必修5 Unit 3　Life in the future-（达标训练）【导学教程】2024旧教材老高考英语新编大一轮总复习（人教版）

[对应学生用书P408] Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2022·海口高考调研)The development and testing of self­driving car technology have seen major progress but engineers are working on other kinds of autonomous vehicles too—including some built for water. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are leading one such project. It aims to create boats to transport goods and people along waterways of Amsterdam and explore how autonomous boats can make life in Amsterdam more streamlined　. The Dutch capital has been called the world's “most watery city” because of its large network of canals which affects daily life and industry there; convenience of citizens' life and levels of productivity rely on water vehicles greatly. The engineers centered past efforts on the first autonomous boats designed to transport small goods. But their latest creation, the Roboat Ⅱ， can also carry passengers. It measures two meters by one meter and weighs about 80 kilograms. A demonstration video of the model shows it carrying two people. The boat is designed to use the sensor­collected data and “pilot a path between a series of good points”． The MIT team is currently developing its third autonomous water vehicle. That boat is expected to be four meters long and is designed to carry up to six passengers.The team says its autonomous system is designed to involve separate boats working together. For example, the Roboat Ⅱ can be linked up in larger groups guided by a leader boat. This ability can expand the possibilities of autonomous vehicles meant to transport goods. The team plans to test the vehicles in more noisy waters. In September, it was announced that an ocean research vehicle called the Mayflower Autonomous Ship would attempt to set sail across the Atlantic without a captain or crew on board. The 15­meter ship will take the same path across the Atlantic as the 1620 Mayflower. The builders of the new Mayflower say they hope it can be used in the future to travel and research parts of oceans that a