Read the Diary and Write the Missing Words. Write One Word on each line.

Saturday December 29

I ……………… a great time in the snow today with my friends. We took out sledges to the ……………… of the hill and raced them down to the bottom. After a few hours it was too dangerous ……………… go up there because the snow on the hill was like ice.

But it will snow again tonight, Mum says, so we are ……………… to do it again tomorrow.

This ………………, when I came home for my dinner, my fingers ……………… blue, so I’ve got some warmer gloves for tomorrow.

Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
The idea of a driverless car is not new. Now there are already cars on the road that can park themselves. But a
truly self-driving car, one that can drive itself, is being tested by scientists and engineers.
Self-driving cars have already tested on public roads. These cars not only record images of the road, but their
computerized maps view road signs, find alternative routes and see traffic lights even before they are seen by a person.
By using radars and cameras, the cars can analyse information about their surroundings faster than a human can.
In some of the tests, the car learn the details of a road by driving on it several times, and when it is time to drive itself, it
can identify when there are pedestrians crossing and then stops to let them pass by. Self-driving cars could make
transport safer for all of us by eliminating the cause of most of today’s accidents.
Although self-driving cars may seem far off, some people believe that there will be driverless cars in showrooms in
about 10 years.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Self-driving car: far off image B. The prospect of driverless cars
C. Computerised maps in cars D. Safer transport in the future
2. Now there are already cars on the road that can ……………………..
A. park themselves B. record images of the road
C. learn the details of a road D. actually drive themselves.
3. How can the tested cars analyse information about their surroundings?
A. By viewing road signs B. By seeing traffic lights quickly
C. By using radars and cameras D. By driving on it several times.
4. The underlined word “them” in the passage refers to……………………..
A. tests B. details C. times D. pedestrians
5. In about a decade’s time, we may see……………………..
A. self-driving cars being tested B. driverless cars in a far-off place
C. self-driving cars in showrooms D. much safer cars