The 2010 World Expo in Shanghai

湖北省武漢市周鋪中學 夏偉偉

Visitors to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be able to gosightseeing(觀光)insupercool(超酷的)cars with no drivers,Shanghai city officials said recently.

When aprototype(原型)of the six-seat car was shown to the public,it interested many people.“The car will help visitors feel what high technology is and help them enjoy a tour of the World Expo site,”said a professor at Tongji University.He was in charge of the project.The prototype—4.5 meters long,1.7 meters wide,and 1.6 meters tall—runs along a while line.The car costs around 300,000 yuan to build and can reach a top speed of 50 kilometers an hour.

According to the researchers,visitors will be able to drive the car anywhere in the World Expo site by pressing a button.If they want to get off or stop the car,all they need to do is just press the button again.

“People canrent(租)one of these cars for a whole day or just take a ride in it from one place to another,”the professor said.Around 400 to 500 of these cars will be made for the Expo in 2010.The cars will haveradar(雷達)to help them get around.They will mainly use solarbatteries(太陽能電池)andithium batteries(鋰電池 ).As they have no need for drivers and oil,these cars will help saveenergy(能量)and human labor and cause no pollution to the environment!

( )1.Which city will hold the 2010 World Expo?A.Paris. B.New York.C.Shanghai. D.Tokyo.

( )2.The cars can reach a top speed of___________.

A.less than 50 kilometers an hour

B.25 kilometers half an hour

C.more than 50 kilometers an hour

D.more than 50 kilometers half an hour

( )3.From this passage,we know ____________.

A.the car will not pollute the air

B.the car will use a little oil

C.the car will need a few drivers

D.the car will make a lot of noise

( )4.What does the underlined phrase“in charge of”in

the text mean?It means“_________”.

A.利用 B.擅長 C.負責 D.愿意

( )5.What is TRUE about the driverless cars?

A.They have radar to get around.

B.They can save energy and human labor.

C.They can keep the environment clean.

D.All of the above

【答案及解析】

1.C。根據(jù)第一段的“...the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai...”可知2010年世博會將在上海舉行，故正確答案是C。

2.A。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“...can reach a top of 50 kilometers an hour”可知汽車的速度最高達到每小時50千米。故正確答案是A。

3.A。根據(jù)第四段的第四句|可知“這種汽車使用太陽能電池和鋰電池”，故B不正確；根據(jù)第四段的最后一句可知“這種汽車不需要司機和汽油，而且不會對環(huán)境造成污染。”可排除B，C，故正確答案是A。

4.C。根據(jù)第四段的語境，可推測in charge of的詞義在此處應為“負責”的意思。故正確答案是C。

5.D。根據(jù)對第四段的分析，可知A，B，C全部正確。故正確答案是D。