2019年6月大學英語四級閱讀真題選詞填空(第一套)：無人駕駛汽車
The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2,000 miles away. It has 26 from Detroit to Silicon Valley, where self-driving vehicles are coming into life.
In a 27 to take production back to Detroit, Michigan lawmakers have introduced 28 that could make their state the best place in the country, if not the world, to develop self-driving vehicles and put them on the road.
“Michigan’s 29 in auto research and development is under attack from several states and countries which desire to 30 our leadership in transportation. We can’t let happen,” says Senator Mike Kowall, the lead 31 of four bills recently introduced.
If all four bills pass as written, they would 32 a substantial update of Michigan’s 2013 law that allowed the testing of self-driving vehicles in limited conditions. Manufacturer would have nearly total freedom to test their self-driving technology on public roads. They would be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross-state road trips, and even set on-demand 33 of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors and Lyft are building.
Lawmakers in Michigan clearly want to make the state ready for the commercial application of self-driving technology. In 34 , California, home of Silicon Valley, recently proposed far more 35 rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and commercial use of self-driving technology.
A) bid
B) contrast
C) deputy
D) dominance
E) fleets
F) knots
G) legislation
H) migrated
I) replace
J) represent
k) restrictive
L) reward
M) significant
N) sponsor
O) transmitted
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26.[答案] H migrated
[解析]：The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved...這是在說美國汽車創新中心移動了，move;所填單詞的所在句為It has( ) from Detroit to Silicon Valley, where self-driving vehicles are... 其中“Detroit”指的是底特律，“Silicon Valley”指的是硅谷，也就是說它從底特律移動到了硅谷，在備選項中，表示“遷移，移動”的是H項migrated。
27.[答案] A bid
[解析]：所填單詞的所在句為In a( ) to take production back to Detroit，此處考查的是一個固定搭配，in a bid to 表示“為了”，這個考題相對較難，一些考生不太容易迅速識別出來，因此在複習過程中要提高固定搭配的掌握程度。
28.[答案] G legislation
[解析]：所填單詞的所在句為Michigan lawmakers have introduced( ) that could make their state the best place in the country, lawmakers 指的是立法者，那麼和他相關的就是法律了，備選項中G legislation符合句意。
29.[答案] D dominance
[解析]：所填單詞的所在句為Michigan’s( ) in auto research and development is under attack ... 在汽車研究和發展中Michigan的( ) 受到了打擊，這裡首先需要的是一個名詞，對比備選項中的名詞後發現D項dominance最符合句意，Michigan的主 導性或主 導地位受到了打擊。
30.[答案] I replace
[解析]：所填單詞的所在句為Michigan’s( ) in auto research and development is under attack from several states and countries who desire to( ) our leadership in transportation. 在上個題目中分析出Michigan的主 導性或主 導地位受到了打擊，這些打擊是來自於several states and countries，他們是渴望( ) 我們在交通中的領導地位，不難看出，是想取代，備選項中I項replace最符合句意。【點擊查看
四級真題答案彙總】31.[答案] N sponsor
[解析]：所填單詞的所在句為“We can’t let that happen，”says Senator Mike Kowall, the lead ( ) of four bills recently introduced. 顯然lead後面一定是個名詞，而且這是對Mike Kowall的進一步解釋說明，對比備選項中的名詞後發現N 項sponsor最符合句意，指的是主要發起人。
32.[答案] J represent
[解析]：所填單詞的所在句為If all four bills pass as written, they would ( )a Michigan substantial update of Michigan's 2013 law... 句子大意為：如果這四項法案都能通過，那麼它們將( )密歇根州的重大更新。這裡首先需要一個動詞，根據句意都能通過，那麼這一位數重大更新，對比備選項中的動詞後發現J項represent最符合句意。
33.[答案] E fleets
[解析]：所填單詞的所在句為They'd be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross-state road trips, and even set up on-demand ( ) of self-driving cars—like the one General Motors and Lyft are building. 做這個題需要看前後句，前半句send groups of self-driving cars，後半句是set up on-demand ( ) of self-driving cars，groups對應的是備選項中的E項fleets.
34.[答案] B contrast
[解析]：所填單詞的所在句為In ( ) ,這道題目較簡單，首先這是考固定搭配，在備選項中能夠構成固定搭配的是B項contrast，表對比。
35.[答案] K restrictive
[解析]：所填單詞的所在句為California, home of Silicon Valley, recently proposed far more ( ) rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and ban commercial use of autonomous tech. 所填詞是修飾rules的，因此應該是個形容詞，rules將限制人類駕駛員......也就是說明這個rules是具有約束性的，在備選項中K項 restrictive最符合句意，表示“限制性的，約束的”。
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