A
What kind of car will we be driving in the future?Rather different from the type we know today,with the next 20 years bringing greater change than the past 50.The people who will be designing the models of tomorrow believe that environmental problems may well accelerate the pace of the car’s development.Today they are students on the transport design course at London’s Royal College of Art.
Their vision is of a machine with three wheels instead of four,electrically powered,environmentally clean,and able to drive itself along“intelligent”roads equipped with built-in power supplies.Future cars will pick up their fuel during long journeys from a power source built into the road,or store it in small quantities for travelling in the city.
Instead of today’s seating arrangements—two in front,two or three behind,all forward—the car will have a versatile interior with adults and children in a family circle.
This view of the future car is based on a much more sophisticated(精密的) road system,with strips built into motorways to supply power to vehicles passing along them.Cars will not need drivers,because computers will provide safe driving control and route finding.All the drivers will have to do is to say where to go and the computer will do the rest.It will become impossible for cars to crash into one another.The technology already exists for the car to become a true automobile.
21What kind of car will we be driving in the future?
A.Three-wheeled.
B.Electrically powered.
C.With a versatile seating arrangement.
D.All of the above.
答案:D
解析:细节理解题。从文章内容可知,未来的汽车将会以三个轮子代替四个轮子,采用电力驱动使环境清洁,有多功能的座位,故选D项。
22Why will a future car use electrical power?
A.Because using electrical power is able to make our environment become cleaner.
B.Because an electrically powered car won’t need to store power.
C.Because an electrically powered car will be easier to drive.
D.Because using electrical power will be safer.
答案:A
解析:细节理解题。由文章第二段可知,未来的汽车将采用电力驱动,可保持环境清洁,故选A项。
23What does the underlined word “versatile” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.Having many different kinds of skill.
B.Easily able to change from one direction to another.
C.Easily able to change from one kind of activity to another.
D.Having many different uses.
答案:B
解析:词义猜测题。从该词的前后文可知,未来的汽车内部座位将采用可转动式,这样父母与孩子就可以像家人团聚时一样坐成一圈,故选B项。
24What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Future cars are completely different from the automobiles we know today.
B.The design of future cars will be more sophisticated.
C.Because of the new type of cars,our future environment will become cleaner.
D.The road system will become more sophisticated than it is today.
答案:A
解析:主旨大意题。纵观全文可知,文章主要讲述未来的汽车在设计、功能与操作方面大大不同于如今的汽车。故选A项。
