# Driverless vehicle competition - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 4） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2011.6.4 - 题目数：10 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/bbe06e60-7420-4a81-b2e7-62b30649834b（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-10-29 ## 题目原文 00:00:00,720 Section four. 00:00:02,820 You will hear a tutor talking to a group of students about a project to build a driverless vehicle. First, you have some time to look at questions thirty-one to forty on pages seven and eight. 00:01:19,900 Now listen carefully and answer questions thirty-one to forty. 00:01:27,580 Hello, everyone. I have an exciting announcement to make. The university has decided to enter an international competition next year, and we are going to need some enthusiastic undergraduates to help us with the project. 00:01:42,540 The competition is to make an automated vehicle, a kind of robot that will be able to move quickly and accurately on its own. 00:01:53,900 All the vehicles will then enter a race which will take place here in the US. So the engineering school will be collaborating with the computer science department and possibly the automotive design department, although that's yet to be confirmed. 00:02:10,000 What they have to do is try to design an automated vehicle which will be able to complete the course. 00:02:17,420 To give you an idea of how tough this race is, one vehicle last year only managed twelve kilometers of the two hundred and eighty kilometer stretch of California desert that forms the racetrack. 00:02:32,060 The vehicles in the race must cover the whole distance without a human driver and quite autonomously identify and steer around corners and avoid unexpected hazards. Things like rocks, for example. It's a challenging task because there are lots of obstacles of this kind along the route. As I said, in last year's event, the most successful vehicle only drove twelve kilometers. Then its team decided to deactivate it because it had gotten too near a cliff. 00:03:07,500 In the race held earlier this year, there still wasn't a winner, but they did much better, and there was one design which we will be analyzing carefully in seminars. 00:03:19,060 Its strength was in its onboard technology. That particular vehicle built a three-dimensional picture of its surroundings using video cameras and lasers. 00:03:31,240 It was equipped with seven laptop computers which analyzed the incoming information ten times a second, and it drove along at a comfortable fifty-five kilometers per hour. 00:03:45,080 The design details have been published, so we hope to learn from them and go on to make ours even better for next year's competition. 00:03:55,360 The competition is open to all universities, and there's a prize of two million dollars for the winner, but it's really about more than that. The sponsors are hoping to see innovative design ideas that they can transfer into commercial production. 00:04:12,240 You'll get a lot out of this project as well in terms of working as a team and broadening your knowledge of the subject. 00:04:20,180 The key to winning is unlikely to be anything to do with what the vehicle looks like. 00:04:26,180 Programming skills will decide who eventually wins first prize. The design will need technological expertise in this area above all, and that's what the team who work on the project will need to focus on. 00:04:40,480 I'll be handing out some scientific reports about this year's vehicle shortly. 00:04:45,720 It's interesting to read that even after months and months of planning, building, and trials, many of the teams were amazed that the vehicles did what they wanted them to do at all because so many things can go wrong on the day. 00:05:01,540 So even though no vehicle actually completed the course, they were pleased they got as far as they did. 00:05:13,000 Right. If any of you are interested, this is the plan of action. 00:05:17,520 Keep an eye on the main notice board for details. 00:05:21,720 Firstly, at the beginning of May, we'll be scheduling a seminar to introduce the project to anyone who might be interested. 00:05:29,500 Later in the month, we'll be asking you to submit a short essay letting us know why you feel you should be chosen to take part in the project. You'll need to tell us about any particular skills that you have and can bring to the team and any experience you may have had in the field. 00:05:47,840 Then in June, we're organizing a trip to a factory to chat over some design considerations with specialists there who have kindly agreed to act as consultants throughout the project. Then at the beginning of the next semester in September, we thought we'd hold a weekend workshop to share ideas and see computer-aided design demonstrations. We have a brand new package which sponsors have kindly financed. 00:06:16,200 You'll need to be able to use it with confidence before we start. 00:06:20,740 In December, we'll be asking you to submit your outline designs, and the following month we'll choose the team and start work in earnest. 00:06:30,500 Okay, it sounds like a lot of fun, but it will also require serious commitment. So please think this through carefully. Some handouts are coming around now. 00:06:42,640 Any questions? 00:06:46,940 That is the end of section four. You now have half a minute to check your answers. ## 题目与答案 ### 31. Undergraduates from both the engineering school and the 31_____ department can definitely take part in the project. Undergraduates from both the engineering school and the 31_____ department can definitely take part in the project. **答案**：computer science 原文定位：So the engineering school will be collaborating with the computer science department and possibly the automotive design department, although that's yet to be confirmed 同义替换：「definitely」↔「confirmed」 ### 32. The automated vehicles will have to avoid obstacles such as 32_____ . The automated vehicles will have to avoid obstacles such as 32_____ . **答案**：rocks 原文定位：The vehicles in the race must cover the whole distance without a human driver and quite autonomously identify and steer around corners and avoid unexpected hazards. Things like rocks, for example 同义替换：「obstacles」↔「hazards」；「such as」↔「for example」 ### 33. The tutor mentions one vehicle which used technology such as 33_____ , lasers, and laptops to measure its surroundings. The tutor mentions one vehicle which used technology such as 33_____ , lasers, and laptops to measure its surroundings. **答案**：video cameras 原文定位：That particular vehicle built a three-dimensional picture of its surroundings using video cameras and lasers. It was equipped with seven laptop computers which analyzed the incoming information ten times a second ### 34. 4 The purpose of holding the race is to 4 The purpose of holding the race is to - Interest students in careers in industry - Help provide finance for universities - Find useful new design features **答案**：Find useful new design features 原文定位：The competition is open to all universities, and there's a prize of two million dollars for the winner, but it's really about more than that. The sponsors are hoping to see innovative design ideas that they can transfer into commercial production 同义替换：「useful new design features」↔「innovative design ideas」 ### 35. 35 The tutor says success will depend on 35 The tutor says success will depend on - The software design - Good and solid construction - Sophisticated mechanisms **答案**：The software design 原文定位：Programming skills will decide who eventually wins first prize. The design will need technological expertise in this area above all, and that's what the team who work on the project will need to focus on 同义替换：「software design」↔「Programming skills」 ### 36. 36 This year`s competitors were surprised that the vehicles 36 This year`s competitors were surprised that the vehicles - were so easy to design - were as successful as they were - took such a short time to construct **答案**：were as successful as they were 原文定位：many of the teams were amazed that the vehicles did what they wanted them to do at all;So even though no vehicle actually completed the course, they were pleased they got as far as they did 同义替换：「surprised」↔「amazed」；「were as successful as they were」↔「they got as far as they did」 ### 37. | Schedule | | --- | --- | | Early May | Introductory 37_____ about the project | | Late May | Essay giving information about relevant 38..... and experience | | June | Visit to a factory Workshop | | September | · discuss 39..... · learn to use design package | | December | Submission of initial designs | | January | Selection of the 40..... | | Schedule | | --- | --- | | Early May | Introductory 37_____ about the project | | Late May | Essay giving information about relevant 38..... and experience | | June | Visit to a factory Workshop | | September | · discuss 39..... · learn to use design package | | December | Submission of initial designs | | January | Selection of the 40..... | **答案**：seminar 原文定位：Firstly, at the beginning of May, we'll be scheduling a seminar to introduce the project to anyone who might be interested 同义替换：「Early」↔「at the beginning of」 ### 38. | Schedule | | --- | --- | | Early May | Introductory 37..... about the project | | Late May | Essay giving information about relevant 38_____ and experience | | June | Visit to a factory Workshop | | September | · discuss 39..... · learn to use design package | | December | Submission of initial designs | | January | Selection of the 40..... | | Schedule | | --- | --- | | Early May | Introductory 37..... about the project | | Late May | Essay giving information about relevant 38_____ and experience | | June | Visit to a factory Workshop | | September | · discuss 39..... · learn to use design package | | December | Submission of initial designs | | January | Selection of the 40..... | **答案**：skills 原文定位：Later in the month, we'll be asking you to submit a short essay letting us know why you feel you should be chosen to take part in the project. You'll need to tell us about any particular skills that you have and can bring to the team and any experience you may have had in the field 同义替换：「giving information about」↔「tell us about」；「relevant」↔「particular」 ### 39. | Schedule | | --- | --- | | Early May | Introductory 37..... about the project | | Late May | Essay giving information about relevant 38..... and experience | | June | Visit to a factory Workshop | | September | · discuss 39_____ · learn to use design package | | December | Submission of initial designs | | January | Selection of the 40..... | | Schedule | | --- | --- | | Early May | Introductory 37..... about the project | | Late May | Essay giving information about relevant 38..... and experience | | June | Visit to a factory Workshop | | September | · discuss 39_____ · learn to use design package | | December | Submission of initial designs | | January | Selection of the 40..... | **答案**：ideas 原文定位：Then at the beginning of the next semester in September, we thought we'd hold a weekend workshop to share ideas and see computer-aided design demonstrations 同义替换：「discuss」↔「share」 ### 40. | Schedule | | --- | --- | | Early May | Introductory 37..... about the project | | Late May | Essay giving information about relevant 38..... and experience | | June | Visit to a factory Workshop | | September | · discuss 39..... · learn to use design package | | December | Submission of initial designs | | January | Selection of the 40_____ | | Schedule | | --- | --- | | Early May | Introductory 37..... about the project | | Late May | Essay giving information about relevant 38..... and experience | | June | Visit to a factory Workshop | | September | · discuss 39..... · learn to use design package | | December | Submission of initial designs | | January | Selection of the 40_____ | **答案**：team 原文定位：In December, we'll be asking you to submit your outline designs, and the following month we'll choose the team and start work in earnest 同义替换：「Selection」↔「choose」 --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。