特別，在某些情況下可以代替司機(jī)。它們能夠自己停車，或者當(dāng)它們注意到附近的物體時(shí)減速。所以，能夠自己停車，減速并控制速度是這些車的特點(diǎn)；feature是可數(shù)名詞，意為“特點(diǎn)”，因?yàn)檫@些車的特點(diǎn)不止一種，所以此處使用feature的復(fù)數(shù)形式。故選features。

【4】

根據(jù)最后一段中“The cause of deadly (致死的) road accidents is usually careless drivers or bad conditions. The self-driven car may be able to prevent these.”可知，自動(dòng)駕駛汽車可以防止人為原因或惡劣情況引起的這些交通事故，所以此處使用accidents，road accidents交通事故。故填accidents。

【5】

根據(jù)最后一段中“American lawyer Whit Drake does not believe these cars are safe.”可知，有人認(rèn)為這些車是不安全的；unsafe或dangerous都是形容詞，均可以表示“不安全的”。故填unsafe/dangerous。