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【題目】Science is always advancing over time. A self-driving car from the Google may be coming to a street near you. However, you won’t be able to buy it now. “We’re working to build the world’s most experienced driver,” Kraft, director of the project, said. “Everything that we learn in one of our cars gets passed to all of our cars. But you may need to get over the idea of traditional car ownership along the way.”

Google’s software has already driven 5 million miles in U.S. cities, including an “early rider” test in Phoenix last April. Since then Google has grown confident enough to remove the “auxiliary wheel”: a human “safety driver”. Powering the vehicle’s self-driving functions is a series of cameras, radars and sensors on the car’s roof, which detect everything nearby from other vehicles and passers-by to cyclists.

Kraft stressed that Google’s cars aren’t connected—they don’t need a 5G wireless link to go anywhere. “The car has everything it needs to drive on the car itself.” He said, “There are no signals coming from outer space or something telling it to turn right.” The resulting ride may not be too exciting but safe. Kraft added. “We can see three football fields down the road, we would come to a stop before we ran into these crowds.”

Google’s system has a major advantage over the semi-autonomous（半自主的）systems of Tesla and Cadillac, both of which need continued human attention. Kraft said Google plans to have service in every major city by 2028 with thousands of cars driving themselves.

【1】What does the underlined words “auxiliary wheels” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. A car that is very old.

B. A driver who has been trained well.

C. A part of a car used to sound the alarm.

D. A condition where a driver doesn’t know his role.

【2】Why is Google’s car thought to be safe in the text?

A. Because it can get away from danger easily.

B. Because it is equipped with 5G wireless link.

C. Because it can stop before the crowds occasionally.

D. Because it can keep a safe distance from everything nearby.

【3】What can we learn from the text?

A. Google’s software has not been tested.

B. Google’s cars have not been put into the market.

C. Driving the Google’s car may not be too exciting.

D. Google’s cars still need driver’s attention all the way.

【4】What does the author think of the Google’s car?

A. It’s affordable.

B. It’s still a theory.

C. It has a bright future.

D. It’s the most advanced by now.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】科學(xué)總是在進(jìn)步。一輛來自谷歌的自動(dòng)駕駛汽車可能會(huì)出現(xiàn)在你附近的街道上。這種汽車完全有別于其他的半自動(dòng)駕駛，那些在駕駛過程中總離不開人類的監(jiān)控，谷歌已經(jīng)足夠自信將來能做到擺脫人類的輔助駕駛。敬請(qǐng)期待吧。

【1】猜測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)橫線處單詞后的a human “safety driver”，二者之間是解釋與被解釋的同位關(guān)系，故“auxiliary wheel” 是指一個(gè)受過良好訓(xùn)練的司機(jī)。谷歌已經(jīng)有足夠的信心移除真人司機(jī)的輔助駕駛。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的Kraft added. “We can see three football fields down the road, we would come to a stop before we ran into these crowds.”我們可以在路上看到三個(gè)足球場(chǎng)（大小的面積區(qū)域），在我們遇到這些人群之前，我們會(huì)停下來�？芍�，它可以與附近的一切保持安全距離。選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章開頭說A self-driving car from the Google may be coming to a street near you. However, you won’t be able to buy it now.和最后一段最后一句 Kraft said Google plans to have service in every major city by 2028 with thousands of cars driving themselves.可以知道，谷歌的汽車目前還沒有進(jìn)入市場(chǎng)。選B。

【4】作者態(tài)度題。文章開始作者說到Science is always advancing over time. A self-driving car from the Google may be coming to a street near you.科學(xué)一直在進(jìn)步，隨之介紹了谷歌汽車的特點(diǎn)、駕駛原理、安全性等等，并且開頭和結(jié)尾兩次提到不久的將來它就會(huì)投放市場(chǎng)。作者對(duì)它的光明未來是充滿期待并且樂觀支持的。選C。