Anyone driving between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have seen a Toyota Prius (豐田普銳斯) with a curious chimney-like cylinder (汽缸) on the roof. It is hard to notice that the person at the wheel was not actually driving.

   The car is a project of Google, which has been working in secret but in plain view on vehicles that can drive themselves, using artificial-intelligence software that can sense anything near the car. “The car is never unmanned,” the project leader Dr. Thrun wrote on Google’s company blog. He said a driver was always behind the wheel to take control if something went wrong.

The unmanned cars are still years from mass production, but technologists who have long dreamed of them believe that they can transform society as greatly as the Internet has.

Engineers consider the cars are safer because they react faster than humans, having 360-degree perception and never getting absent-minded, sleepy or drunk. And they state that lives may be saved and injuries avoided, as more than 30,000 people are killed by car accidents in the United States per year. The engineers say the technology could double the capacity of roads by allowing cars to drive more safely while closer together. Because the robot cars would eventually be less likely to crash, they could be built lighter, reducing fuel consumption. But of course, to be truly safer, the cars must be far more reliable than, say, today’s personal computers, which crash on occasion and are frequently infected with virus.

Google has started doing what might seem like a technology area unrelated to its bread-and-butter business as the king of Internet search and advertising. The self-driving car is an example of Google’s willingness to gamble on technology that may not pay off for years, Dr. Thrun said. One way Google might be able to profit is to provide information and navigation (導(dǎo)航) service for makers of unmanned vehicles, with a plan to make traveling safer, avoid accidents and reduce the carbon emission (排放).

But the arrival of driverless vehicles arouse legal issues, the Google researchers acknowledged. Under current law, a human must be in control of a car at all times. And in the event of an accident, who would be liable — the person behind the wheel or the maker of the software?

58. According to Google, the driverless car ______.

A. is without a human presence at all times         B. will react faster but be less reliable

C. will increase efficiency of road and fuel         D. will safely navigate the roadways

59. With its new invention, Google hopes the following except ______.

A. the driverless car will make a lot of sense       B. its business will reach beyond its usual range

C. it will profit by making unmanned vehicles      D. laws will have to catch up with the technology

60. The underlined word “l(fā)iable” in last paragraph probably means “______”.

   A. dependable          B. responsible               C. trusted                            D. sensible

61. The best title of the passage might be ______.

A. Google Cars Drive Themselves in Traffic       B. Driverless Cars Could Be the Wave of Future

C. Google Hopes to Reduce Traffic Accidents            D. Unmanned Cars Closer to a Commercial Reality

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    Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are  56 than housewives. Evidence shows that the 57  are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows that 58 the unemployment rate increases by 1%，the death rate increases correspondingly by 2%. All this comes down to one point：Work is helpful to health.

   Why is work good for health? It is because work   59    people busy,   60  loneliness and  solitude (孤獨). Researches show that people feel unhappy，61 and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead，the happiest are those who are   62  . Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard . Work serves as a   63  between man and reality. By work，people 64 each other. By collective activity，they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work  65  the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and  66  him liable to disease.

     67 ，work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of  68 . Work makes one feel his

 value and status in society. When a  69  finishes his writing or a doctor successfully  70  a patient or a teacher sees his students  71  ，they are happy  72  .

From the above we can  73  to the conclusion that the more you work, the 74  and healthier you will be. Let us work hard，study well and  75  a happy and healthy life.

A. richer        B. healthier             C. weaker          D. worse

A. old           B. busy               C. jobless         D. hard-working

A. whenever      B. whether            C. though           D. since

A. keeps          B. forces                C. needs            D. require

A. in charge of  B. in lack of                 C. in touch with     D away from

A. interested       B. joyful      C. concerned       D. worried

A. busy      B. free        C . lazy         D. dull

A. guard      B. gap        C. channel          D. bridge

A. come across   B. come into contact withC. look down upon D. watch over

A. means        B. stands    C. helps        D. matches

A. forces       B. orders              C. finds        D. makes

A. Besides      B. Then      C. However    D. Yet

A. disappointment B. achievement       C. regret      D. apology

A. worker      B. farmer              C. writer        D. manager

A. makes friends withB. has a talk         C. operates on       D. deals with

A. raise        B. grow        C. rise         D. increase

A. in a word     B. without a word     C. at a word   D. beyond words

A. come  B. reach        C. arrive        D. draw

A. lonelier       B. weaker     C. stronger     D. happier

A. lead   B. make      C. earn       D. share

Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are__1___ than housewives．Evidence shows that __2_  are in poorer health than the job-holders．A study shows that _3___ the unemployment rate increases by 1%，the death rate in-creases correspondingly by 2%．All this comes down to one point：Work is helpful to health．
Why is work good for health? It is because work ___4_   people busy,  _5__ loneliness and  solitude . Researches show that people feel unhappy，_6__ and lonely when they have nothing to do．Instead，the happiest are those who are  _7___．Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard . Work serves as __8___  between man and reality．By work，people_9__  each other．By collective activity，they find friendship and warmth．This is helpful to health．The loss of work __10__  the loss of everything．It affects man spiritually and __11_   him liable to disease．
__12__  ，work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of _13__  ．Work makes one feel his value and status in society．When __14__ finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __15__   a patient or a teacher sees his students __16_  ，they are happy ___17__ ．
From the above we can _18__  to the conclusion that the more you work, _19___ and healthier you will be．Let us work hard，study well and __20__  a happy and healthy life．

Some people believe that international sports creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.

One country received its second-place medal with visible indignation after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in a rage when he said: “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended in disturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (愛國主義).

1.According to the author, the recent Olympic Games have ______.

A. created goodwill between nations           

B. bred only false national pride

C. barely showed any international friendship

D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred

2.What would the manager mean by saying, “...Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished”?

  A. His team would no longer take part in international games.

  B. Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.

  C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.

  D. The Federation should be dissolved.

3.The basketball example implied that ______.

  A. too much patriotism was displayed in the incident

  B. the announcement to prolong the match was wrong

  C. the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision

  D. the American team was right in rejecting the silver medals

4. What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?

  A. The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.

  B. Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games.

  C. Sports should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game.

  D. International contests are liable for misunderstanding between nations.

Some people believe that international sports creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sports encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.
One country received its second-place medal with visible indignation after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in a rage when he said: “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least three years.
The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended in disturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won, by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the USA had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.
Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism (愛國主義).
【小題1】According to the author, the recent Olympic Games have ______.

A．created goodwill between nations

B．bred only false national pride

C．barely showed any international friendship

D．led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred

A．His team would no longer take part in international games.

B．Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.

C．There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.

D．The Federation should be dissolved.

A．The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.

B．Athletes should compete as individuals in the Olympic Games.

C．Sports should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game.

D．International contests are liable for misunderstanding between nations.