unit 3 tomorrow’s world课时基础测评

Unit 3 Tomorrow’s worldWelcome to the unit & Reading
【基础测评】
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. After years of hard work, his dream has become a reality（现实）.
2. I have two other pens besides（除了……之外） this one.
3. Whatever you do and whatever you say, remember not to hurt others’ feelings（感情）.
4. A true friend should share not only happiness（幸福） but also sadness with you.
5. Do you have your milk delivered (送)？
6. In recent years, our country has made extraordinary (非凡的)progress in science and technology.
7. I haven’t read the book and don’t know anything about the characters (人物)in it.
8. Police officers have been closely monitoring (监视)the organization’s activities.
Ⅱ. 选词填空
in reality, give out, put forward, pass on, thousands of, deliver, believe, impress
1. Their water gave out two days ago.
2. The newly-elected president delivered a speech on public welfare on TV.
3. It is believed that a new building will be built in our factory soon.
4. Thousands of young trees have already been planted.
5. She seems to be confident and unaware of anything. In reality, she is very nervous and afraid of losing any chance.
6. What impressed me was their ability to deal with any problem.
7. Several important plans were put forward at the meeting yesterday.
8. I passed on your message to my mother.
Ⅲ. 单项填空
1. —What’s the matter with you
—After the long walk, my strength ____ and I couldn’t go any further.
A. gave out B. gave off
C. gave in D. gave up
【解析】选A。句意：——你怎么了？——经过长途跋涉后，我的力气耗尽了，我不能再向前走了。 give out意为“用完，耗尽”。give off意为“发出，放出”；give in意为“屈服，投降”；give up意为“放弃，中止”。
2. I would like to have the fridge ___ to my door.
A. to deliver B. delivering
C. deliver D. delivered
【解析】选D。“have+宾语+宾补”结构中，宾语同宾补是被动关系，因此用过去分词形式。句意：我想要这冰箱送货上门。
3. You passed your test.____ !
A. Fantastic B. Cheer up
C. Happy D. Interesting
【解析】选A。依句意可知，此处表示夸奖，而四个选项中只有fantastic在口语中有“棒极了”之意。
4. _____ me, Mary walked up to me quickly, smiling.
A. To see B. For seeing
C. Upon seeing D. At seeing
【解析】选C。upon/on doing sth. 表示“一……就……”。句意：玛丽一看见我就微笑着快步走上前。
5. —Why is he feeling down today
—Because the suggestion he _____ has been turned down.
A. put away B. put up
C. put down D. put forward
【解析】选D。根据句意得知，他心情不好的原因是他提出的建议被拒绝，应选put forward “提出”。put away意为“收起，贮存”；put up意为“张贴，悬挂”；put down意为“写下来；记入名单”，皆不符合题意。
6. He got well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn’t risk ____ the good opportunity.
A. to lose B. losing
C. to be lost D. being lost
【解析】选B。考查非谓语动词。risk后需要接动名词作宾语。
7. Does John know any other foreign language____ English
A. except B. but
C. besides D. beside
【解析】选C。句意为：除了英语之外，约翰还懂其他的外语吗？besides表示“除了……之外还有”。except/but意为“除了……之外（没有）”；beside意为“在……旁边”。
8. It is reported that floods have left about ____ people homeless.
A. two thousand B. two-thousands
C. two thousands D. two thousands of
【解析】选A。hundred, thousand, million等前面有具体的数字表达具体的数量时，这些词不用复数形式，后面不加of；运用复数形式时，后面加of则表达概数。
9. I can smell something _____ in the kitchen.
A. burned B. burning
C. being burnt D. to be burnt
【解析】选B。句意：我闻到厨房里有东西烧焦了。此处burn是不及物动词，意为“烧焦”，且表示动作正在进行。
10. The goal keeper’s overall skill did make an _____ on the headcoach and his teammates.
A. impression B. expression
C. experience D. opinion
【解析】选A。make an impression留下印象。句意为：那个守门员全面的技术的确给主教练和他的队友们留下了印象。expression“表达”；experience“经验”；opinion“意见、观点”。
Ⅳ. 完成句子
1. Upon his arrival in Beijing（一到达北京）, Bill Gates went to visit the Great Wall.
2. The men’s final has been put forward to（提前到）1:30.
3. We need three more chairs besides these two（除了这两把之外）.
4. The two ideas are closely connected（关系密切）, and should be dealt with together.
5. She said she would pass the message on to the other students（会把口信传给其他学生）.
Ⅴ. 阅读理解
It was a proud moment for all Chinese when 8, 000 picture-perfect soldiers, tanks and missiles, 60 beautiful floats (花车), and 100, 000 well-trained people all passed by Tian’anmen Square and 151 planes flew over Beijing on October 1.
President Hu Jintao, in a Mao jacket, reviewed the thousands of soldiers. “Today a socialist China that faces the future is standing tall and firm in the East, ” he announced.
China holds grand celebrations every 10 years to celebrate the founding of the country. But this year’s parade topped those in the past.
Behind the celebrations is the great progress China has made. When the country was founded, it was poor, but now China has the world’s third largest economy.
China has more Internet and mobile phone users than anywhere else and is the world’s largest car market.
Almost all Chinese families have at least one television and, in the cities, a washing machine—rare things 30 years ago. Some 15 million families own cars, said Xinhua News Agency.
On the parade floats could be seen models of high-speed trains, giant computers, cars and bundles of wheat and rice.
“I never thought China would be able to have such a great celebration, and at a time when the world economy is slowing down. The parade showed me how powerful my country is and it makes me feel proud of it, ” said Jia Yanxin, 16, from Beijing Yuying High School.
Despite the pride, China still has a lot of progress to make: although it is the third largest economy in the world, the average urban income (15, 781 yuan in 2008) is still low. Also, there is a widening gap between rich and poor and environmental problems.
However, the celebration was not just a showcase (展示) of the country’s success. It was not just a parade. It was the Chinese people’s march into their own future, as China Daily said.
“China has grown from a baby to a grown-up with responsibilities. I believe it will go much further over the next 10 years, ” said Gong Chen, 16, from Beijing No. 8 High School.
1. What’s the passage mainly about
A. The grand celebration of China’s 60th anniversary.
B. China’s future after the celebration.
C. The great progress China has made over the last 30 years.
D. The comparison between China’s past and its present.
【解析】选A。全文主要围绕国庆60周年庆典进行了描述和分析，因此A为最佳选项。B、C、D都只是文章的一部分，不是文章的中心。
2. Which of the following is NOT true
A. China has the largest number of Internet and mobile phone users.
B. The economy of China ranks third.
C. Almost all Chinese families now have at least one TV and a washing machine.
D. China is the largest car market in the world.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第四、五段可知A、B、D正确。C 项描述与第六段首句不符。
3. It can be inferred from the passage that_____.
A. we can see high-speed trains, giant computers, cars and bundles of wheat and rice
B. this year’s parade is better than any one in the past
C. China has the largest number of car users
D. there were 10, 000 people taking part in the parade
【解析】选B。推理判断题。A项与第七段描述不符，我们看到的是模型，而不是实物；C项不能从文章中推出；D项与第一段描述不符。B项由第三段最后一句可推知。
4. There is still a lot of progress to make for China in the following aspects EXCEPT____.
A. the average urban income
B. the gap between rich and poor
C. environmental problems
D. pride in our country
【解析】选D。细节理解题。由倒数第三段可看出A、B、C都是中国有待于进一步做出努力的方面。
5．What’s the author’s tone in the passage
A. Proud B. Confident
C. Worried D. Doubtful
【解析】选A。观点态度题。通读全文可知，作者在文章中体现的是一种自豪感，且proud 在文中多次出现。
Word power & Grammar and usage
【语法专练】
Ⅰ. 请把下列句子变为被动语态
1. People use a great deal of water in this city.
→A great deal of water is used in this city.
2. Can I answer this question in simple English
→Can this question be answered in simple English
3. You should pay more attention to your table manners.
→Your table manners should be paid more attention to.
→More attention should be paid to your table manners.
4. He gave her some money.
→She was given some money by him.
→Some money was given to her by him.
5. I saw him come this morning.
→He was seen to come this morning.
6. The manager has not signed the papers.
→The papers have not been signed by the manager.
7. Do many people speak Chinese outside China
→Is Chinese spoken by many people outside China
8. The police are looking into the matter.
→The matter is being looked into by the police.
Ⅱ. 单项填空
1. I can’t see any coffee in this cupboard. _____
A. Has it all been finished
B. Was it all finished
C. Has it all finished
D. Did it all finish
【解析】选A。考查时态和语态。该句强调的是现在的情况（结果）。前一句句意为“我看不到橱柜里有咖啡”，后一句应强调“喝光”这个动作对现在造成的影响，故用现在完成时；coffee与finish构成动宾关系，故用被动语态。
2. —Why do you go to work by bus
—Because my car____ .
A. is repaired B. is being repaired
C. has been repaired D. is repairing
【解析】选B。考查时态和语态。根据语境可判断车正在被修，所以必须用现在进行时的被动语态形式。
3. More than a dozen students in that school ____ abroad to study medicine last year.
A. sent B. were sent
C. had sent D. had been sent
【解析】选B。由句中last year可判断，此句应为一般过去时；students与send之间为动宾关系，故用被动语态。
4. Be careful！Don’t get the orange juice on your skirt, for it ____.
A. isn’t washing out B. won’t be washed out
C. isn’t washed out D. won’t wash out
【解析】选D。考查时态与语态。当wash表示“洗起来……”时，常用主动的形式表示被动的含义。本句表示污渍难以被洗掉，表示一种“倾向性或习性”，故用will。
5. Peter doesn’t have to be made ____ hard.
A. work B. working
C. to work D. worked
【解析】选C。make后以省略to的不定式作补语，但变为被动语态时要加上to。
6. It is said that the early European playing cards____for entertainment and education.
A. were being designed B. have designed
C. have been designed D. were designed
【解析】选D。考查时态、语态。根据early一词可知叙述的是早期的情况，故要用一般过去时，playing cards与design之间是被动关系，因此D项正确。
7. —How did you like his speech
—Oh, it was very good. What he said _____ like poetry.
A. sounded B. sounds
C. was sounded D. is sounded
【解析】选A。考查动词的时态和语态。句意：——你觉得他的讲话怎么样？——哦，很棒，他讲的话听起来像诗歌。did, was, said用了过去时，决定sound要用过去时，sound是系动词，不能用于被动语态。一般来说，不及物动词、表静态的及物动词不能用于被动语态。
8. Customers are asked to make sure that they ____ the right change before leaving the shop.
A. will give B. have been given
C. have given D. will be given
【解析】选B。句意：要求顾客在离开商店之前，确定零钱是否找对。根据句意可知，“give”这一动作应发生在“make sure”之前，故排除A、D两项；they与give之间是被动关系，故用被动语态。
9. —Are all the names of your school baseball team players____ here
—Yes, all ____ mine.
A. listed; included
B. listing; includes
C. listed; including
D. being listed; being included
【解析】选C。考查被动语态。名字应该是被列出，所以names与list之间是被动关系；including mine是介词短语，修饰all。
10. —Your job ____ open for your return.
—Thanks.
A. will be kept B. will keep
C. had kept D. had been kept
【解析】选A。句意：——你的工作将被保留到你回来。——谢谢。keep+宾语+adj. /adv. /prep. /doing使……保持（某种状态）, 如This coat will keep you warm. 。可首先排除B和C，此两项未使用被动。过去完成时的动作发生在过去的过去，当上下文中没有过去时间提示时是不能单独使用的，故排除D项。
【基础测评】
Ⅰ. 用所给单词的适当形式填空
1. Western music is steadily gaining in popularity (popular).
2. Some parts of the man-made satellite are now on exhibition (exhibit).
3. The talks are continuing, but no announcements (announce)are expected at this time.
4. After graduation, she found employment (employ)with a local company.
5. She has a lot of responsibility (responsible) in her job.
6. He gave us a very interesting piece of information (inform).
7. The committee should make its decision (decide)later this week.
8. They drove home in silence (silent).
Ⅱ. 完成句子
1. It was announced that (据宣布)there would be a celebration on May 4.
2. For the past three years he has been employed as a firefighter (一直受雇当消防员).
3. I didn’t have time to get changed (换衣服)before the party.
4. They moved away 5 years ago, but we still keep in touch (保持联系).
5. The police officer was accused of (被控)taking bribes.
6. Our classroom must be kept clean (必须保持干净).
Ⅲ. 单项填空
1. Tom ____ his boss of having broken his word.
A. blamed B. accused
C. charged D. scolded
【解析】选B。accuse sb. of(doing)sth. 为固定搭配, 意为“指责某人……”。blame和scold与for搭配；charge与with搭配。
2. —What’s that noise
—Oh, I forgot to tell you. The new machine ____.
A. was tested B. will be tested
C. is being tested D. has been tested
【解析】选C。考查语态和时态。对方询问的是正在发出的噪音是什么，所以回答的是目前正在发生的动作，而machine与test之间又是被动关系，因此用现在进行时的被动语态。
3. It is said that the company has ____ a branch in France.
A. taken up B. set up
C. made up D. turned up
【解析】选B。句意：据说这家公司在法国建立了分公司。set up意为“建立，创办”，符合句意。take up开始从事，占去（空间或时间）；make up编造，组成；turn up开大，出现。
4. Nobody knows whom the calculator____ .
A. is belonged to B. is belonging to
C. belong to D. belongs to
【解析】选D。belong to不用于被动语态和进行时态，故排除A、B两项；若选C项，则句子的主谓不一致。
5. Will this shirt ____ when I wash it
A. disappear B. fade C. damage D. exist
【解析】选B。句意为：这件衬衫洗的时候掉色吗？disappear vi. 消失；fade v. （使）褪色；damage vt. 损坏；exist vi. 存在。
6. At the end of the meeting, it was announced that an agreement____ .
A. has been reached B. had been reached
C. has reached D. had reached
【解析】选B。考查动词词组及时态、语态。reach an agreement达成协议，是在“宣布”之前的事情，故用过去完成时，且要用被动语态。
7. Over half of those _____ said they rarely took any exercise.
A. to question B. questioned
C. questioning D. to be questioned
【解析】选B。句意：被询问的人中有一半以上说他们很少锻炼身体。questioned为过去分词作后置定语，表示被动。D项表示将来。
8. —What happened to the medical factory
—It seriously polluted the rivers around and the government had it ______.
A. shut up B. closed down
C. broken down D. kept out
【解析】选B。句意：——这家药厂怎么了？——它对周围的河流造成了严重污染，政府把它关闭了。close down（使）关闭；shut up闭嘴，关上（门窗）；break down作“打倒，砸破”讲时是及物动词短语；keep out使在外。
9. A number of people have been _____ to do the work.
A. demanded B. agreed
C. employed D. suggested
【解析】选C。句意：已雇来许多人做这项工作。demand, agree, suggest后不接sb. to do sth. 。
10. This kind of book _____ well.
A. is sold B. are sold
C. sells D. sell
【解析】选C。“this kind of+名词”作主语，谓语动词用单数形式。用来表示主语内在品质或性能的动词，可以用主动形式表示被动意义。
Ⅳ. 完形填空
As a husband who remains Chinese, I enjoy eating Chinese food and in particular cooking Chinese food. 1 , my wife, good at French cooking and furthermore good to 2 a high standard of hygiene（卫生学）in our house, dismissed my efforts as a Chinese 3 .
One day, however, the laid-off cook, could not 4 asking her to make room for him: “My darling, today, I really want to prepare some 5 food. Could you please lend me the 6 ”“No problem, but don’t make too much dirt. ”My wife, used to cooking in pure water, was excited, 7 a little bit worried. I shut the door and, as a cook, began to play 8 and loudly with the cooking tools and dance around the stove. The menu was 9 one week earlier. Soon, the strong smell of Sichuan dishes spread all over the house and I 10 with the first course. “Come on, Darling! ”I proudly 11 .
My lovely wife came into the dining room. “What’s this ”she asked doubtfully, 12 at the black egg on the plate. “This is a Chinese dish, Songhuadan. In Europe it is 13 called the egg of one hundred years. It is really delicious. 14 it. ”Seeing her hesitating, I brought a piece of Songhuadan up to her mouth. “ 15 ! Why is it so smelly ”she cried, nearly throwing it up. “My darling, it is delicious! 16 do you find it horrible ”I was 17 . Seeing dark clouds cover her face, I immediately used the 18 panacea（万能药）“I love you”. The clouds 19 and her face was brightened again by sunshine. However, she determinedly 20 to risk a further bite.
1. A. Therefore B. However C. Moreover D. Still
【解析】选B。however表示转折，上文说丈夫热衷于做中国菜，下文说妻子却让其下岗。
2. A. live B. like C. want D. keep
【解析】选D。keep表示保持一个高水平的卫生学。
3. A. worker B. cook C. husband D. person
【解析】选B。cook指丈夫。
4. A. permit B. wait C. help D. remain
【解析】选C。could not help doing是固定句型，“情不自禁干某事……”。
5. A. French B. Chinese
C. European D. Sichuan
【解析】选B。由上下文得出，丈夫做的是中国菜。
6. A. kitchen B. house C. room D. stove
【解析】选A。此处指丈夫向妻子借厨房做中国菜。
7. A. so B. and C. for D. but
【解析】选D。兴奋和担心是转折关系，所以用but。
8. A. carelessly B. happily
C. smoothly D. nervously
【解析】选B。终于能做心爱的中国菜了，很高兴，由下文dance around the stove得出。
9. A. asked B. studied C. fixed D. needed
【解析】选C。fix“确定”，指菜单一周前就定好了。
10. A. appeared B. came C. went D. hurried
【解析】选A。指丈夫从厨房里出来。
11. A. called on B. called up
C. called out D. called in
【解析】选C。call out“大声喊”，丈夫自豪地喊妻子来欣赏自己的杰作。
12. A. staring B. looking C. glancing D. pointing
【解析】选D。point at“用手指着”，妻子用手指着菜问丈夫。
13. A. too B. also C. even D. ever
【解析】选B。also“也”，“松花蛋”在欧洲也被称作“万年蛋”。
14. A. Taste B. Like C. Smell D. Watch
【解析】选A。丈夫让妻子品尝自己做的菜，因为下文丈夫把菜送进妻子的嘴里。
15. A. Wonderful B. Delicious
C. Surprising D. Horrible
【解析】选D。horrible表示妻子觉得菜极其难吃，由下文得出。
16. A. When B. Why C. Where D. How
【解析】选B。丈夫对妻子的举动非常不理解。这么好的菜怎么会是“可怕极了”。
17. A. defeated B. hurt C. puzzled D. inspired
【解析】选C。用puzzle一词表示丈夫对此迷惑不解。
18. A. special B. usual C. common D. ordinary
【解析】选B。usual表示“通常的，惯例的”，丈夫通常用的让妻子高兴的万能药是“我爱你”。
19. A. disappeared B. froze
C. flew D. gathered
【解析】选A。妻子脸上乌云消失，妙药起了作用。
20. A. tried B. decided C. refused D. managed
【解析】选C。refuse表示妻子拒绝再冒险吃丈夫做的四川菜。
Task & Project
【写作攻略】
【题目要求】
假设你是李华, 你家附近有一条交通要道, 每天上、下班时间几乎都要堵车。请你根据下列要点用英语给有关部门写一封信，反映这一情况，并且建议立刻采取措施解决这一问题。
1. 说明其紧迫性；
2. 提出解决问题的建议或计划；
3. 表达你的愿望。
注意：词数120左右。
Dear Sir or Madam,
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Best regards！
Yours,
Li Hua
【要点词汇】写出下列单词或短语
1. 拥挤的 crowded
2. 处理 deal with/do with
3. 上下班的拥挤时间 the rush hour
4. 交通阻塞 a traffic jam
5. 事实上 as a matter of fact/in fact
6. 在我看来 in my opinion/view
7. 最后但同样重要的 last but not least
【主要句型】完成下列句子
1. 所有的车辆响着喇叭往前移动。
All vehicles are moving forward with their trumpets on.
2. 你可以想像在街上行走是多么糟糕。
You can imagine how terrible it is to walk through the street.
3. 我确信如果采取这些措施的话，目前的状况会彻底得到改变。
I’m sure the present situation will be completely changed if these measures are taken.
【范文例示】
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m writing to ask for your help to deal with the terrible traffic here. Just near where I live, there’s a busy street. Almost every day at the rush hours, there’ll be traffic jams. All cars and buses and other vehicles are moving forward with their trumpets on, which causes great pollution. You can imagine how terrible it is to walk through the street.
As a matter of fact, it’s not impossible to solve this problem. In my opinion, the best way is to encourage more people to ride a bike to work every day which is free of charge. Also, we should limit the number of cars on the street according to different weekdays. Last but not least, we should broaden the street. And I’m sure the present situation will be completely changed if these measures are taken.
I do hope you can pay special attention to my request and I’ll be waiting for your early reply.
Best regards!
Yours,
Li Hua
【基础测评】
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. Use your computer properly, or it will crash（死机）.
2. Everyone had a different opinion（意见） on the subject.
3. He fell to the ground under the force（力量） of the blow.
4. Hundreds of people are still in the water, waiting to be rescued（援救）.
5. It’s a promising but inexperienced (缺乏经验的)team.
6. The hotel’s rooms are built around a central (中央的)courtyard.
7. She is a gentle (温和的)nurse, so all the patients like her.
8. He speaks with a southern (南方)accent.
Ⅱ. 单项填空
1. He is ____ as a leader but he hasn’t ____ in teaching.
A. success; many experiences
B. a success; much experience
C. great success; an experience
D. a great success; a lot of experiences
【解析】选B。success是不可数名词，前面加冠词可使其具体化，意为“成功的人、事、例子”；experience意为“经验”时，是不可数名词。
2. The fire spread quickly. But luckily they ____ many official papers.
A. created B. rescued
C. destroyed D. burned
【解析】选B。从luckily来看，许多官方文件被“抢救”出来了。rescue“挽救”。create意为“创造”； destroy意为“破坏”；burn意为“烧”。
3. The cost of living in Glasgow is among the lowest in Britain, ____the quality of life is probably one of the highest.
A. since B. when C. therefore D. while
【解析】选D。句意：在格拉斯哥生活，所需费用属于英国最低行列，然而生活的质量却属于比较高的。while conj. 表示对比。
4. She is always full of _____ as if she never knew tiredness.
A. force B. power C. energy D. strength
【解析】选C。句意：她总是精力充沛，仿佛从不知疲劳。energy用于人时指“精力”，符合句意。
5. It is time that we ____ a final agreement to solve the problem.
A. reach B. have reached C. reached D. reaching
【解析】选C。在It’s time that. . . 句式中，that从句应该用虚拟语气，谓语动词用一般过去式或“should+动词原形”。
6. ____ and happy, Tony stood up and accepted the prize.
A. Surprising B. Surprised
C. Being surprised D. To be surprising
【解析】选B。考查形容词的用法。surprised and happy是形容词短语作状语，表示伴随状况。
7. How did it _____ that he knew where we were
A. come across B. come out
C. come about D. come up
【解析】选C。句意为：他是怎么知道我们在什么地方的呢？come about发生；come across偶然遇见，是及物动词短语; come out出来，出版；come up上来。
8. —Who, ______, is the best basketball player in China
—I think it’s Yao Ming.
A. do you think B. in your opinion
C. believe it or not D. as a result
【解析】选B。句意：——你认为现在谁是中国最优秀的篮球运动员？——我认为是姚明。in your opinion在你看来；A项如去掉题干中空格前后的逗号也可；believe it or not信不信由你；as a result结果。
9. Kids should be correctly _____ in their daily life.
A. shown B. guided C. taught D. led
【解析】选B。句意为：在日常生活方面孩子们需要得到正确的引导。guide sb. in sth. 表示“在某方面指导/引导某人”，符合句意。
10. Although the causes of cancer______, we do not yet have any practical way to prevent it.
A. are being uncovered B. have been uncovering
C. are uncovering D. have uncovered
【解析】选A。虽然癌症的各种病因正被人们发现，但我们仍没有任何实用的方法来阻止它。causes与uncover为被动关系，需用被动语态，因此A项正确。
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
Tell your car to make a phone call without holding the phone. Tell your car to send an e-mail without touching the computer. Or even tell your car to send a call for help. Sound like something from a science fiction movie Well, thanks to a new “talking car”, this is soon to become a reality.
Road Track, the Israeli producer of Chevrolet, has built a computer platform(平台)called Chevy Star. It offers the driver a wide range(范围)of things you can get with your voice.
It uses a box, the size of a mobile phone, attached to the rear(back) view mirror. The driver can use it to be in constant contact with Road Track’s offices. Many operators work round-the-clock there to answer the phone and respond to the needs of drivers.
To get into the car, the driver has to say a secret code, such as“open sesame”, for the doors to open and the engine to start.
As soon as he enters the car, the driver has three buttons: one for emergencies, another for telephone calls and a third for practical information.
When the driver presses the emergency button, the operator calls the car to ask if there’s a problem. If the driver is lost, the operator can use detailed maps to help the driver find his or her way.
“It depends 100 percent on the voice, so you don’t have to take your eyes off the road or hands off the wheel to use it. You just speak out and then the operator gives you directions , ”said Danny Laguno of Chevrolet.
The operator is also alerted(警觉)when the driver hits the brake too hard. And if operators find a problem anywhere on the car, they warn the driver straight away. Need to make a phone call Just press the button and read out the number to dial. E-mail can also be read.
The driver also has many practical things to choose from: the weather, the latest world or local news, what’s on at the cinema or theatre.
1. What is mainly described in the passage
A. What cars will be like in the future.
B. What producers will do in the future.
C. How to make discoveries.
D. How to drive cars.
【解析】选A。主旨大意题。本文为说明文，第一段为主题段，点明主题：未来的车会是什么样子的。
2. In which case should the driver press the button for emergencies
A. You want to find a detailed map.
B. You want to know the local news.
C. You get lost on your way.
D. You want to send an e-mail.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文章第六段的举例得出答案，当驾驶员迷路时，按动紧急按钮，话务员便会找出详细地图帮助驾驶员找到正确的路。
3. How can the “talking car” work
A. Drivers have to call the cars to open.
B. Drivers have to connect with the operators.
C. Drivers have to carry a mobile phone.
D. Drivers must be able to use computers.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第七段可知，驾驶员需通过声音控制，使汽车接通话务员。
4. What’s the best title for the passage
A. Computers with Sounds
B. Telephones in the Future
C. Computers in the Car
D. Drive in the Future
【解析】选D。文章标题题。综观全文知，A、B、C三项均与文章主题关系不大；D项则非常形象地表述了本文的主旨大意。