Question

【题目】

Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally, younger people tend to 【1】 older people on the front end of a technological shift.

It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars, there doesn't seem to be a clear 【2】 divide. The public overall is split on whether they'd like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not.

The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so 【3】 across generations suggests how transformative the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car now-and no one can get one vet-but among those who are open to them, every age group is 【4】 engaged.

Actually, this isn't surprising. Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars 【5】 real value to these age groups, especially to those with 【6】 mobility or difficulty driving on their own.

This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related 【7】 than older ones.

When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more 【8】 based on factors not related to age. College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education：59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or less.

Where a person lives 【9】 too. More people who lived in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas.

While there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become 【10】. Once driverless cars are actually available for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】AD

【2】C

【3】B

【4】ABC

【5】A

【6】BC

【7】AB

【8】BD

【9】AC

【10】C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。人们一般认为年轻人比老年人更能接受新科技，但是在无人驾驶汽车方面，接受程度和年龄段没有直接关系。

【1】考查动词。句意：也就是说，普遍来说，年轻人能接受科技转型的人数比老年人多。tend to do sth。后面跟动词原形，故在A和AD选项中选。A promise 承诺 B. outnumber 比...多。tend to do sth“倾向于做某事”，根据句意，故选AD 。

【2】考查形容词。句意：当说到对于无人驾驶汽车的态度时，似乎没有明显的代际之分。根据第二段第一句中的though可知第二段和第一段的观点相悖，对于无人驾驶汽车这项新科技的接受程度，代际差别没有那么明显。故选C。

【3】考查形容词。句意：几代人对于无人驾驶汽车的多种态度显示了向无人驾驶汽车的转变能多具变革性。根据so可知横线处应该填形容词，由第二段48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not. “48%的人想要驾驶一辆无人驾驶汽车，而50%不想”可知，人们对此态度不一。故选B

【4】考查副词。句意：但在那些对他们开放的人群中，每个年龄组都有类似的参与。根据横线后engaged可知横线处应该填副词，根据句意。故选ABC

【5】考查动词。句意：虽然老年人有时不愿意接受新科技，但是无人驾驶汽车承诺给这些年龄段的人带来真正价值。分析句子结构可知，横线处缺少动词，且因为cars为复数，所以应该填动词原形。根据句意。故选A

【6】考查形容词。句意：虽然老年人有时不愿意接受新科技，但是无人驾驶汽车承诺给这些年龄段的人带来真正价值，特别是那些只有有限行动能力和自己驾车有困难的人。横线后是名词mobility，故应该填形容词，or表示并列，所以横线处意思应该和with difficulty driving on their own相近。故选BC

【7】考查名词。句意：当你考虑相较于老年人，年轻人一般对于行驶相关的科技更加感兴趣时，这一点尤其有趣。分析句子可知，横线前为形容词且没有冠词，所以横线处应该填名词复数。根据句意，故填AB。

【8】考查形容词。句意：当说到无人驾驶汽车，态度的不同更显著地基于非年龄因素。分析句子可知，more后面跟形容词，根据上文年龄因素在人们对于无人驾驶汽车态度上不是非常明显，所以其他因素更为明显，故选BD。

【9】考查动词。句意：人们住的地方也有关。上一段提到人们的态度和学历等因素有关，本段继续说明其他因素，分析句子结构可知，本句缺动词且为三单形式。根据句意。故选AC matters 。

【10】考查形容词。句意：一个人的年龄和无人驾驶汽车如何能成为主流之间没有太大关系。become为系动词后接形容词作表语。根据句意，故选C。