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1、Unit 9 单元主题语篇训练AWhat if the car waiting patiently behind a parked bus is a driverless or autonomous vehicle (AV)?Will this robot car be able to understand what you mean when you flash your lights or madly wave your hands?Its sensors could decide that its only safe to overtake when theres no oncoming
2、 traffic at all.On a busy road at schoolhome time, this may be never leading to increasingly angry passengers and increasingly angry drivers queuing behind.And how will a robot car driving out from a Tjunction into oncoming traffic be able to make the necessary eye contact with a human driver?These
3、safetyfirst robot cars could become victims of their own politeness and end up being bullied and ignored by aggressive, impatient humans.This, at any rate, is one of the conclusions to be drawn from research carried out by Dr. Chris Tennant of the psychological and behavioral science department at t
4、he London School of Economics.His Europewide survey finds that nearly twothirds of drivers think machines wont have enough common sense to interact with human drivers.And more than twofifths think a robot car would remain stuck behind our parked lorry for a long time.“If you view the road as a socia
5、l space, you will consciously negotiate your journey with other drivers.People who like that negotiation process appear to feel less comfortable engaging with AVs than with human drivers,”says Mr Tennant in his report.Of course, humans are always skeptical about new technologies of which they have l
6、ittle experience.That skepticism usually decreases with usage, however.And even many skeptics accept that emotionless AVs could cause fewer accidents than we humans, with our tendency to road anger, tiredness and lack of concentration.A statistic often repeated is that human error is responsible for
7、 more than 90% of accidents.But 70% of the 12,000 people Mr Tennant and his team interviewed agreed that: “As a point of principle, humans should be in control of their vehicles.” An even greater proportion 80% thought an autonomous vehicle should always have a steering wheel.语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了无人
8、驾驶车辆针对不同路况的应对措施、遭受的歧视以及与人为驾驶车辆相比的优势等,从而告诉人们要接受并尊重无人驾驶车辆。1What do we know about an autonomous vehicle according to the text?AIt is controlled by a robot.BIt waits shorter than other cars.CIt judges traffic by drivers online.DIt recognizes angry human drivers.解析:选A细节理解题。由第一段第二句可知,无人驾驶的车辆是由机器人操纵的。2What
9、 did Dr. Chris Tennant find in his study?AAutonomous vehicles wont interact with human drivers.BAutonomous vehicles avoid passing Tjunctions ahead of time.CAutonomous vehicles drive in the same ways as human drivers.DAutonomous vehicles may suffer from impatient human drivers.解析:选D细节理解题。由第二段第二句可知,克里
10、斯坦南特博士研究团队得出的结论是:无人驾驶车辆可能会遭到没有耐心的司机的伤害。3What can we infer from the text?AAutonomous vehicles will be less social.BAutonomous vehicles are safer than generally expected.CHuman drivers have been replaced by autonomous vehicles.DHuman drivers are willing to interact with autonomous vehicles.解析:选B推理判断题。
11、由第三段第三句和第五句可知,无人驾驶车辆比人们普遍认为得更安全。4What is the best title for the text?AAn Autonomous Car Takes a Test RunBWhat Is Driverless Technology Like?CSay No to the Coming Driverless TrendDWould You Bully a Driverless Car or Show It Respect?解析:选D标题归纳题。概括全文内容可知,作者叙述了无人驾驶车辆的优点以及它可能会遭到没有耐心的司机的欺负,再结合作者支持无人驾驶车辆可知,
12、本文中心思想是不要欺负和不尊重无人驾驶车辆。故选D。BThe number of buses, taxis and other vehicles on Kenyas roads is growing every day.Now, the countrys first electricpowered motorbikes are coming onto the market.The bike is designed to cut down on pollution and aimed at lowincome communities.Most motorbikes used in Kenya d
13、epend on gasoline, but not this new motorbike.Three university students developed the new ecotran bike.It catches the suns energy, stores it in batteries and uses it to charge (充电) the electric motor.Robert Achoge is one of the student inventors.“Our hope is that by the fifth year, we will be able t
14、o cover the whole of Kenya with the electric motorcycle so as to protect the environment and provide affordable transport.”The students have set up a charging station for the motorbikes in Nairobi.The small battery can run for 70 kilometers when fully charged.Once the power is used up, the motorbike
15、 has to return to the station while another charged battery is connected to the bike.The US.African Development Foundation (ADF) is helping set up two solarpowered charging stations in the port of Kisumu.Each ecotran bike costs about D|S700.One taxi operator says the new motorbike costs less to oper
16、ate than that running on traditional gasoline.“When it comes to buying gasoline, theres no need.Its basically good for various things.As long as you wont take quite a heavy load (装载), you can go with it anywhere.Otherwise, it may break down halfway.But now people still have a preference to the gaspo
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