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Have you ever seen a car without a driver? It sounds crazy, but these computer-driven driverless cars will soon be filling roads near you. Companies like Google and Tesla have been designing and testing these cars, and the technology is there.

So how? The cars have sensors(感应器)all around which can find other cars and objects in the road. Road signs are read by cameras, and satellite navigation systems(卫星导航系统)are used so the car knows how to get where you want to go. All you have to do is type in the address! Finally, a central computer system takes in all the information that it receives from the sensors and cameras and works out when to speed up, stop and turn.

Sound like your idea of heaven(天堂)? Sitting back, looking out of the windows and even watching a film or reading a book while ‘driving’ would be possible with this new technology. You wouldn’t have to worry about remembering directions to where you’re going. In addition, computers would also drive more safely than people — they would obey the rules and have quicker action times when in dangerous situations.

However, there are many drawbacks of driverless cars. Computers would have difficulties making ethical(道德的)decisions: if a child ran into the road, would the computer choose to hit the child or turn suddenly and potentially kill the car’s passengers? Moreover, I personally find driving fun –I’d miss never driving a car myself. There would also be many other decisions to be made –should children, or drunk people, be allowed in a driverless car by themselves? Or would there need to be a person with a driving license in the car at all times?

I’m not certain I’d want a driverless car – but it’s only a matter of time before they’ll become more affordable and popular on our roads.

1.When using a driverless car, you need only .

A. read the road signs carefully B. check the cameras

C. put the address into the computer D. remember the directions

2.The third paragraph mainly tells us about the of driverless cars.

A. instructions B. standards C. advantages D. tests

3.The underlined word “potentially” in Paragraph 4 means “ “.

A. possibly B. successfully C. especially D. naturally

4.What’s the writer’s opinion about future driverless cars?

A. They’ll cause more accidents. B. They’ll be less expensive.

C. They’ll use less energy. D. They’ll run much faster.

1.C 2.C 3.A 4.B 【解析】试题分析:本文介绍了无人驾驶车需要人们做的仅仅输入要去的地址,介绍了它的优点及缺点。 1. 2. 3. 4.
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Can you remember a face quickly and never forget it? If so, then you could be a super recognizer.

Usually it is easy for someone to recognize the faces of their family members and friends. But it could be difficult for them to remember faces that they have only seen once. However, studies have found that super recognizers have amazing face recognition skills. They can remember at least 80 per cent of faces they have ever seen. According to the Daily Mail, at least one in 50 people are super recognizers.

A study was carried out in Bournemouth University of UK recently. Researchers tried to find whether super recognizers have a different way to remember faces. They found that when these people look at faces, they spend more time looking at the person's nose. They also found that these people are not smarter than others. Their super ability is restricted(有限的) only to face recognition.

Another important finding is that there are two subtypes(子类型) of super recognition. Some never forget faces. But for some, if you show pairs of faces to them at the same time, they can quickly decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people. In fact, many super recognizers say they are very good at recognizing faces in a crowd.

These subtypes of super recognition could be applied to many areas of life. For example, the skills could be very useful at a passport control checkpoint. Super recognizers could also help police find known troublemakers and even missing people in the crowd.

1.The super recognizers can remember ________ of the faces they've ever seen.

A. all

B. at least 80 per cent

C. at least 50 per cent

D. half

2.What did the university's study find about super recognizers?

A. They spend the same time on one's eyes and nose.

B. They pay more attention to a person's nose.

C. They are a lot smarter than other people.

D. They are also very good at voice recognition.

3.What are the two subtypes of super recognition?

a. One type can decide whether the faces are of the same person or two different people.

b. One type can only recognize children's faces.

c. One type can remember faces they've seen forever.

d. One type can easily draw a picture of the faces they saw.

A. a,c B. b,c C. c,d D. a,d

4.What does the underlined word “applied” mean in the passage?

A. developed B. asked

C. shown D. used

5.What does the last paragraph talk about?

A. More subtypes of super recognition.

B. Reasons of different subtypes.

C. Uses of super recognition in some jobs.

D. How to be a super recognizer.

1.B 2.B 3.A 4.D 5.C 【解析】试题分析:本文是一篇说明文。英国伯恩茅斯大学的研究人员发现,世界上有些人可能拥有不可思议的人脸识别技能,这些人被称为“超级辨别者”,他们至少能识别80%的面孔。超级辨别者可以帮助警察寻找犯罪分子,甚至失踪人口。 1.题意:超级识别者可以记住他们见过的至少80%张面孔。考查细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二句“They ...

Huw Thomas fell in love with Megan. But then an accident changed his life, and he had to move to Canada. Megan promised to write to him. But Huw never heard from her … until one day a letter arrived.

He saw the letter came from where he and his father had lived in their early years. Who was writing to him? He turned the envelop(信封) over in his hands several times. Then he took out the letter and read:

Dear Huw,

I don't know if this letter will reach you, and I don't really know why I'm writing to you after all these years, but …

Huw turned to the end of the letter and saw:

Best wishes

Megan

He couldn't believe it. He turned back to the first words of the letter and read:

After all these years, but I've just found your letter to me from Canada. Believe me, this was the first time I'd read them and they made me cry, even after 50 years. I found them in a box of my father's papers. They were never opened.

Huw, I never knew that you'd written to me. I thought your new life in Canada had made you forget me. Now I realize that my father kept your letters. I can still remember asking him if there was any letter for me, and he always said, “____, my girl. I told you he was no good.” Finally, after about a year, I believed him.

But why did he keep the letters? Do you think he wanted me to find them when it was too late? Anyways, he's dead now, so I can't ask him. All I can say is I'm sorry. Sorry for what my father did, sorry that you never heard from me and sorry for… everything.

I hope that at least this letter reaches you. Of course, I'll understand if you don't want to write back to me, but if you do. I am still Megan Jenkins, and I will live at the same address.

Best wishes,

Megan

Huw read the letter again. Everything with Megan came back to him. He had never forgotten her. He couldn't. Every day he looked at her face on the wall. He had a drawing of her. It had travelled everywhere with him. But to hear from her again …

“Are you all right, Dad?” asked Mike, coming into the room.

(Adapted from Two Lives by Helen Naylor)

1.Why did Huw turn to the end of the letters before he finished the rest of it?

A. Because he was not interested in the beginning.

B. Because he didn't like to read letters from Megan.

C. Because he wanted to finish reading it in a short time.

D. Because he wanted to know whom the letter was from.

2.Megan failed to read Huw's letters because ________.

A. her father kept them

B. they were lost on the way

C. she moved to another city

D. he didn't post them at all

3.Which of the following sentences can be put in the ____?

A. Sorry, it's my fault

B. Look up here

C. No, he has forgotten you

D. Yes, here are the ones from him

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Huw had never got married all these years.

B. Megan was still living with her father in Canada.

C. Megan was sure that Huw would receive her letter.

D. Megan still loved Huw and felt sorry for what had happened.

1.D 2.A 3.C 4.D 【解析】试题分析:本文以书信的形式,讲述了一个凄美的爱情故事。Huw和梅甘曾经是一对恋人,后来因为变故不得不搬到加拿大去。梅甘答应给他写信,但是Huw从未收到她的信。直到有一天,一封信来自梅甘的信解开了疑团。原来,Huw寄出的信被梅甘的父亲藏了起来,还欺骗梅甘说Huw已经忘记她了,梅甘绝望了。直到父亲死后,在整理父亲的文件时,梅甘终于发现了H...

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