完形填空(七) 美妙的噪声+未来的交通
A
I took my 6-year-old daughter's hand and we started to walk around in a shop. Suddenly she reached out her hand to 1 a pair of black shoes.
“Buy for me?” she asked.
“Oh, sweetie, they are tap dancing (踢踏舞) shoes. You aren't taking tap dance.”
“Buy for me?” she 2 .
“Well, let's try them on.”
She sat on the floor and 3 her bright pink rain boots(靴子). When she stood up we heard “click ”. She took another 4 . “Click, click, click.” Then we went to the supermarket.
“Click, click, click…”—people turned to look as we entered the supermarket. People would 5 allow their daughters to wear tap dancing shoes to the supermarket.
“Excuse me. 6 would you allow your daughter to wear tap dancing shoes here? They make such a 7 .”
“Isn't it wonderful?”
“Wonderful?”
“You don't understand. 8 she was still a baby,doctors told us that she would never walk or talk. It has taken a lot of hard work and 9 , but she asked for the shoes and the ‘click, click, click’ says that she can walk,” I said.
My daughter is 18 now and will graduate from Grade 12 in June. It has not been 10 , but it has all been worthwhile(值得做的).
( )1.A.touch B.throw C.steal D.hide
( )2.A.repeated B.advised C.explained D.added
( )3.A.gave away B.took off C.turned up D.cut off
( )4.A.break B.knock C.step D.look
( )5.A.often B.sometimes C.usually D.never
( )6.A.Where B.Why C.Whether D.What
( )7.A.difference B.mess C.noise D.mark
( )8.A.When B.Since C.Before D.Though
( )9.A.experience B.knowledge C.imagination D.patience
( )10.A.funny B.easy C.difficult D.busy
B
What would the world be like if cars could drive themselves? If you see an empty car stop to 11 its owner, what would you think? Or if you see a car full of passengers and the passengers are reading, listening to music or even sleeping, but 12 of them are worried, do you feel fantastic?
Well, all of this could be the future of 13 . There are several companies working on driverless cars. If they succeed, these electric, self-driving cars could be available very soon. But, how is it 14 for a car to drive itself?
Nowadays, the cars have already taken over some of the drivers' 15 , such as parking themselves and slowing down when they find objects nearby. They can also control the speed if there is 16 , such as snowy roads.
Some cars can even help the drivers deal with some special situations. Scientists and engineers believe, 17 the help of new technology like cameras and GPS, people can produce safer self-driving cars. The number of 18 accidents will be much smaller in the future.
However, there are still some people who do not like the 19 . American lawyer Whit Dreake, for example, doesn't 20 these cars are safe. He thinks it is a mistake to develop such cars.
( )11.A.stay up B.give up C.pick up D.make up
( )12.A.all B.neither C.both D.none
( )13.A.riding B.driving C.staying D.running
( )14.A.possible B.comfortable C.terrible D.enjoyable
( )15.A.life B.study C.exercise D.work
