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【题目】

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(环境保护署) 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(批准) 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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】这篇短文讲述的是加利福尼亚州的州长签署了法律，允许无人驾驶汽车在道路上行驶，这对无人驾驶汽车的发展有着很大的影响。

【1】推理判断题。根据短文第四段中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，这个州（指加利福尼亚州）经常使用更严格的法律来控制温室气体和全球变暖，这与cleaner transport是一致的，因此这一句话应该是第四段的中心句，故应选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据短文第一段中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，无人驾驶汽车是非常安全而且环保的，由此可知应选A。

【3】细节理解题。根据短文最后一段When it comes to driverless cars, California is actually the third state to authorize(批准) them, behind Nevada and Florida. But by far it is the most influential. “可知，作为第三个批准无人驾驶汽车上路的州，加利福尼亚的影响是最大的，因此D选项最符合文意。

【4】细节理解题。根据短文第三段中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，加利福尼亚州签署法律允许无人驾驶汽车上路，这一举措不仅引领了这个国家，还引领了整个世界。由此可知C选项是正确的。根据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选项不对；根据saying it would be impractical for each state to make its own fuel standards可知B不对；根据When it comes to driverless cars, California is actually the third state to authorize(批准) them, behind Nevada and Florida可知D不对。