Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Today's cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical than their predecessors, but the car of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of automobile engines have already been developed that run on alternative sources of power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, and propane. Electricity, however, is the only zero- emission option presently available.
Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or other dependable source of current is available, transportation experts foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes, and trolleys.
As automakers work to develop practical electrical vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on infrastructure systems to support and make the best use of the new cars. Public charging facilities will need to be as common as today's gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that allow drivers to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in transportation centers might be reserved for electric cars.
Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses, and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit centers that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one-person three-wheelers, small cars, or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five times the number of vehicles that can be carried by a freeway today.
The word “commuters” in paragraph 4 refers to ____________.
A. daily travelers
B. visitors
C. cab drivers
D. shoppers
Đáp án A.
Key word: commuters, paragraph 4, refers.
Clue: “Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one-person three-wheelers, small cars, or electric/ gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five times the number of vehicles that can be carried by a freeway today”: những... sẽ có thể thuê rất nhiều các loại xe điện khác nhau tùy theo nhu cầu của họ: xe tải nhẹ, xe ba bánh chở một người, xe ô tô nhỏ, hay xe ô tô lái sử dụng cả xăng và điện cho những chuyến đi dài hơn. Những phương tiện này chắc chắn sẽ lưu hành trên những quốc lộ tự động hóa mà có thể đáp ứng cho sổ lượng phương tiện nhiều gấp năm lần so với đường cao tốc ngày nay.
Phân tích đáp án:
A. daily travelers: người di chuyến hằng ngày
B. visitors: khách tới thăm, khách du lịch
C. cab drivers: tài xế taxi
D. shoppers: người đi mua sắm
Ta thấy dựa vào clue, “commuters” là một nhóm người có mục đích khác nhau trong việc di chuyển, bởi vậy tác giả mới sử dụng cụm “suit their needs” (đáp ứng nhu cầu của họ) và sau đó liệt kê rất nhiều phương tiện khác nhau. Do đó ta có thể loại các đáp án nhỏ và quá chi tiết như B, C và D. Đáp án chính xác là A. daily travelers.