1. Google

Google already started developing the driverless car technology in Lexus models and Toyota Pirus on the roads of California- Mountain View（加州山景城）, since 2009. Google deserves the first place in the ranking of driverless cars that started testing the automated cars earlier than other automakers.

Google has made great strides from its first testing. Its technology can gain the ability to recognize cyclists, passer-by, read stop signs and also detect（探测plenty of objects simultaneously（同时地）. In May-2014, it revealed the plans to make the fully automated car for testing and In the month of January, Google revealed the prototype. The company also hopes to check the prototypes on the public streets in the California in 2015 with the pilot tests to follow on. In fact, Google believes that the driverless cars will improve the road safety significantly and also assist who are blind, disabled or who can’t drive.

2. Mercedes Benz:

Markets have been testing the driverless cars on the public roads of California since 2014 September. In October, Marcedes started testing at the concord Naval weapons stations in San Francisco. In Fact, august 2013, benz 500 intelligent drive drove 100 kilometers which are fully automated between the German cities of Pforzheim and Mannheim. The concept car of F015 provides the variable（可变的） seating system with 4 rotating（旋转的） lounge chairs which allows the face-to-face seat arrangement.

3. Volvo

Volvo is the legitimate player when it comes to the driverless car sector and it is aggressively pushing forward the automated car efforts. In fact, Juniper Research also notes that the Volvo driveMe project is responsible for the autonomous bus systems which will launch in the spring of 2016 in Sweden.

4. Tesla

Tesla is also giving tough competition to the other automakers by developing self-driving cars. Tesla has made some very impressive progress already. Tesla rolled out semi-autonomous autopilot system in the October that offers Tesla driverless car’s abilities like self-parking, automatic lane change, and highway autosteer.

5. Nissan

Nissan is utilizing the electric leaf for different stages of the autonomous car testing at its Atsugi, Japan in Advanced engineering center and Nissan North American silicon valley research center in California. Nissan plans to commercialize the driverless cars in stages, but the car has the capability to navigate the busy city intersections by 2020 without a driver.

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1.Why does Google develop the driverless car?

A For more profit.

B For more market in competing in traditional field.

C For the belief that it can improve the road safety and so on.

D A government administrating Cuomo.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一部分的最后一句话In fact, Google believes that the driverless cars will improve the road safety significantly and also assist who are blind, disabled or who can’t drive.可知。

2.From the context, why does the author think Google deserves the first place in the ranking of driverless cars?

A Because it developed it earlier than other automakers.

B Becaus of its high-tech.

C Because it develops earlier and gains more advanced technologies than other automakers in this field.

D Because Google invests more money and energy in it.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句 Google deserves the first place in the ranking of driverless cars that started testing the automated cars earlier than other automakers.和第二段Its technology can gain the ability to …可知，C是最具体的。A有迷惑性，但只说其一，没有说其二，即：需要更多的信息与理由来支撑成为第一名的证据，故选C。

3.From the passage, which company can offer a semi-autonomous seating system?

A Volve.

B Mercedes Benz.

C Nissan.

D Google.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二部分最后一段可知答案。

4.From the context, The best title will possibly be___________________.

A Top 5 driverless car makers

B The driverless car becomes very popular

C The new trend: driverless car

D Who will win

解析：选A。综合理解题。B全文没有提到。 C具有迷惑性，但要从全文只列出五个无人驾驶车制造商来看，C就过于狭窄了。D太宽泛。