2017年6月英语四级听力真题第1套-新闻报道1

【真题完整试卷在”公-重-浩“：超能资料库】

听力试题、听力原文、答案：

一、听力试题：

Section A

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. 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. A) They have done better than conventional cars
B) They have caused several severe crashes
C) They have posed a threat to other drivers
D) They have generally done quite well

Section A

News report one

One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries. It was not the first time one of the Google's famed self-driving cars have been involved in crash, but it may be the first time it has caused one. On Feb. 14th，the self-driving car, traveling at 2 miles per hour, pulled out in front of a public bus going 15 miles per hour.【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 the statement, Google said, we clearly bear some responsibility because if our car hadn't moved, there wouldn't have been the crash. That said our taxi driver believed the bus was going to slow or stop to allow us to merge into the traffic and 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 U. S. and until now have only reported minor accidents.

1. According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?

2. How have Google's self-driving cars performed so far?

1. B.The test driver made a wrong judgement
2. D.They have generally done quite well

【翻译】

上个月，在加利福利亚州，谷歌公司的一辆无人驾驶汽车撞到了一辆巴士。没有人员受伤。

谷歌公司名声在外的无人驾驶汽车并不是第一次卷入撞车事故中，

但是这是第一次由它引起的撞车事故。

2月14日，这辆以每小时2英里（每小时3公里）的速度行驶的无人驾驶汽车，从一辆以每小时15英里（每小时24公里）的速度行驶的巴士前驶出。

坐在谷歌公司汽车里的人报告说，他以为那辆巴士会减速让汽车驶出，

所以他没有切换到手动模式。

在一份声明中，谷歌公司说：“我们很显然要承担一些责任，

因为如果我们的车没有移动，那么就不会出现撞车事故。”

它说，“我们的测试司机认为那辆巴士会减速或停下来让我们汇入车流，

并且有足够的空间做到那一点。”

该公司的无人驾驶汽车在美国已经成功地行驶了超过100万英里，穿过了许多州，

直到现在为止只报告了一些小事故。

请根据你刚刚听到的新闻报道回答问题1和问题2。

问题1.根据谷歌公司的说法，这起事故的起因是什么？

问题2.谷歌公司的无人驾驶汽车到目前为止表现如何？