問題詳情
四、閱讀測驗【請在下列各題中選出最適當的答案】 At the outskirts of Berlin, Michael Barillere-Scholz is testing a driverless vehicle that is neither stylish norfuturistic. The vehicle is boxy and painted white. Its top speed barely reaches 20 miles per hour.The self-driving vehicle is a shuttle with room for 12 passengers. Barillere-Scholz, who leads the driverlessresearch team at Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s largest train and bus operator, has been testing the vehicle around alocal office park. Later, the partly state-owned public transit company will begin separate trials of a similarautonomous bus on public roads in southern Germany, connecting a local train station with stops along apredetermined route. “We want to show that autonomous cars don’t have to be limited to luxury consumer vehicles, they also have arole in public transport,” Barillere-Scholz said. “The market in Germany for this type of vehicle is huge.” The coming age of driverless cars has typically centered on Silicon Valley highfliers like Tesla, Uber andGoogle, which have showcased their autonomous driving technology in luxury sedans and SUVs costing $100,000or more. But across Europe, driverless projects like those by Deutsche Bahn are instead focused on practicalself-driving vehicles for mass transit. Going without the latest automotive trends of aerodynamics and style, European transportation companies andcity planners are aiming to connect these unglamorous driverless vehicles to existing public transportation networksof subways and buses. The goal is to eventually offer on-demand driverless services to those who cannot afford thelatest expensive offerings from Tesla and others. While cities in the United States — including Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Las Vegas — have tested some ofthese mass transit driverless vehicles, Europe is a particular hotbed of this activity. That is because of the region’sdensely packed urban areas and decades-old and widely used public transit systems, which often include subways,trains and buses. In total, more than 20 pilot or existing public transport programs have taken place in Europe involvingautonomous vehicles, according to a review by The New York Times. Most of these projects have receivedgovernment funding.
【題組】31. Which of the following would be a proper title for this passage?
(A) History of the Development of Autonomous Vehicles
(B) Future of European Mass Transit: Driverless and Practical
(C) Autonomous Driving in Silicon Valley
(D) Germany’s Largest Transit Operator
參考答案
答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)