1 . Xiao Ming gets up very late. He rides his bike to the school quickly. He doesn’t look at the traffic lights, so he hits a car. The driver takes him to the hospital right now. The doctor looks over Xiao Ming very carefully. Xiao Ming wants to go to the school but the doctor and the driver ask him to stay in bed.
“ Now my boy,“ says the doctor.“ Could you tell me your name, please?”
“ What are you going to do?” asks Xiao Ming.
“I’m going to tell your parents and your teacher. ”answers the doctor.
“But my parents know my name and my teacher knows my name, too.“ says Xiao Ming.
1. How does Xiao Ming go to school?A.by bike | B.by car |
C.by bus | D.on foot |
A.His teacher | B.His parents |
C.The driver | D.His students |
A.Because he is very happy. |
B.Because he doesn’t notice the traffic lights. |
C.Because he doesn’t like going to school |
D.Because he can’t see anything |
A.He is very lovely. |
B.He is very bad. |
C.He is very lazy. |
D.He is very good. |
1. What event is the man going to see?
A.A drama. | B.A basketball game. | C.A tennis match. |
A.New York. | B.Chicago. | C.Boston. |
A.10 minutes. | B.20 minutes. | C.40 minutes. |
A.Meet friends. | B.Go to work. | C.Catch a bus. |
A.On the road. | B.In a shop. | C.At a parking lot. |
It’s one of the longest train journeys in the world —2,910 miles across China. And when photographer Mathieu Paley was looking for ways
Paley and his family saw China change with every mile. The train’s last stop is a city
After a few
“It was
Booking clerk: Hello, can I help you ?
Customer : Yes, you know, I’d like to fly to Berlin, Germany,
Booking clerk : Well, a moment please. I’ll check the
Customer: Let me see. I will attend a book fair
Booking clerk: Oh, it’s only $870. This is the cheapest.
Customer : It’s fine. Would you like to tell me
Booking clerk: No problem. That’s Flight BA975. It
Customer: I think I’ll take
6 . Driving is one of those necessary skills that you should possess if you wish to survive as one of "the fittest" in the modern life. You can start learning to drive when you are eighteen, the legal age. Experience tells that the older you become, the harder it is to learn driving.
However, learning to drive will be the very last thing on your mind when you graduate out of a university, and will be desperate looking for a job and stressing out on how to clear your student debt. So, the best way is to start out early on your path to take driving lessons. Many of the teens in recent times decide not to drive. By this, you are really missing out on a huge part of growing up and losing out on a whole lot of benefits. The top reason for not learning driving is the relatively high costs of driving lessons. But, we are here to tell you why you should overlook the costs and rather concentrate on the advantages.
No need for public transport. Using public transport to get to any destination quickly is anything but convenient. If you know how to drive, you will never have to rely on public modes of transportation ever again. Relying on a bus or train to arrive smoothly on time rarely ever happens.
At times you aren't or can't be relying on public transportation. Those are the times you are probably relying on a friend, or your parents for a ride. Knowing how to drive yourself will make you independent and you wouldn't have to fit your plans according to other peoples’ schedules.
In the recent job world, there may be plenty of jobs out there which won't mark you as a qualified candidate because you don't know how to drive.
These are the main benefits that knowing how to drive could bring into your life. So start going to a driving school as early as possible.
1. When is the best time to learn to drive according to the text?A.The younger the better. | B.As early as the law permits. |
C.After you have found your job. | D.After you have finished university. |
A.They are busy looking for jobs. | B.They are pressed to pay for their debts. |
C.They are unwilling to pay the high costs. | D.They don't see the advantages of driving. |
A.You can get free rides. | B.You have a better chance to get jobs. |
C.You will enjoy more independence. | D.You will reduce the daily living costs. |
A.The disadvantages of relying on public transport. | B.The survival difficulties without driving skills. |
C.The timing for teens to start driving. | D.The benefits of learning driving. |
7 . The time that cars could go completely driverless is coming “very soon”, according to Jianxiong Xiao, CEO and founder of AutoX, a Shenzhen-based start-up developing autonomous driving technology.
Now, most regulations across various cities in China still require the presence of a safety driver in vehicles, but the company foresees that as more data gets captured over time, that requirement would be reduced, Xiao told CNBC's “Street Signs Asia" on Wednesday.
The autonomous driving tech firm chose to partner with Alibaba's AMAP — a Chinese mapping service provider --- to roll out its RoboTaxi ride hailing service in Shanghai on Monday. AMAP is a "super mobility app" with almost 500 million active monthly users, according to Xiao.
AutoX had received support from Shanghai authorities to roll out a fleet of 100 autonomous ride-hailing cars in Shanghai's Jiading district in September last year.
Earlier this month, AutoX announced that it had set up an 80,000 square feet RoboTaxi operations center in Shanghai to help facilitate (使容易)operations of its driverless fleet, as well as act as a center to collect data from daily operations.
Backed by investors such as Alibaba, Shanghai Motor and Dongfeng Motor, AutoX is one of the players in the trillion U.S. dollar Chinese autonomous driving vehicles market alongside others like DiDi Chuxing.
Xiao said they were working with the technology to ensure the vehicles were "very, very safe" and are carrying out a lot of testing.
Over a hundred vehicles have been arranged on roads daily to obtain enough data needed to validate the software and system, according to Xiao.
He added that the company was also running a hundred times more simulations (模拟)in the car every day, and the “huge amount of data" would help to prove that the vehicles could be used in "full safety".
“Our goal is not to just make (it) as safe as human beings, but going one step forward to really make...a superhuman safety standard; (cars) that (can) drive much safer than any human being ever,“ Xiao said.
1. What will be most required to go driverless according to CEO of AutoX?A.Traffic regulations. | B.Driving technology. |
C.Enough data. | D.Mapping service. |
A.Doubtful. | B.Optimistic. | C.Disappointed. | D.Uncertain. |
A.test | B.invent | C.develop. | D.design |
A.Driving Technology |
B.Science Achievement |
C.No Driver in the Future |
D.The Development of Driverless |
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My dog Dino is really an superhero, who helps keep us safe, especially on the roads. Take a look at what he does last week. Last Wednesday, Dino saved our neighbor’s boy which ran in front of a car to get his ball. People can get very much angry when driving, usually for silly reasons. Last Tuesday, a driver behind us started shouting my mum when she stopped her car to let several child cross the road. Dino soon made him shut up. Last Friday, Dino saw two girls running a red light but he soon made them changing their minds. Last Sunday Dino caught my dad talking on their mobile phone while my dad was driving. Dino immediate stopped him. What a smarter dog!
The most important rule of the road concerns which side to drive on. A large number of accidents in the world happen for this reason, with more and more people
Most areas of the world which
Generally speaking, about two thirds of the countries in the world drive on the right such as, the USA, China and Russia. Canada used to drive on the left but changed to the right to make border crossings with the USA more
The
10 . Only a few people in Toronto have the luck to live within walking distance from their workplace.For the rest of us, commuting (乘车上下班) is a rather unpleasant daily necessity.
So how do you avoid a traffic jam in Toronto? You can do it in the old way and listen to one of the radio stations that give regular updates about the traffic situation in Toronto’s streets.Seeing the big picture of Toronto’s traffic and knowing when and where heavy traffic occurs is a must.From my own experience, there are situations where a quick decision can help you make it in time for an event or a meeting.That’s why we prepared three short videos showing the overall traffic situation in Toronto from dawn to night.You can click them and watch.
With the help of “Google Maps”, where you can watch the live traffic density all over the world and average traffic data based on past conditions, we were able to provide you with traffic maps for a typical (平常的) Friday.
Friday traffic in Toronto is quite fast in the early morning,with only a few hot spots showing up at the major junctions (交叉点) at 7:00 am.The morning traffic jam starts light at 7:30 and the traffic gradually slows down to reach a breaking point at 8:30.The roads are quite free afterwards, only Allen Road is likely to be jammed around lunchtime from 11 : 30 am to 12:00 noon.It comes as no surprise that Friday afternoon brings heavy traffic as early as 1:00 pm, mainly on the Don Valley Parkway.You won’t have a good time getting away from the city from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm, as there is a good chance to get caught in a traffic jam.The traffic in Toronto is quite heavy on a Friday night.I hope you will have a nice Friday night in the city and a safe journey home this Friday!
1. By saying “commuting is a rather unpleasant daily necessity”,the writer refers to the fact that ________.A.buses are usually very crowded |
B.they are often stuck in traffic jams |
C.they have to travel a long way to work |
D.they usually cannot do anything on the way to work |
A.What the traffic in Toronto is like for a typical Friday. |
B.How to avoid heavy traffic on Fridays. |
C.Why the traffic is terrible on Fridays. |
D.What “Google Maps” can do for us. |
A.from 6:30 am to 7:00 am |
B.from 8:30 am to 9:30 am |
C.from 10:30 am to 11:00 am |
D.from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm |
A.A TV program. | B.A radio program. |
C.A website. | D.A travel booklet. |