—That’s a nice car!—

—Sorry. I have taken your car key by mistake.—

It was a __________ relationship between the boy and the man.

He gave the boss a report which __________ the current market.

This medicine __________ before dinner.

—If you like I can mail the tax bill for you?—

—Some cars are really expensive.—

Tom _______ have kept his promise. I wonder why he changed his idea.

What I should do is__________ the task soon.

The organization has __________ a campaign to raise money for the election.

—How do I get to the garage? I need to have my car repaired.—

The news reporters hurried to the airport, only ______the film stars had left.

He was rushed to the hospital with __________ injuries.

All the mobile phones must __________ before the meeting begins.

The school conducted a(n) __________ investigation on the accident.

In 1909 an English newspaper offered £ 1,000 to the first man to fly across the English Channel in an aeroplane. Today, modern jets cross it in minutes. But at that time it still seemed a good distance. The race to win the money soon became a race between two men. Both were very colorful. One was Louis Bleriot. He owned a factory in France that made motor car lamps. He was already well known as a pilot because he had had accidents several times. Some people laughed at him. One man said, “He may not be the first to fly across the Channel but he will certainly be the first to die in an accident!” But Bleriot was really a good and brave pilot. He also had many good ideas about aeroplane design. The other man was Hubert Latham. He was half French and half English. He took up flying when his doctors told him he had only a year to live. “Oh, well,” he said, “if I'm going to die soon, I think I shall have a dangerous and interesting life now.” Latham was the first to try the flight across the Channel. Ten kilometres from the French coast, his plane had some trouble. It fell down into the water and began to sink under the water. A boat reached Latham just in time. He was sitting calmly on the wing and was coolly lighting a cigarette. Bleriot took off six days later. He flew into some very bad weather and very low cloud. He somehow got to the English side and landed in a farmer's field. When he did so, a customs (海关) officer rushed up to his plane. Planes have changed since then, but customs officers have not. “Have you anything to declare?” The officer demanded. 1. The story took place（）.

Bleriot was well known as a pilot because（）.

Why did Hubert Latham want to fly across the Channel?（）

Why did the customs officer rush to the plane?（）

“Do you have anything to declare?” means（）.

You jump into a car, tell it where you want to go then sit back and let a computer take control. It seems a dream in the future. It isn't. In many ways such driverless cars are already with us. There is partial automation in many cars, such as intelligent braking, lane departure warning and automatic parking. The systems are there（1）cars can pretty much drive themselves. No one noticed the introduction of cruise control. We've got collision avoidance, and we'll soon have automatic lane change. Improving this technology should make the roads safer. Machines are much better at following rules than humans. Driveway signs advise drivers to slow down to avoid（2）jams. They are often ignored by drivers. But it won't happen（3） a computer. Driverless cars could also choose the best route to avoid traffic jams. Fewer jams will mean（4）stop-start driving. Maintaining smooth and constant speeds will improve fuel efficiency. Computers could also be programmed to take the greenest route, rather than the fastest one. Under computer control, cars could also travel much closer together. They can effectively “slipstream” one another and use less fuel to move themselves forward. They can even form multi-car “trains” going（5）high speeds. However, with driverless cars on the roads, there will be potential trust issues between people and machines. We could therefore see guard rails back on the sides of pavements. This would be a backwards step.

1. Henry thinks the transportation system is simple.（） 2. Julie believes more roads should be built and there will be fewer traffic jams. （） 3. According to Henry, people should be encouraged to use cars.（） 4. Both Henry and Julie agree that people should pay tax for using cars.（） 5. According to Henry, people will be in favor of using cars less to make the air cleaner.（）