Question

【題目】 What would the world be like if cars could drive themselves? If you see an empty car stop to_______its owner, what would you think? Or if you see a car full of passengers and the passengers are reading, listening to music or even sleeping, but_________of them are worried, do you feel fantastic?

Well, all of this could be the future of_________. There are several companies working on driverless cars. If they succeed, these electric, self-driving cars could be available very soon. But, how is it _______for a car to drive itself?

Nowadays, the cars have already taken over some of the drivers’_________, such as parking themselves and slowing down when they find objects nearby. They can also control the speed if there is _________, such as snowy roads.

Some cars can even help the drivers deal with some special situations. Scientists and engineers believe, ________the help of new technology like cameras and GPS, people can produce safer self-driving cars. The number of _________ accidents will be much smaller in the future.

However, there are still some people who do not like the _________. American lawyer Whit Dreake, for example, doesn’t _________these cars are safe. He thinks it is a mistake to develop such cars.

【1】A.stay upB.give upC.pick upD.make up

【2】A.allB.neitherC.bothD.none

【3】A.ridingB.drivingC.stayingD.running

【4】A.possibleB.comfortableC.terribleD.enjoyable

【5】A.lifeB.studyC.exerciseD.work

【6】A.moneyB.dangerC.workD.help

【7】A.toB.atC.withD.for

【8】A.suddenB.happyC.naturalD.serious

【9】A.hobbyB.problemC.ideaD.job

【10】A.believeB.knowC.hopeD.care

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介紹了未來無人駕駛汽車。

【1】句意：如果你看到一輛空車停下來接車主，你會怎么想？

stay up熬夜；give up放棄；pick up接某人；make up編造，根據(jù)前文的“an empty car stop”“一個空車停下來”和后面的“its owner”“它的擁有者”可知，應(yīng)該是接車主，故選C。

【2】句意：但是沒有人擔(dān)心。

all全都；neither兩者都不；both兩者都；none三者及以上都不，根據(jù)前文“the passengers are reading, listening to music or even sleeping”“乘客們正在讀書、聽音樂、甚至睡覺”可知，是沒有人擔(dān)心，指的是三者及以上的人，故選D。

【3】句意：所有這些可能就是未來的駕駛狀況。

riding騎；driving駕駛；staying呆著；running跑，根據(jù)上一段的描述可知，此處指的是“所有這些可能是未來的駕駛狀況”，故選B。

【4】句意：但是，對于一輛汽車來說，它是如何能夠自己行駛呢？

possible可能的；comfortable舒服的；terrible恐怖的；enjoyable令人愉快的，根據(jù)前文“If they succeed, these electric, self-driving cars could be available very soon”“如果他們成功了，這些電動的自動駕駛汽車很快就會上市”可知，應(yīng)該是它是怎樣成為可能的，故選A。

【5】句意：汽車已經(jīng)接管了一些司機的工作。

life生活；study學(xué)習(xí)；exercise鍛煉；work工作，根據(jù)所給空前面的“the drivers’”“司機的”可知，應(yīng)該是現(xiàn)在汽車已經(jīng)接管了司機的部分工作，故選D。

【6】句意：如果有危險它們也可以控制速度。

money錢；danger危險；work工作；help幫助，根據(jù)后文的“such as snowy roads”“如雪路”可知，應(yīng)該是危險，故選B。

【7】句意：在照相機和GPS等新技術(shù)的幫助下。

to給；at在；with和；for為了，根據(jù)固定搭配with the help of意為“在……幫助下”，故選C。

【8】句意：今后嚴重事故的數(shù)量將大大減少。

sudden突然的；happy 開心的；natural自然的；serious嚴重的，根據(jù)前文的“people can produce safer self-driving cars”“人們能生產(chǎn)比較安全的無人駕駛車”可知，應(yīng)該是嚴重事故會減少，故選D。

【9】句意：然而，有些人還是不喜歡這個主意。

hobby愛好；problem問題；idea主意，想法；job工作，根據(jù)后文“He thinks it is a mistake to develop such cars”“他認為研發(fā)這種汽車是個錯誤”可知，有些人不喜歡這個主意，故選C。

【10】句意：Whit Dreake不相信這些車是安全的。

believe相信；know知道；hope希望；care關(guān)注，后文“He thinks it is a mistake to develop such cars”“他認為研發(fā)這種汽車是個錯誤”可知，應(yīng)該是不相信，故選A。