大学英语四级题库/听力 Section A

二、Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)    

Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.    

1.[单选题]______
  • A.The man in the car was absent-minded.
  • B.The test driver made a wrong judgement.
  • C.The self-driving system was faulty.
  • D.The car was moving at a fast speed.
2.[单选题]______
  • A.They have done better than conventional.
  • B.They have caused several severe crashes.
  • C.They have posed a threat to other drivers.
  • D.They have generally done quite well.
参考答案: B,D
解题思路:

录音原文:
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 2mph (3km/h), pulled out in front of a public bus going 15mph (24km/h).
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."
That said, our test driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic, and that there would be sufficient space to do that."
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.
Q1: According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?
Q2: How have Google’s self-driving cars performed so far?

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