Cars produced today are essentially smartphon...

Cars produced today are essentially smartphones with wheels. For drivers, this has meant many new features: automatic braking (刹车), turn-by-turn directions, infotainment systems. But carmakers are getting much, much more; They’re constantly collecting data from our vehicles, like how much we weigh, how fast we drive, how many children we have-even financial information.

Debates around privacy often focus on companies like Facebook. But today’s connected cars-and tomorrow’s autonomous vehicles show how the commercial opportunities in collecting personal data are limitless. Your location data will allow companies to advertise to you based on where you live, work or frequently travel. Data gathered from voice-command technology could also be useful to advertisers. Data on your driving habits could be valuable to insurance companies. You may or may not choose to share your data with these services. But while you can turn off location data on your cellphone, there’s no such feature for your car.

Because of the increasing complexity of cars and the Internet of Things, data is critical to repair and service. When carmakers control the data, they can choose which service centers receive our information. They’re more likely to share our data only with their branded dealerships than with independent repair shops, which could have the edge in price and convenience.

It’s clear, because of its value-as high as $ 750 billion by 2030-carmakers are unlikely to release control of the data collected from our vehicles. Policymakers, however, have the opportunity to give drivers control-not just so that they can keep their data private but also so that they can share it with the people they want to see it. This will let car owners maintain what they’ve had for a century: the right to decide who fixes their car.

1.What can we learn about the vehicle data?

A.It is available and free to all.

B.It tends to put drivers at risk.

C.It brings drivers limitless profits.

D.It offers whatever the carmakers want.

2.What does the underlined phrase “have the edge” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A.Be weaker. B.Be worse.

C.Be better. D.Be safer.

3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Car owners already have direct access to their vehicle data.

B.Drivers trade personal information for convenience.

C.Carmakers will share the vehicle data with drivers soon.

D.Laws are expected to bring the data back to drivers.

4.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A.Entertainment. B.Health.

C.Education. D.Science.

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.The cars _______ in Beijing are as good as those _______ in Shanghai.

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As more and more cars are produced and used, so the _____ from their exhaust-pipes contains an even larger volume of poisonous gas.

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There are little cars that may some day take the place of today’s automobiles(汽车). If everyone drives such a little car in the future, there will be less pollution in the air, there will be more parking space in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. The space now for one car of the usual size can hold at least three such little cars.

The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer, too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour.

The cars of the future will be fine for going around the city, but they will not be useful for going far away. If the car is powered by electricity, it will have two batteries—one battery for the motor and the other for the horn (喇叭), signals (信号灯), etc. Little cars which are powered by gas will go 45 kilometers before needing to stop for more gas.

If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed to set up in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars, and other roads will be needed for the small, slower ones.

1. What’s the advantage (优势) of the small cars?

A．There won’t be so much pollution and the small cars won’t be so expensive as the big ones.

B．It will be safer to drive these small cars.

C．There will be more space for cars to park.

D．All of the above.

2.  Two sets of roads are necessary in the future in order to ________.

A．prevent car accidents

B．make the city more beautiful

C．let small cars run fast

D．limit the speed of the cars

3.  Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．A car of the usual size now is three times as big as the small car.

B．The small car with a speed of 65 kilometers an hour is much more useless than a car of the usual size.

C．the little car will be safer but cost more.

D．The little car will need more gas.

4.  The best title for this passage should be ________.

A．Big Cars and Small Cars                   B．How to Drive Small Cars

C．Cars for Tomorrow                      D．Cars for Everyone

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We won’t think of human clones and　　　　 any reason to suggest that we are closer to producing them today than we were yesterday.

A. neither there is　　 B. neither there was

C. nor is there　　 D. nor was there

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Robots are common in today’s world. They manufacture cars, work in space, explore oceans, clean up oil spills and investigate dangerous environments. And now, scientists at the University of Manchester are using a robot as a laboratory partner.

The researchers at the university created the robot in 2009 and named it Adam. Despite the name, Adam is not a humanoid robot. It is about the size of a car.

Adam was built to do science and make discoveries. Ross King is the leader of the University of Manchester research team. He says the robot made a discovery about yeast（酵母）, a kind of fungus used in science as a model for human cells.

“Adam hypothesized certain functions of genes within yeast and experimentally tested these hypothesizes and confirmed them. So it both hypothesized and confirmed new scientific knowledge.”

Adam's success as a scientist led to the creation of another robot scientist named Eve. Researchers developed Eve to design and test drugs for tropical and neglected diseases. These diseases kill and infect millions of people each year.

Drug development is slow and costly. Experts say it can take more than 10 years and about $1 billion to discover and develop new medicines. Drug manufacturers are unlikely to get their investment money back.

So the University of Manchester developed a low-cost test that shows whether or not a chemical is likely to be made into an effective medicine. Mr. King says that other drug testing methods were not very effective.

“How it works conventionally is you use robotics(机器人技术) as well and you have a large collection of possible drugs. You test every single compound(复合物). And you start at the beginning of your library and continue until the end, and stop. So it’s not a very intelligent process. The robotics doesn’t learn anything as it goes along, even if it’s tested a million compounds, it still doesn’t have any expectation of what will happen next when it tests a new compound.”

Mr. King says that Eve is different because the robot learns as it tests different compounds. He says the robot is designed to ignore compounds that it thinks unlikely to be good. It will only test the compounds which have a good chance of working.

Eve has discovered that a compound known to be effective against cancer might also be used to fight against malaria and other tropical diseases.

Mr. King says he hopes to completely automate the drug testing process with robots like Eve to create and test new chemicals. But he says humans remain in control of the manufacturing process.

1.Adam can do all the following EXCEPT ________.

A. making discoveries B. working in space

C. helping researchers D. doing scientific research

2.The underlined word “hypothesized” probably means ________.

A. learned　　　　 B. guessed

C. discovered　　 D. created

3.The development of new drugs is slow because ________.

a. It takes long to test new drugs.

b. It takes long to produce new drugs.

c. New drugs are less effective.

d. It takes long to profit from new drugs.

e. Conventional testing methods don’t work well.

A. abc　　 B. bcd　　 C. cde　　 D. ade

4.Eve has an advantage of ________.

A. testing a million compound at a time

B. controlling the manufacturing the process

C. expecting what will happen while testing drugs

D. making scientific research

5.What might be the best title for the passage?

A. Robot Scientist Helps Design New Drugs

B. Adam—the Smart Robot

C. New Methods to Test Drugs

D. Scientists Develop Humanoid Robots

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In many parts of the world cars play an essential role in daily life and many societies would stop to function without them. So the claim that in 20 years’ time no one will own cars may be hard to believe. But this is the prediction made by a team of transport researchers who are taken seriously not only by governments but also by car manufacturers.

The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughborough in the UK is part of an international research program. The team there believes that by 2020 all cars will be computerized, which will mean extremely large fuel savings, no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car of the 21st century will drive itself and it will not be owned by on individual. Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing.

According to Dr. David Davis, who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture ,which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air and caused more deaths than both world wars put together.

Davis says cars will be fitted with intelligent cruise control devices to regulate the distance between one car and another. Brakes and accelerators (加速器) will become redundant（多余的） because the car will automatically speed up or slow down to match the speed of the car in front. Computers are much safer drivers than people, so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people.

By 2010 Dr. David Davis believes car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road whatever the weather conditions by projecting an image of the road ahead onto the car’s windscreen. And by 2020 cars will travel in convoy linked to each other electronically. Cars will be connected by an electronic tow(牵引) bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the ordinary fuel” says Davis. “But all the others in the train would burn about ten percent of the normal amount and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.

1.We know from the passage that governments and car manufactures ________.

A. don’t believe the prediction that no one will own cars by 2020.

B. are devoted to the technological innovation (创新) in car industry.

C. consider the predictions made by the researchers seriously.

D. have put the super-intelligent car into mass production.

2.Which of the following will NOT be the characteristics of the cars of 2020 ?

A. There will be no brake and accelerator in cars.

B. We will own as many cars as we want .

C. All cars will be driven by computers.

D. Car accident will no longer happen.

3.The expression closest in meaning to the underlined phrase “ in convoy”(Para 5) is ______.

A. in line B. sidelong C. side by side D. next to one another

4.What will happen if cars are linked to each other electronically in 2020 ?

A. Motorists will get a clear view of the road.

B. The weather conditions won’t have effect on motorists.

C. There will be a decrease in the pollution caused by car .

D.All trains will burn less fuel than present.

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Nowadays with the increasing popularity of cars, people are taking ______ exercise a day as they did in the past.

A.half as much B.as half as

C.less than half much D.as half

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阅读理解。

With more and more cars on the road，traffic jams are inevitable.Traffic jams can lead to increased accidents as there are more cars，with more people trying to get to their destination，all the while getting worse.Although it's impossible to avoid traffic jams altogether，there are some tips you can follow to reduce the amount of time on the road.

Check for traffic jams before you leave.You can listen to the radio for traffic news，or check on the Internet to get up­to­minute information on traffic.If the route you want to take is heavy with traffic，you can choose another.

Look for a different route permanently.Most traffic jams occur on busy roads.Using country roads could see you avoiding a lot of traffic.Although the distance you may have to travel is further，it can work out quicker.

Set your car radio to receive traffic bulletins.Many new car stereo systems(汽车音响系统)are equipped with a radio system by which you can hear the traffic channel.This way you can get the latest traffic information and change your journey if necessary.

________.Most traffic jams usually occur during rush hour，so try to avoid this time period if possible.Some jobs offer flexible working hours so that you can travel to work outside of rush hour.Some jobs even allow you to work from home so as to avoid commuting altogether.Ask your manager to see what you can do if traffic is a problem for you.

Use public transport alternatives where available.The easiest way to avoid traffic jams is to take buses or the underground instead of driving your own car.Not only will you avoid traffic jams but you will most likely be saving money as the cost of motoring rises.

1.The underlined word“inevitable”in Paragraph 1 probably means________.

A．hard to accept　　 　　　　　　 　 B．impossible to avoid

C．getting less serious　　 　　 D．seen everywhere

2.The author wrote the text in order to________.

A．explain why there are traffic jams

B．tell the negative effects of traffic jams

C．tell us what we can do on the road

D．tell us how to save time on the road

3.To get the latest traffic information，you could do the following except ________.

A．surfing the Internet

B．listening to the radio for traffic news

C．listening to the traffic channel

D．turning to other drivers for information

4.Which of the following can be put in the blank in the text?

A．Choose a job that has flexible working hours

B．Try traveling at different time

C．Make friends with your manager

D．Work from home

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Some cars are equipped with GPS for people easily to find the _________ of their destination．

A．location       B．place          C．area           D．position

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