Question

【题目】Every time we get behind the wheel of a car, we put our lives and the lives of others at risk. Self-driving cars are designed to reduce those risks by letting technology control our vehicles.

Accident rates for self-driving cars have been much lower than the rate, for human-driven cars. 【1】

As humans, we can make moral choices in avoiding accidents. To avoid hitting a child, for example, human drivers might sharply turn a car away from the child even if others may be injured. 【2】 Researchers studied this issue. They have developed the Moral Machine website to help explore the choices self-driving cars should make.

【3】. You are shown two possible traffic situations and you choose between them. An accident will take place. You choose how many living beings would be hurt or killed.

In one situation there may be a female doctor, a child, two dogs and a homeless person who would be killed. In the other situation, you might have two babies and a cat who would be killed. 【4】

The Moral Machine website has many situations and many possible outcomes. When you click on the situation of your choice, it will be highlighted. 【5】 At the end of the situation, you are shown the results, based on the choices you made. The results show which character you were most likely to save and which character you were most likely to have die.

A. Who should those victims be?

B. Then the next situation appears.

C. You choose who lives and who dies.

D. You can use the Moral Machine to be the judge.

E. But what moral choices can self-driving cars make?

F. The Moral Machine website lets you choose how you would react in a collision.

G. Google’s self-driving car has had only 13 collisions after traveling 1.8 million miles.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】E

【3】F

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】本文为介绍说明文。文章介绍了自动驾驶汽车技术及道德机网站。

【1】根据空前句子Accident rates for self-driving cars have been much lower than the rate, for human-driven cars.可知，此处在探讨自动驾驶汽车的事故率。故选G。

【2】根据空前句子As humans, we can make moral choices in avoiding accidents.及空后句子Researchers studied this issue. They have developed the Moral Machine website to help explore the choices self-driving cars should make.可知，此处在探讨自动驾驶汽车能做出什么样的道德选择。故选E。

【3】根据上文的They have developed the Moral Machine website to help explore the choices self-driving cars should make.及空后句子You are shown two possible traffic situations and you choose between them.可知，此处指道德机网站能让你在冲突中选择怎样反应。故选F。

【4】根据上文中的You choose how many living beings would be hurt or killed.及空前两种情景的描述可知，此处指你能选择谁生谁死。故选C。

【5】根据上文的The Moral Machine website has many situations and many possible outcomes. 可知，这个网站有很多情景和可能的结果，所以你选择了一种之后，另一种情景就会出现。故选B。