题目内容
14.Your next car might drive itself."The technology is essentially here,"former US president Barack Obama told reporters.After years of trials on city streets,driverless cars are now nearing the live phase.Most experts think driverless cars will be on the road by 2020 or before.Yet we have barely begun to think about how they will revolutionize our lives,revamp(改造)our cities and destroy tens of millions of jobs.
Above all,driverless cars will bring us enormous benefits:it is expected that accidents will be reduced by around 90 per cent; pollution and carbon emissions will drop; people will save fortunes by ditching their cars; driverless cars will hardly ever need to park in city centers and cities can therefore convert parking spaces into parks.
On the other hand,driverless cars will bring catastrophe.Over the next 20 years,the mostly low-skilled men who now drive trucks,taxis and buses will see their jobs decimated.Instead of taxi drivers setting Uber cars on fire,we could see taxi and Uber drivers get together to set driverless cars on fire.Or think of insurers,many of whom now get about half their revenues from automobile insurance.Warren Buffett,who owns the auto insurers Geico,says,"Anything that sharply reduces traffic accidents would be wonderful.But we would not be holding a party.We could almost become an insurer without insurance."Governments and cities,too,will lose revenues from parking,speeding fines and petrol taxes.
Carmakers are especially scared.Driverless cars might be made by technology companies such as Apple,Baidu and Google.Imagine the impact on Germany,where the automotive sector is the largest industry.There may be a clash ahead mostly between car companies and technology companies.Carmakers want people to keep buying and driving their own cars.By contrast,technology companies will lobby(游说)governments to favour driverless cars.
Dramatic change is coming,but governments have barely begun thinking about it.Obama is a rare politician even to have mentioned driverless cars.Only 6per cent of the biggest US cities have factored them into their long-term planning.Most mayors and transport ministers are preoccupied with next week.
28.The best title for this passage can beB.
A.Driverless Cars,a Controversial Invention
B.Driverless Cars will Greatly Affect the Future
C.Welcome Driverless Cars to Cities
D.Driverless Cars will Arouse Conflicts
29.The words of Warren Buffett mean thatA.
A.driverless cars don't bring good to insurers
B.driverless cars will promote the insurance industry
C.driverless cars needn't pay for insurance
D.the insurance company shouldn't hold a party
30.From the passage,we can infer thatC.
A.driverless cars will bring more jobs
B.governments will not support driverless cars
C.authorities haven't gotten prepared for the driverless cars
D.driverless cars won't replace traditional cars soon
31.Why are carmakers especially scared?A
A.Because technology companies will produce driverless cars.
B.Because carmakers own advanced technology.
C.Because driverless cars will make drivers out of work.
D.Because driverless car industry has less profit.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了无人驾驶汽车对未来的影响,有人支持生产无人驾驶汽车,有人反对.
解答 28.B 主旨大意题,通读全文可知作者通过这篇文章主要向我们介绍了无人驾驶汽车对未来的影响,故选B.
29.A 细节理解题,根据第四段"Anything that sharply reduces traffic accidents would be wonderful.But we would not be holding a party.We could almost become an insurer without insurance.可知华伦巴菲特的话说明了无人驾驶汽车不会给保险公司带来好处,故选A.
30.C 推理判断题,根据第四段Governments and cities,too,will lose revenues from parking,speeding fines and petrol taxes.可知如果采用无人驾驶汽车,政府会失去停车收入,超速罚款和汽油税,由此可知政府还没有为无人驾驶汽车做好准备,故选C.
31.A 细节理解题,根据第五段Carmakers want people to keep buying and driving their own cars.By contrast,technology companies will lobby(游说)governments to favour driverless cars.可知汽车制造商特别害怕是因为他们希望人们人们继续购买和驾驶自己的汽车,但是科技公司会生产无人驾驶汽车,故选A.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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