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【題目】A major development to self-driving cars may change the way we will drive in the future. Google, the leading company in self-driving technology, has changed its develop plan. It had driverless cars built by car factories, but now it will start building its own cars.

Google has started to build some kinds of experimental electric self- driving cars that look like a Smart car or Fiat 500. There is no steering wheel(方向盤)，gas pedal or brake. The only things a human passenger controls are a red “e-stop” button(按鈕) for fear stops and a start button. The car’s only “friendly” face is designed to make it help people accept self-driving technology.

Google workers took part in a long experiment, in which they used self-driving cars for their usual travel to work. No accident happened, but Google’s heads realized that depending on a human passenger to drive in an emergency(緊急情況) wouldn’t work because they may be reading, working , or sleeping. Now the self-driving car drives by itself if the driver takes his hands off the wheel for over ten seconds.

Google’s self-driving cars are now limited(限定) to a speed of 25 miles per hour for safety reasons. The cars aren’t allowed to drive on highways. However, a Google engineer said that once the cars are solved to run safely, we can drive at the speed of 50, even 80 miles an hour.

Google recently announced that its cars had covered 700,000 miles of public roads, and they were now running in busy city streets. People who love self-driving cars say this will improve transport by making roads safer, cutting down accident, and making less pollution.

Of course, there’s no need to look for parking at a crowded shopping mall. Instead, users could let their self-driving cars drop them off to park itself. A mother who took a test ride said that having the car would allow her more time to catch up with her son. The cars could also allow people who might not be able to drive to enjoy the hand-free driving. And drunk driving? Not a problem. It is very likely that by 2020, driverless cars will be common. Do you believe so?

【1】What equipment do the self-driving cars have?

A. A gas pedal. B. A brake.

C. A steering wheel. D. An “e-stop” button and a start button

【2】How fast can people drive a self-driving car now?

A. 25 miles an hour. B. 50 miles an hour.

C. 80 miles an hour. D. 100 miles an hour.

【3】What has Google company already done?

A.Google has changed its development plan and helped other factories make cars.

B.Google has already had car-testing experiments in all the states in the US.

C.Google has realized some problems and tried to solve them.

D.Google has asked its own workers to buy the cars and travel to work.

【4】 Which advantage of self-driving cars is not mentioned ?

A.They can start the engine by itself and make people’s hands completely free.

B.They can help to solve air pollution and reduce car accient.

C.They can park by themselves and make mothers look after young kids easily.

D.They can help those disabled people to enjoy the driving.

【5】What will happen if emergency happens when someone is driving a driverless car?

A.If the driver presses the “e-stop” button, the car will drive by itself at once to keep safe.

B.If the driver is reading, working or sleeping, he can’t handle the situation in time.

C.The car’s friendly face will work and help the driver accept the situation and stay calm.

D.The self-driving car will break the speed limit and run at a speed that the driver tells it.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了自動駕駛小車技術(shù)的現(xiàn)狀，發(fā)展前景等等。

【1】D 細節(jié)理解題。題意：自駕車有什么裝備？A. A gas pedal.加速器；B. A brake.剎車；C. A steering wheel.方向盤D. An “e-stop” button and a start button 電子開關(guān)。根據(jù)第二自然段，自駕車的裝備是電子遙控自動開關(guān)，故選D。

【2】A 細節(jié)理解題�，F(xiàn)在人們的自駕車可以達到多快了？ A. 25 miles an hour.每小時25英里；B. 50 miles an hour.每小時50英里；C. 80 miles an hour.每小時八時英里；D. 100 miles an hour.第小時100英里。短文第四自然段說，谷哥的自駕車出于安全因素限速25英里每小時，故選A。

【3】C細節(jié)理解題。谷哥公司現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)做到了什么？A.Google has changed its development plan and helped other factories make cars.谷哥已經(jīng)改變了發(fā)展計劃而希望別的工廠造小車；B.Google has already had car-testing experiments in all the states in the US.谷哥已經(jīng)在美國各大州做了小車測試實驗；C.Google has realized some problems and tried to solve them. 谷哥已經(jīng)認(rèn)識到了一些問題并開始努力解決；D.Google has asked its own workers to buy the cars and travel to work. 谷哥已經(jīng)叫自己的工人去買車上班。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，谷哥公司已經(jīng)開始做大量的自駕車試驗，并要開始造自己公司的小車。而且在工作中遇到了一些問題并在不斷地改進。故選C。

【4】A 理解判斷題。題意：自駕的優(yōu)點，下面哪一個沒有提到？A.They can start the engine by itself and make people’s hands completely free. 小車自動發(fā)動，使人的雙手完全解放；B.They can help to solve air pollution and reduce car accident.它們可以解決空氣污染問題并且減少交通事故，文中已經(jīng)提到；C.They can park by themselves and make mothers look after young kids easily. 它們可以自動停車并使媽媽更容易照看小孩，短文中已經(jīng)提到；D.They can help those disabled people to enjoy the driving. 它們可以幫助殘疾人享受駕車的樂趣，文中已提到。故選A。

【5】B細節(jié)理解題。題意：如果自駕車發(fā)生緊急情況怎么辦？A If the driver presses the “e-stop” button, the car will drive by itself at once to keep safe. 如果駕駛員搞下電子按紐，小車會馬上自動駕駛并保持安全；B.If the driver is reading, working or sleeping, he can’t handle the situation in time.如果駕駛員在看書，工作或睡覺，他不能及時掌控情況；C.The car’s friendly face will work and help the driver accept the situation and stay calm.小車的友好的外觀幫助司機接受情形并保持沉著；D.The self-driving car will break the speed limit and run at a speed that the driver tells it.自駕車將會打破速度限制并按司機的要求行駛。根據(jù)第二自然段，專家說，特殊情況發(fā)生時，還得要駕駛員控制，故選B。