The 2010 World Expo in Shanghai

湖北省武汉市周铺中学 夏伟伟

Visitors to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be able to gosightseeing(观光)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(雷达)to help them get around.They will mainly use solarbatteries(太阳能电池)andithium batteries(锂电池 ).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.擅长 C.负责 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。根据第一段的“...the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai...”可知2010年世博会将在上海举行，故正确答案是C。

2.A。根据第二段最后一句“...can reach a top of 50 kilometers an hour”可知汽车的速度最高达到每小时50千米。故正确答案是A。

3.A。根据第四段的第四句|可知“这种汽车使用太阳能电池和锂电池”，故B不正确；根据第四段的最后一句可知“这种汽车不需要司机和汽油，而且不会对环境造成污染。”可排除B，C，故正确答案是A。

4.C。根据第四段的语境，可推测in charge of的词义在此处应为“负责”的意思。故正确答案是C。

5.D。根据对第四段的分析，可知A，B，C全部正确。故正确答案是D。