Unit 2 Reading for Writing 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

XB125 Unit 2 Looking into the Future “Passenger Dies When Car Crashes in Driverless Mode” Breaking news This news caused a heated discussion over new technology. Lead-in 1. What do we know about the car? A. It crashed when it was driving automatically. B. It crashed due to the driver’s carelessness. C. It crashed when the passenger was driving. D. It crashed because the passenger operated wrongly. 2. How many benefits has new technology provided in the third paragraph? A. 1　　 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 3. What was the public’s attitude toward the idea of developing driverless cars? A. Supportive. B. Opposed. C. Optimistic.D. Indifferent. Skim the passage and then choose the best answer. AC 3 4. How does the author support the ideas? A. By using examples. B. By doing experiments. C. By using exact figures. D. By conducting surveys. 5. What can we infer about the author from the passage? A. He feels sorry for the accident. B. He is opposed to new technology. C. He is in favour of new technology. D. He cares nothing about new technology. Skim the passage and then choose the best answer. [1]This morning, I saw the shocking headline: “Passenger Dies When Car Crashes in Driverless Mode”. In the article, various people said that the public should oppose the idea of developing driverless cars. They said that some advances in technology were unnecessary and could even be dangerous. Hence, we should cease accepting technology just because it is new. The newspaper reported that the car company had already apologized for the accident, but the families of the deceased said it was not enough. Nevertheless, the company still claimed that most people would be travelling in driverless cars one day soon. Introduction 反对 因此 停止 死者家属 不然 声称 [2]On the one hand, there are many different groups of people around the world who live happily in the absence of new technology. Probably the most