Question

    Of all my dreams, my least favorite is the one where I'm in a car. It always begins with me driving, but eventually I realize that for some reason I'm sitting in the back seat. I can’t keep the car under control, rushing toward the roadside until, screaming, I wake up.

This is like the passenger experience in Waymo's self-driving cars. You sit in the back seat of a vehicle and watch as the wheel turns itself above an entirely empty driving seat.

''We made you live your nightmare, '' a Waymo staff member joked after I exited one of the company's fully self-driving car, following a quick drive inside its secret testing site. Waymo, a self-driving car company, arranged these rides for 40 journalists at this site.

There were also some demonstrations(演示). We watched as a Waymo car was cut off by a speeding vehicle. Then the employees created a situation in which a pile of moving boxes fell into the street just as another car passed in the opposite direction. Throughout the day, the cars performed impressively, driving with the level of care you might take if you had a wedding cake in the back seat.

During these demonstrations, Waymo gave information about what it was planning to do with these vehicles. The company has laid out four ways that its technology could be made available to the public. But Waymo's CEO, John Krafcik, wouldn’t show which of these was likely to come to market first, or on what kind of timeline.

I can't help but admire that Waymo is succeeding in developing this technology. There are countless possibilities at play on the road. The task of programming software to react to all those situations is unimaginably complex. What a great breakthrough!

1.How did the author feel about her self-driving experience in her dream?

A.It was puzzling. B.It was terrifying.

C.It was amusing. D.It was inspiring.

2.The author is probably _______________.

A.a newspaper reporter B.a professional driver

C.a software developer D.a Waymo staff member

3.What did the author intend to prove by mentioning the wedding cake in paragraph 4?

A.The employees performed well.

B.The self-driving cars worked well.

C.The self-driving cars ran at the same speed.

D.People could depend on the cars in emergencies.

4.What can be inferred from the passage?

A.The self-driving car will come to market soon.

B.The programming software needs to be improved.

C.The technology will make a difference to people's life.

D.The company still has no plan to put the technology into practice.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者原来梦到自动驾驶的时候总是感到害怕，看了Waymo展示的自动驾驶汽车展示后，作者感慨技术给人们生活带来的改变。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段的I can't keep the car under control, rushing toward the roadside until, screaming, I wake up. (我不能控制住车，车冲到了路边，我尖叫着，直到醒来)可知，作者在梦中感受到了自己的自驾经历是令人害怕的。B. It was terrifying.(它是令人害怕的)符合以上说法，故选B项。

2.推理判断题。根据文章第三段的Waymo, a self-driving car company, arranged these rides for 40 journalists at this site, (Waymo，一个自动驾驶公司，为现场40名记者安排了这次驾驶)可推测，作者可能是一名新闻记者。A. a newspaper reporter(一名新闻记者)符合以上推测，故选A项。

3.细节理解题。根据文章第四段的Throughout the day, the cars performed impressively, driving with the level of care you might take if you had a wedding cake in the back seat. (一整天，汽车的表现令人印象深刻，车的平稳度就算在后座上放个婚礼蛋糕也没事)可知，作者打算通过提到结婚蛋糕来证明自动驾驶汽车运转良好。B. The self-driving cars worked well. (自动驾驶车运转良好)符合以上说法，故选B项。

4.推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段的The company has laid out four ways that its technology could be made available to the public. (这家公司已经制定了四种他们的科技可以被公众使用的方法)和最后一段的There are countless possibilities at play on the road.(在路上会有无数的可能性)可推测，这项技术将改变人们的生活。C. The technology will make a difference to people’s life.(这项技术将会影响人们的生活)符合以上推测，故选C项。