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I passed my driving test at the fourth attempt. You might think that means I'm not as safe as someone who passed on their first attempt. But would you feel safer with no driver at all? Maybe not, and that's why automotive firms have included driverassist functions in their driverless cars. This allows the human driver to take over if there is a problem.

Google is one producer that has prototype driverless cars. These cars have been newly equipped with autosteering wheels and conventional controls to allow normal driving. But this is just a stage — the vision is to have fully automated cars very soon. The director of Google's selfdrive project, Chris Urmson, hopes his 11yearold son will never have to take a driving test. To achieve that, the cars need to be on the roads in five years. He says driverless cars will greatly reduce accidents and traffic jams.

According to Chris, about 1.2 million people are killed on the roads around the world each year. That number is equivalent to a jet falling out of the sky every day. He thinks gradual changes to existing car designs are not enough to deal with the problems. “If we are really going to make changes to our cities, get rid of parking lots, we need selfdrive cars，” he says.

Google's prototypes have covered over a million kilometers on the road. They have also had to deal with unexpected situations, such as a child driving a toy car in the road, and a woman in an electric whelchair chasing a duck. In each case, the car reacted safely.

Some are not convinced. Sven Beiker of Stanford University thinks driverless cars will still need human input in extreme circumstances.

【1】According to Paragraph 1, what is the author's chief concern about driverless cars?

A．Functions. B．Safety.

C．Price. D．Appearance.

【2】Chris Urmson mentioned his 11yearold son in order to show that ________.

A．traditional cars are harmful for kids

B．his son is not good at driving

C．his son is a slow learner in driving

D．driverless cars will come soon

【3】What is Chris Urmson's comment on selfdrive cars?

A．They can solve many existing problems.

B．They are safer than a jet plane.

C．They can completely change our cities.

D．They should change gradually.

【4】What can we learn from the text?

A．Google's prototypes will be tested on the roads soon.

B．Selfdrive cars are not designed for children or women.

C．Concerns remain about the reliability of selfdrive cars.

D．Driving tests will be easier to pass in the near future.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三、四句“But would you feel ... in their driverless cars.”可知，作者主要關心的是無人駕駛汽車的安全問題。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)第二段倒數(shù)第二、三句可知，Chris Urmson希望他11歲的兒子將來不用參加駕照考試。為了實現(xiàn)這個愿望，無人駕駛汽車須在5年之內上市，即在他的兒子16歲之前。由此可知，Chris Urmson提到他兒子是為了說明無人駕駛汽車很快就能被生產出來。故選D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“He says driverless cars will greatly ... jams.”和第三段最后一句“‘If we are really ...’ he says.”可知，無人駕駛汽車可以減少交通事故、交通堵塞和停車場擁擠等現(xiàn)存的問題。故選A。

【4】細節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)最后一段“Some are not convinced ... in extreme circumstances.”可知，Sven Beiker認為在極端環(huán)境下，無人駕駛汽車還是需要人工來操作。由此可推知，有些人還是擔心無人駕駛汽車的安全問題。故選C。