14.Your next car might drive itself."The technology is essentially here,"former US president Barack Obama told reporters.
After years of trials on city streets,driverless cars are now nearing the live phase.Most experts think driverless cars will be on the road by 2020 or before.Yet we have barely begun to think about how they will revolutionize our lives,revamp(改造)our cities and destroy tens of millions of jobs.
Above all,driverless cars will bring us enormous benefits:it is expected that accidents will be reduced by around 90 per cent; pollution and carbon emissions will drop; people will save fortunes by ditching their cars; driverless cars will hardly ever need to park in city centers and cities can therefore convert parking spaces into parks.
On the other hand,driverless cars will bring catastrophe.Over the next 20 years,the mostly low-skilled men who now drive trucks,taxis and buses will see their jobs decimated.Instead of taxi drivers setting Uber cars on fire,we could see taxi and Uber drivers get together to set driverless cars on fire.Or think of insurers,many of whom now get about half their revenues from automobile insurance.Warren Buffett,who owns the auto insurers Geico,says,"Anything that sharply reduces traffic accidents would be wonderful.But we would not be holding a party.We could almost become an insurer without insurance."Governments and cities,too,will lose revenues from parking,speeding fines and petrol taxes.
Carmakers are especially scared.Driverless cars might be made by technology companies such as Apple,Baidu and Google.Imagine the impact on Germany,where the automotive sector is the largest industry.There may be a clash ahead mostly between car companies and technology companies.Carmakers want people to keep buying and driving their own cars.By contrast,technology companies will lobby(游說(shuō))governments to favour driverless cars.
Dramatic change is coming,but governments have barely begun thinking about it.Obama is a rare politician even to have mentioned driverless cars.Only 6per cent of the biggest US cities have factored them into their long-term planning.Most mayors and transport ministers are preoccupied with next week.

28.The best title for this passage can beB.
A.Driverless Cars,a Controversial Invention
B.Driverless Cars will Greatly Affect the Future
C.Welcome Driverless Cars to Cities
D.Driverless Cars will Arouse Conflicts
29.The words of Warren Buffett mean thatA.
A.driverless cars don't bring good to insurers 
B.driverless cars will promote the insurance industry
C.driverless cars needn't pay for insurance
D.the insurance company shouldn't hold a party
30.From the passage,we can infer thatC.
A.driverless cars will bring more jobs
B.governments will not support driverless cars
C.a(chǎn)uthorities haven't gotten prepared for the driverless cars
D.driverless cars won't replace traditional cars soon
31.Why are carmakers especially scared?A
A.Because technology companies will produce driverless cars.
B.Because carmakers own advanced technology.
C.Because driverless cars will make drivers out of work.
D.Because driverless car industry has less profit.

分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀,作者通過(guò)這篇文章向我們介紹了無(wú)人駕駛汽車對(duì)未來(lái)的影響,有人支持生產(chǎn)無(wú)人駕駛汽車,有人反對(duì).

解答 28.B  主旨大意題,通讀全文可知作者通過(guò)這篇文章主要向我們介紹了無(wú)人駕駛汽車對(duì)未來(lái)的影響,故選B.
29.A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第四段"Anything that sharply reduces traffic accidents would be wonderful.But we would not be holding a party.We could almost become an insurer without insurance.可知華倫巴菲特的話說(shuō)明了無(wú)人駕駛汽車不會(huì)給保險(xiǎn)公司帶來(lái)好處,故選A.
30.C  推理判斷題,根據(jù)第四段Governments and cities,too,will lose revenues from parking,speeding fines and petrol taxes.可知如果采用無(wú)人駕駛汽車,政府會(huì)失去停車收入,超速罰款和汽油稅,由此可知政府還沒(méi)有為無(wú)人駕駛汽車做好準(zhǔn)備,故選C.
31.A  細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第五段Carmakers want people to keep buying and driving their own cars.By contrast,technology companies will lobby(游說(shuō))governments to favour driverless cars.可知汽車制造商特別害怕是因?yàn)樗麄兿M藗內(nèi)藗兝^續(xù)購(gòu)買和駕駛自己的汽車,但是科技公司會(huì)生產(chǎn)無(wú)人駕駛汽車,故選A.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時(shí)不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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