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California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed a law for driverless cars to travel on public roadways, showing once again that Left Coast has a way of making car-makers develop faster.

It is not that smart minds in Japan and Germany aren’t already working on driverless cars. But with most new technologies, engineers want to make sure that they are safe enough before large production. The California law will allow them to travel on the state’s roadways if there is an experienced driver sitting in the driving seat to take over if needed.

“Today, we’re looking at science fiction becoming tomorrow’s reality,” Gov. Brown said during a news conference at Google’s headquarters. “This driverless car is another step forward in this long march of California and leading not just the country, but the whole world.”

The state often uses stricter laws to control greenhouse gases and global warming, which was strongly against by most car-makers in other states, saying it would be impractical for each state to make its own fuel standards. However, the U.S. EPA(環(huán)境保護(hù)署) sided with California . At last all sides reached an agreement, but the push from California undoubtedly influenced the EPA’s sharply higher fuel standards, which require car-makers to achieve an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

When it comes to driverless cars, California is actually the third state to authorize(批準(zhǔn)) them, behind Nevada and Florida. But by far it is the most influential. “It’s meaningful because California is a big state , a first mover and really a big player,” Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who studies autonomous transport law, told the New York Times.

【1】The sentence“California, of course , has led the way towards cleaner transport.”is the topic sentence of _________.

A. Paragraph 2 B. Paragraph 3 C. Paragraph 4 D. Paragraph 5

【2】From the whole passage, what are the advantages of driverless cars in California?

A. They are green and safe B. They are fast and big

C. They are green and big D. They are fast and safe

【3】The last paragraph is written mainly to ______.

A. introduce a new law signed by California

B. California is a big state and really a big player

C. California is the third state to authorize the law

D. show the influence of California’s law on driverless cars

【4】According to the passage, we can learn _______.

A. engineers in other countries aren’t working on driverless cars

B. California and the EPA reached an agreement on fuel standards

C. the developing of driverless cars in California will lead the world

D. California is the first state that allows driverless cars to travel on roads

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【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】這篇短文講述的是加利福尼亞州的州長(zhǎng)簽署了法律，允許無(wú)人駕駛汽車(chē)在道路上行駛，這對(duì)無(wú)人駕駛汽車(chē)的發(fā)展有著很大的影響。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第四段中The state often uses stricter laws to control greenhouse gases and global warming, which was strongly against by most car-makers in other states可知，這個(gè)州（指加利福尼亞州）經(jīng)常使用更嚴(yán)格的法律來(lái)控制溫室氣體和全球變暖，這與cleaner transport是一致的，因此這一句話(huà)應(yīng)該是第四段的中心句，故應(yīng)選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中The California law will allow them to travel on the state’s roadways if there is an experienced driver sitting in the driving seat to take over if needed.以及第四段中The state often uses stricter laws to control greenhouse gases and global warming可知，無(wú)人駕駛汽車(chē)是非常安全而且環(huán)保的，由此可知應(yīng)選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段When it comes to driverless cars, California is actually the third state to authorize(批準(zhǔn)) them, behind Nevada and Florida. But by far it is the most influential. “可知，作為第三個(gè)批準(zhǔn)無(wú)人駕駛汽車(chē)上路的州，加利福尼亞的影響是最大的，因此D選項(xiàng)最符合文意。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中This driverless car is another step forward in this long march of California and leading not just the country, but the whole world.可知，加利福尼亞州簽署法律允許無(wú)人駕駛汽車(chē)上路，這一舉措不僅引領(lǐng)了這個(gè)國(guó)家，還引領(lǐng)了整個(gè)世界。由此可知C選項(xiàng)是正確的。根據(jù)It is not that smart minds in Japan and Germany aren’t already working on driverless cars. But with most new technologies, engineers want to make sure that they are safe enough before large production.可知A選項(xiàng)不對(duì)；根據(jù)saying it would be impractical for each state to make its own fuel standards可知B不對(duì)；根據(jù)When it comes to driverless cars, California is actually the third state to authorize(批準(zhǔn)) them, behind Nevada and Florida可知D不對(duì)。