Question

【題目】Think of the empty cities in zombie (僵尸) movies. The streets, the shops and the schools are still there just like they would be on a normal day, except there are no people to be seen. It is the emptiness that makes you scared.

Now a real-life “ghost city” is being built in the US. But luckily, it has nothing to do with zombies –it is going to be a place to test the technology of the future.

Called CITE–the Center for Innovation, Testing and Evaluation (創(chuàng)新測評)–the city is the idea of technology company Pegasus Global Holdings. Covering an area of 15 square miles, this small, empty city sits in the middle of the New Mexico desert (沙漠), since we can't afford to test the latest technologies in the cities that we live in.

“It will be a true laboratory without safety problems that come with people living there. Here you can break things and run into things, and get used to how they work, before taking them out into the market,” Pegasus managing director Robert Brumley told technology magazine Wired.

In fact, without worrying about hurting people, anybody with a new idea can ask to test it in this city.

Just think about the possibilities – A. driverless cars can move freely on the streets, B. homes with robots can be designed, C. shared bikes can be seen everywhere and D. energy sources like nuclear (核的) power can also be put to the test.

As good as the idea may seem, however, there are still doubts about CITE. “One of the most difficult things to do when developing these new technologies is to have them safely move around people, who can suddenly jump out in front of something,” Reese Jones, a beginner of Singularity University, US, Fortune magazine.

Jones is worried that, even if a technology does perfectly well in CITE, introducing it to a real city will still be a whole different story because there will be people living in the city.

But no matter what, perhaps we should wait until CITE is finished in 2019. Maybe it will turn out to work just fine.

【1】Why do people need an empty place to build CITE?

A. Because the test will do well with the help of CITE.

B. Because the test will cause danger in our daily lives.

C. Because they can experience the new future technology.

D. Because they can help people get used to the technology.

【2】What can we learn from the article?

A. Anyone can ask to try out their new designs in CITE.

B. Things in CITE can easily be broken down and built again.

C. Testing all new technologies in a real city will cause problems.

D. People can suddenly jump out in front of some new technologies.

【3】In the fifth paragraph, there’re four examples marked A, B, C and D. Please choose the one which shouldn’t be there.

【4】What is the main purpose of this article?

A. To offer a way to develop future technologies.

B. To explain CITE and the problems to deal with.

C. To show that CITE has got a bright future ahead.

D. To explain why CITE is very helpful to technologies.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

這篇短文講述的是美國現(xiàn)在正在建造一座真實存在的“鬼城”，當然這與電影中的僵尸沒有關(guān)系，它是一個測試未來技術(shù)的地方。這個想法很好，但也有人對此表示質(zhì)疑。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段It will be a true laboratory without safety problems that come with people living there.可知，Robert說這個空城會是一個真正的實驗室，不會導致安全問題。由此可知應(yīng)選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第五段In fact, without worrying about hurting people, anybody with a new idea can ask to test it in this city可知，任何有新的想法的人都可以來這個空城里做實驗。由此可知應(yīng)選A。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段it is going to be a place to test the technology of the future和第五段anybody with a new idea can ask to test it in this city可知，這個地方是測試未來技術(shù)的地方，有新的想法的人可以來這里實驗。A. driverless cars can move freely on the streets是無人駕駛的汽車；B. homes with robots can be designed是有機器人的家；C. shared bikes can be seen everywhere 是共享單車；D. energy sources like nuclear (核的) power can also be put to the test.是新能源。C選項是我們現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)有的，不是新的技術(shù)，故應(yīng)選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文第二段Now a real-life “ghost city” is being built in the US. But luckily, it has nothing to do with zombies –it is going to be a place to test the technology of the future可知，這篇短文講述的是美國正在修建的一個測試未來新技術(shù)的地方，以及建造這樣一座空城的原因。故D選項符合文意。