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【題目】You know how much your telephone has changed over the past 10 years? Your car will change even more than that in the next 10 years. One of the biggest changes is that cars will drive themselves.

"We certainly have the technology for it now." says Andrew Poliak of automotive（機動車輛的）technology supplier QNX ."We expect self-driving cars to be a mainstream（主流）thing between 2020 and 2025."

The American company Google has been working on self-driving cars for years. These cars are already on the roads in the United States and are truly self-driving. Last week, the police ordered one of Google's cars to stop for driving too slowly on a public road. The car was not breaking any law, so no one was punished.

Another American company, Tesla, added an "Autopilot" feature(特點) to its cars last month. With the Autopilot turned on, the vehicle drives itself. The car will speed up, slow down, brake(剎車) and drive by itself. You can take control of driving any time by turning the steering wheel or touching a pedal. The car uses sensors（感應(yīng)器）to know when driveway changing is safe and whether it should speed up or slow down.

Tesla Autopilot is made for cross-country driving. It keeps you in the driveway and helps you avoid hitting other cars. It does not work well on local roads, for it will not stop at a red light or stop sign.

Reporter Carolyn Nicander Mohr tried the Autopilot feature(特點) of a Tesla earlier this month. She had a hard time trusting the car to do what it should do. She thought about canceling the Autopilot feature many times during her trip. She wanted to take control at every corner in the road and hit the brake when the car in front of her slowed down. However, the car drove perfectly itself.

Other companies like Marcedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, Volvo and Toyota are all working on self-driving cars, too.

【1】What do Andrew Poliak's words probably mean? ______

A. It is too difficult for people to make self-driving cars now.

B. Self-driving cars will be first put on the market in 2020.

C. There will be more self-driving cars in use in the near future.

D. Nobody loves to use self-driving cars at the moment.

【2】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. One of the Google cars was fined for breaking the law last week.

B. The Tesla’s car with Autopilot feature can sense traffic lights in front of it.

C. Tesla Autopilot car worked much better than Reporter Carolyn expected.

D. Tesla Autopilot is made for cross-country driving as well as local-road driving.

【3】Which word has the same meaning as “autopilot” ______ .

A. speed up B. self- drive C. slow down D. brake

【4】According to the text，how many companies mentioned(提到)are working on self-driving cars?

A. Three B. Five C. Six D. Seven

【5】From the passage, we can infer(推斷)that ______ .

A. Self-driving cars are popular nowadays.

B. Self-driving would be trusted by anyone.

C. Self-driving cars will be totally safe in the future.

D. Self-driving cars still need improving.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】D

【解析】文章大意：本文講述的是隨著無人駕駛技術(shù)的發(fā)展與成熟，未來汽車將會發(fā)生很大的變化。

【1】推理判斷題。Andrew Poliak的話可能是什么意思？A. It is too difficult for people to make self-driving cars now.現(xiàn)在人們制造自動駕駛汽車太難了。B. Self-driving cars will be first put on the market in 2020.自動駕駛汽車將于2020年首次投放市場。C. There will be more self-driving cars in use in the near future.在不久的將來，將會有更多的自動駕駛汽車投入使用。D. Nobody loves to use self-driving cars at the moment.目前沒有人喜歡使用自動駕駛汽車。由文中的句子Andrew Poliak說的話We expect self-driving cars to be a mainstream thing between 2020 and 2025.可知，他們期待著在2020和2025年期間，自動駕駛汽車成為主流，即未來自動駕駛汽車會越來越多，故答案選C。

【2】推理判斷題。A根據(jù)Last week, the police ordered one of Google's cars to stop for driving too slowly on a public road. The car was not breaking any law, so no one was punished.可知，谷歌的一輛汽車并沒有因為違法而被罰款，故A錯誤。B根據(jù) It does not work well on local roads, for it will not stop at a red light or stop sign.可知，擁有自動駕駛功能的特斯拉汽車不能感知前方的交通燈，故B錯誤。C根據(jù)Reporter Carolyn Nicander Mohr tried the Autopilot feature of a Tesla earlier this month. She had a hard time trusting the car to do what it should do.記者很難相信汽車能做它應(yīng)該做的事，以及下文However, the car drove perfectly itself.然而這輛車自己開得很好，可知特斯拉的自動駕駛儀比記者預期的要好得多，故C正確。D根據(jù)Tesla Autopilot is made for cross-country driving.可知，特斯拉自動駕駛儀是專為越野車駕駛而設(shè)計的，不是為本地公路駕駛而設(shè)計的，故D錯誤。本題是問哪一個選項是正確的，故答案選C。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)下文With the Autopilot turned on, the vehicle drives itself.當自動駕駛儀打開時，汽車自動駕駛，可知是在汽車上增加了自動駕駛功能，所以autopilot單詞意思是“自動駕駛”，故答案選B。

【4】總結(jié)計算題。根據(jù)The American company Google has been working on self-driving cars for years.美國谷歌公司一直致力于自動駕駛汽車研發(fā)，Another American company, Tesla, added an "Autopilot" feature to its cars last month.另一家美國公司特斯拉在汽車上增加了“自動駕駛”功能，Other companies like Marcedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, Volvo and Toyota are all working on self-driving cars, too.另外還有Marcedes-Benz, Audi, BMW, Volvo and Toyota都在研發(fā)自動駕駛汽車，所以本文一共是提到了7家公司正在研發(fā)自動駕駛汽車，故答案選D。

【5】推理判斷題。A. Self-driving cars are popular nowadays. 自動駕駛汽車現(xiàn)在很流行；B. Self-driving would be trusted by anyone. 任何人都可以信任自動駕駛；C. Self-driving cars will be totally safe in the future. 自動駕駛汽車在未來將是安全的；D. Self-driving cars still need improving. 自動駕駛汽車仍需要改進。根據(jù)It does not work well on local roads, for it will not stop at a red light or stop sign.再結(jié)合對全文的理解可知，自動駕駛技術(shù)還不成熟，不完善，所以還需要提高、改進。故答案選D。