Passage 1
【語篇導讀】文章介紹了美國人使用自動駕駛汽車的現(xiàn)狀,自動駕駛汽車給人們帶來的便利及今后應(yīng)該注意的問題。
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 推理判斷題。根據(jù)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,自動駕駛汽車對殘疾人有好處,而且許多人認識到自動駕駛汽車將是未來的交通工具。由此推測,多數(shù)美國人對自動駕駛汽車的未來持樂觀的態(tài)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 推理判斷題。根據(jù)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,由新創(chuàng)科技公司生產(chǎn)并修改后的Ford Fusion被稱為Voyage。由此可知,the modified Ford Fusion是一種自動駕駛汽車。
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 推理判斷題。第三段的例子說明了自動駕駛汽車給老年人帶來的方便,第四段的例子說明了自動駕駛汽車給殘疾人帶來的方便。故選C項。
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 推理判斷題。根據(jù)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,作者想告訴我們政策制定者應(yīng)該通過規(guī)章制度來解鎖無人駕駛汽車的使用限制,故選D項。
Passage 2
【語篇導讀】在依靠狩獵和采集生活的時代,語種眾多。但是隨著工業(yè)化、貿(mào)易、全球化等的發(fā)展,許多語種消失了。
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 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的“When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers...they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them”可知,在依靠狩獵和采集生活的時代,人們使用的語言種類很多。
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 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)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,英語、西班牙語和漢語正在逐漸取代一些語言。由此可猜測該詞的意思是“占優(yōu)勢的”,所以選C項。
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 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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項正確。
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 主旨大意題。通讀全文可知,在依靠狩獵和采集生活的時代,語種眾多。但是隨著工業(yè)化、貿(mào)易、全球化等的發(fā)展,許多語種消失了。由此可知,人類的發(fā)展導致了語種的減少,所以選C項。
