Passage 1
【语篇导读】文章介绍了美国人使用自动驾驶汽车的现状,自动驾驶汽车给人们带来的便利及今后应该注意的问题。
1.What’s the attitude of most American people to the future of autonomous vehicles?
A.Uncertain.
B.Doubtful.
C.Indifferent.
D.Optimistic.
答案 D
解析 推理判断题。根据第四段中的“...it could give people with disabilities greater opportunities in the workforce and enable them to lead more fulfilling and independent lives.”和最后一段中的“Many recognize that autonomous vehicles will be the future of transportation...”可知,自动驾驶汽车对残疾人有好处,而且许多人认识到自动驾驶汽车将是未来的交通工具。由此推测,多数美国人对自动驾驶汽车的未来持乐观的态度。
2.What is the modified Ford Fusion?
A.The collection of social activities.
B.The name of a retirement community.
C.A kind of autonomous vehicle.
D.A two-mile road for self-driving cars.
答案 C
解析 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Built by a tech start-up called Voyage,the modified Ford Fusions are currently limited to a two-mile road...”可知,由新创科技公司生产并修改后的Ford Fusion被称为Voyage。由此可知,the modified Ford Fusion是一种自动驾驶汽车。
3.Examples are given in the third and forth paragraphs to prove .
A.what is preventing the development of the technology
B.why driverless cars are restricted in many states in America
C.how driverless technology benefits the aged and disabled
D.when driverless cars can enter people’s life eventually
答案 C
解析 推理判断题。第三段的例子说明了自动驾驶汽车给老年人带来的方便,第四段的例子说明了自动驾驶汽车给残疾人带来的方便。故选C项。
4.What does the author attempt to inform us in the last paragraph?
A.The concept of autonomous vehicles has been widely recognized.
B.The weak groups are often overlooked despite technology advances.
C.The benefits of driverless cars have been fully unlocked.
D.Regulations should go hand in hand with driverless technology.
答案 D
解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“The policymakers should follow the lead of places like California and Michigan,and pass rules and regulations to unlock these hidden benefits of driverless cars.”可知,作者想告诉我们政策制定者应该通过规章制度来解锁无人驾驶汽车的使用限制,故选D项。
Passage 2
【语篇导读】在依靠狩猎和采集生活的时代,语种众多。但是随着工业化、贸易、全球化等的发展,许多语种消失了。
1.What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?
A.They developed very fast.
B.They were large in number.
C.They had similar patterns.
D.They were closely connected.
答案 B
解析 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers...they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them”可知,在依靠狩猎和采集生活的时代,人们使用的语言种类很多。
2.Which of the following best explains“dominant”underlined in paragraph 2?
A.Complex. B.Advanced.
C.Powerful. D.Modern.
答案 C
解析 词义猜测题。根据上文提到的“...all have caused many languages to disappear”和下文的“such as English,Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over”可知,英语、西班牙语和汉语正在逐渐取代一些语言。由此可猜测该词的意思是“占优势的”,所以选C项。
3.How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present?
A.About 6,800. B.About 3,400.
C.About 2,400. D.About 1,200.
答案 B
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句“At present,the world has about 6,800 languages”和最后一句中的“is a mere 6,000,which means that half the world’s languages are spoken by fewer people than that”可知,B项正确。
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A.New languages will be created.
B.People’s lifestyles are reflected in languages.
C.Human development results in fewer languages.
D.Geography determines language evolution.
答案 C
解析 主旨大意题。通读全文可知,在依靠狩猎和采集生活的时代,语种众多。但是随着工业化、贸易、全球化等的发展,许多语种消失了。由此可知,人类的发展导致了语种的减少,所以选C项。
