小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com选择性必修第四册UNIT12INNOVATION(二)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(★)WithnewadvancesinAIandautonomousdriverlesscarsandtrains，itmakessensethatthismodeoftransportationcouldbeexpandedtobuses，too.Nowafull-sizedautonomousbusserviceisupandrunninginScotland.ThebusesbeganrunninginMay,2023，andarecarryingpassengersbetweenFerrytollParkandtheEdinburghParktrainandtramexchange.This14-milerouteisthefirstofitskindintheUK.TheautonomousbusesarebeingoperatedbyStagecoach，thelargestcoachoperatorintheUK.Whilethebusesareautonomous，fullyself-drivingvehiclesarenotcurrentlypermittedintheUKsoadriverhastobeonboardatalltimes.Thevehiclesarerequiredtohaveasafetydrivertomonitorthetechnologyandabuscaptainthatwillhelppassengersboardandpurchasetickets.Thedrivercantakecontrolincaseofanemergencysituation.Andthevehiclesusesensorstotravelonspecificroutesandcanreachthetopspeedof50milesperhour.Ittookalmost10yearsofresearchanddevelopmenttoreachthismilestone，whichisconsideredthefirstfull-sizeuseofautonomousbusesinEurope.Scottishtransportminister，KevinStewart，saidinapressrelease，“It’sreallyexcitingtoseetheinnovativeandambitiousCAVForthprojecttaketotheroadsafterallthehardworkofthepartnerorganizationsinvolvedinbringingthisworldfirsttoScotland.”ThisprojectwasoneofsixtoreceivefundingfromajointUKgovernmentandindustriesundertakingtospeedupthecommercializationofself-drivingtechnology，reportedTheGuardian.Thegovernmenthopestheautonomousbuseswillbefasterandmorereliabletousethanconventionalbusessince88%ofroadaccidentsarecausedbydrivers’errors.OthercountriesinEuropeareexploringusingdriverlessbuses.TherehavealreadybeenshorttrialsinseveralcitiesinItaly，FinlandandFranceandthere’replansfordriverlesselectricminibusestobeintroducedinSwitzerland，GermanyandNorway.Anautonomousbusmaybejustaroundthecornerinacitynearyou.1．Whatdoesadriverdoinanautonomousbus?A．Tomonitortheroute.B．Todealwithemergencies.C．Todirectthebus.D．Tohelppassengersbuytickets.2．Whatdoestheauthorindicateinparagraph4?小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.comA．Itisveryeasytodevelopthedriverlessbuses.B．Theautonomousbuseswon’tcauseaccidents.C．Scotlandbecomespopularforthedriverlessbuses.D．TheUKgovernmentvaluestheautonomousbuses.3．Whichofthefollowingcanbestdescribethefutureofautonomousbuses?A．Promising.B．Hopeless.C．Worrying.D．Uncertain.4．Whatcouldbeasuitabletitleforthetext?A．AutonomousBusesAreWidelyUsedintheUKB．Self-drivingTechnologyHasBeenaHitC．AutonomousBusesHittheRoadintheUKD．ConventionalBusesAreMuchSaferB(★)The2010sbroughtnoshortageofmiraculoustechnologies，fromtabletcomputersto4Gmobileinternet.Butthesehadsurprisinglylittleeffectontheeconomy.Duringthatdecadeproductivitygrowthinthedevelopedcountriesaveragedamiserable(少得可怜的)1%ayear，holdingdownaveragewages.Innovativefirmsembracednewtech，butmanylessadventurousonesdidnotbother.Theexperienceshowedthattechnologicalbreakthroughsandimprovementsinaveragelivingstandardsdonotalwaysgohandinhand.GenerativeAI，itsdeveloperssay，willbedifferent.Notsincetheinventionoftheinternethasanewtechnologysocapturedthepublicimagination.Thetechnologyisconsumer-friendly：withindaysof...