2013年高考英语模拟试题及答案解析(7)
According to Dr．David Davis，who leads the research team，these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture，which had blocked up our cities，polluted our air, and caused more deaths than both world wars put together．
Davis says，cars will be fitted with some intelligent devices to regulate the distance between one car and another．The car will automatically speed up，or slow down，to match the speed of the car in front．Computers are much safer drivers than people，so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people．
By 2010，Dr．David Davis believes，car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road，whatever the weather conditions，by projecting an image of the road ahead on to the car’s windscreen．And by 2020，cars will travel in convoy, linked to each other electronically．Cars will be connected by an electronic tow bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”．“The front vehicle in such a train burn the normal amount．”says Davis．“But all the others in the train would burn about ten percent of the normal amount，and so produce about ten percent of the pollution．’’
61．We know from the passage that governments and car manufacturers_____．
A．consider the predictions seriously
B．are devoted to the technological revolution in car industry
C．do not believe the prediction that no one will own cars by 2020
D．have put the super-intelligent car into mass production
62．Which of the following will be the characteristic of the cars of 2020?
A．The car will speed up out of control．
B．We will own as many cars as we want．
C. All cars will be driven by computers．
D．Cars will produce more pollution than present ones．
63．The leader of the research team believes that the present car culture will change because
____．
A．cars play a very important role in daily life
