2 . Japanese automaker Toyota has announced plans to create a model “city of the future” to test and develop new technologies. The project will involve “building a complete city from the ground up” at the foot of Japan’s Mount Fuji. The company announced the plans during the yearly CES technology show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Toyota calls the project “Woven City”. It is meant to be a model for creating “smart cities” around the world. A smart city is an area developed with high-speed internet connectivity to link major information and communication systems. These systems-powered by data and sensors-can improve living conditions relating to things like energy, transportation and health.
Smart cities can be designed to greatly cut human-caused pollution, reduce traffic problems and create new uses for internet technology to affect everyday life. The Woven City will aim to be a “living laboratory” for technologies including self-driving systems, robotics, smart homes and artificial intelligence.
The city will be built on land where an automobile factory currently operates. The city will cover about 70 hectares of land and is designed to hold around 2,000 people. Residents could include Toyota employees and visiting researchers. The city will have its own police officers, fire and emergency services and schools. The city’s main electrical power will come from hydrogen fuel technology. The city is planned to be fully sustainable, with buildings made mostly of wood. Buildings will be made with solar equipment to produce additional electricity.
1. What do we know from Paragraph 2?
| A．The explanation of a smart city. | B．The living conditions in the future. |
| C．Clean energy for “city of the future”. | D．The importance of communication systema |
2. Which is mentioned in Paragraph 4?
| A．When Woven City will be completed. | B．Who will be allowed to live in Woven City. |
| C．Why solar energy will be used in Woven City. | D．How a car factory will be changed into Woven City. |
3. Which of the following best describes the traffic in streets of Woven City?
| A．Safe. | B．Rapid. | C．Intelligent | D．Comfortable |
4. What is the best title for the text?
| A．The Way Human Beings Will Live in the Future |
| B．World-Leading Technologies of Toyota’s Smart Home |
| C．“City of the Future” to Be Built to Test New Technologies |
| D．Great Changes Brought by the Internet in Our Future Life |
