Question

   Do you know Nissan introduced the world's first “talking car” about twenty years ago? Actually,it was like a record 1 that would tell you that your door was open,and would continue talking to you 2 you closed it.

   Of course,it never became popular. Only a few people 3 the car.

   Times have changed and the talking car of the near future is quite different. You can talk to it and you’ll be able to control your radio 4 giving your voice orders,get traffic reports and directions,send and receive e-mails. To finish all these actions,you needn’t push a button (按鈕) at all.

   This is good news for those who 5 more and more time of their lives in their cars. 6 the new type of cars will be more like offices on wheels with computers inside. Companies hope that time wasted in traffic can be put to better use. 7 workers are able to check their mails,faxes and meeting time on the way to work,they can spend more time at the offices doing more 8 work.

   Microsoft,of course,is hoping to have one of their operating systems (系統(tǒng)) in every car in the world. “It will be a great 9 ”says Brass,a leader in Microsoft. There are more than 650,000,000 cars in the world. And every year about 50 ,000,000 new cars are produced. If Brass’ wish 10,cars will become a bigger business for Microsoft than computers.

1. A. sound   B. voice   C. noise   D. cry

2. A. after   B. though   C. until   D. so

3. A. did about   B. knew about   C. thought about   D. worried about

4. A. by   B. on   C. with   D. to

5. A. take   B. pay   C. spend   D. cost

6. A. First of all   B. In fact   C. After   D. In general

7. A. If   B. Though   C. Because   D. Unless

8. A. boring   B. simple   C. important   D. relaxing

9. A. wonder   B. future   C. surprise   D. experience

10. A. comes over   B. comes up  C. comes out   D. comes true

Answer 1

1 〜5. BCBAC 6〜10. BACBD