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广东省佛山市南海区狮山镇联考2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中教学质量监测英语试题
How do you go to school evey day? By bike or on foot? Maybe you can try a new way— taking a S' Gool Bus.
The S' Gool Bus is also called the bike bus. It was invented in the bike kingdom— the Netherlands. It is all about green lifestyle, sports and sharing. It's interseting for kids to ride the bus together to go to school.
Also, it is very safe. The bike bus has a driver and eleven seats for kids. Each one has a helmet and safety belt. There is also a roof on the bus. It can be used on hot days or rainy days to make kids feel comfortable.
Riding the bike bus is one of the greatest ways for children to get to school. Peter, a 10- year- old pupil, becomes a big fan of the bike bus." Now the S' Gool Bus is my favorite way of transport. I can ride it together with other kids to keep healthy. It's full of fun." For most parents, it can help them save a lot of time because they only have to pick up their children after school.
The S' Gool Bus is becoming more and more popular in some countries like Germany and France. Its inventor Thomas Tolkamp says,"I hope I can sell the bike bus to more countries in the future. As green lifestyle becomes popular, ideas like this get popular, too. I think it will work well in other countries." The use of the S' Gool Bus shows us that we can save the Earth in many ways as long as we want to have a try.
Don't be too surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Last month, Baidu began to test its self-driving cars on open roads in Beijing.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Since then, companies like Tesla, Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self—driving cars.
Self-driving cars are safer than regular cars. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}They can remove the stress of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#}In one test, researchers pointed a laser pointer (激光棒) at the car's sensors (传感器) while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam was in its way and slowed down or changed the direction.
The software that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}When we use our computers or smartphones, they sometimes crash (崩溃) without any reason. But if this happened to a self-driving car, the result could be deadly. Improvements to the software could be a solution to this problem.
A. At times, it may break down. B. Self-driving cars began to develop in 2010. C. It might be one of Baidu's self-driving cars. D. But self-driving cars have their own problems as well. E. And they are more environmentally friendly than regular cars. |
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