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One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries. It is not the first time one of Google's famed self-driving cars has been involved in a crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one. On February 14th, the self-driving car, travelling at 2 mph, pulled out in front of a public bus going 15 mph. (1-1)The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus would slow down to let the car out, and so he did not switch to the manual mode. In a statement, Google said, "We clearly bear some responsibility, because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been a crash. (1-2) That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the trattic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that." (2) The company's self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.
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预览两道题各选项,由 self-driving, car, fast speed, test driver, crashes等词可以初步判断,该新 闻与自动驾驶汽车有关;结合各选项语义可以进一步推测,第1题可能考查自动驾驶汽车出现事故的原因;第2 题考查的内容与自动驾驶汽车的运行状况有关。
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1. According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?
D)。(详解)新闻中提到,谷歌表示,自动驾驶汽车在并道时,随车测试人员认为公交车会减速或停下,以便 让自动驾驶汽车并入车流,因此测试人员并没有转换到人工驾驶模式。由此可知,测试人员判断失误是 导致事故发生的原因,答案为D)。
2. How have Googles self-driving cars performed so far?
A)。(详解)新闻末尾提到,自动驾驶汽车在美国各州100多万英里的行驶里程中运行良好,目前也只是出 现过小事故。由此可知,总体来说,自动驾驶汽车运行得比较好,答案为A)。