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A News Report One
One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injure
elved in
It is not the first time one
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lay 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
bus going 1 5mph(24km/h). [1]The man in the Google vehicle reported that he assumed the bus woula F?
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 hadnt 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.
(2] The companys self-driving cars have done well over a million miles across various states in the
US, and until now have only reported minor accidents.
Questions I and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.
1. According to Google, what was the cause of the accident?
新闻中提到,谷歌无人驾驶汽车的司机说,他以为公交车会减速避让,所以就没有转换到手
动模式。由此可推测,司机当时判断失误( wrong judgment),故选项B)为正确答案
2. How have Google's self-driving cars performed so far?
新闻最后提到,谷歌公司的自动驾驶汽车穿行美国各州,行程达百万英里以上,表现很好
