【題目】A new concept vehicle, Pod was introduced by Toyota and Sony at the Tokyo motor show. The car is intended as a four-wheeled friend. It aims to provide affection, sympathy and encouragement. Like a dog welcoming its master, the car sits up, wags its tail and acknowledges its owner’s presence using hydraulics(液壓裝置) and a multi-colored LED display panel(引擎) across the front.

While on the road, the car constantly monitors the driver’s mood with pulse and sweat sensors on the joystick(操縱桿). Cameras focused on the eyes keep watch for any sigh of drowsiness. If a driver appears to be losing his or her cool, Pod will display warnings, play soft music and blow cold air at the face. Drivers are shaken awake with loud music and a shaking chair.

To improve driving skills, pod compares acceleration, braking and steering with the best performance recorded by professionals. It uses this comparison to score drivers, offer advice and rank all Pod owners. Toyota claims that the car will eventually be able to learn its owner’s likes and dislikes by monitoring passenger conversations. If the car hears a favorite song being discussed, it will download the track from the Internet and play it without being asked. It will also recommend restaurants that might suit the driver’s taste and take photographs of passengers when they sound particularly happy.

In keep with the moodiness that is the car’s main selling point, Pod expresses a form of road anger. If a driver brakes or swerves(轉向) suddenly, the LED panel shows an angry red and the tail rises at the back.

Anger is one of the car’s ten “emotional states”. Another is sadness --- a blue front with tear-shaped lights seemingly dropping from headlights --- which appears after a flat tire or when gas is low.

“We wanted to show that the cars can be cheerful and entertaining,” said Yasunori Sakamoto, part of the Toyota design team. Mr Sakamoto said Toyota has no plans to put Pod on the market. Sad, really.

【1】The underlined word “drowsiness” in Paragraph 2 means _________.

A. fear B. boredom

C. excitement D. sleepiness

【2】According to the text, Pod can ___________.

A. rank the restaurant nearby B. test the driver’s driving skills

C. have a conversation with drivers D. recommend a song to passenger

【3】If the new concept vehicle is running out of gas, __________.

A. the Led panel turns red

B. the tail rises at the back of the car

C. the front light turn blue and look like tears

D. the car stops and shake with loud music

【4】What is the author’s attitude towards Pod?

A. Supportive. B. Doubtful.

C. Pessimistic. D. Tolerant.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】本文屬于說明文。介紹了一種能夠幫助司機駕駛的新型汽車，并詳細介紹了這種汽車的特點和用途。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)橫線后句的句子，如果司機表現(xiàn)出不耐煩的情緒，汽車就會提出警告，播放音樂以及向臉部吹冷風。用大聲的音樂和搖晃的椅子把司機搖醒。可知攝像機一致關注的是司機的睡意。故選D。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段內(nèi)容，可知當司機出現(xiàn)急轉彎的時候，汽車就會表現(xiàn)出憤怒，也就是說這種汽車可以測試司機的技巧。故選B。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段最后一句Another is sadness --- a blue front with tear-shaped lights seemingly dropping from headlights --- which appears after a flat tire or when gas is low.可知當汽油含量低的時候，汽車頭燈上就會有藍色的光線出現(xiàn)。故選C。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章可知這種新型汽車可以表現(xiàn)出多種情緒，文章最后Mr Sakamoto said Toyota has no plans to put Pod on the market. Sad, really. 作者對Toyota還沒有計劃把這種汽車投入市場感到很難過，可知作者對這種汽車是支持的態(tài)度。故選A。

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