All new cars sold in Europe from 2022 will have technology to limit their speed. New 【小题1】 (safe) rules from the European Union will require new cars 【小题2】 (have) “intelligent speed assistance” systems, like seatbelts and airbags.

There are other things that cars will be fitted with. All cars will have breathalyzers (呼气酒精测量仪) with【小题3】 drivers won’t be allowed to drive if they have drunk too much alcohol. Cars must also have an advanced emergency braking system, 【小题4】built-­in data recorder, a tiredness and distraction monitor, and sensors to help when reversing. The EU says 25,000 people【小题5】 (kill) each year on Europe’s roads. Most accidents are caused by human errors. The new systems will reduce road deaths.

There has been a mixed reaction【小题6】 the new features. Some people agree with them, while others disagree. The EU said the features【小题7】 (make) driving a lot safer. It added that the new features could save up to 10,500 lives and avoid up to 60,000 【小题8】 (extreme) serious injuries by the year 2030. Many drivers are unhappy with the technology. They say it could make roads more 【小题9】 (danger) because driving requires human judgment. A driver said he didn’t want data recorders in 【小题10】 (he) car because that was like Big Brother was watching him.

Steam engines were used to pull the carriages and it must have been 【小题1】(fair) unpleasant for the passengers, with all the smoke and noise. However, the railway quickly proved to be a great success and within six months, more than 25,000 people were using it every day. Later engineers managed to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels, 【小题2】 became known as the tube. The Central London Railway, one of the most successful of these new lines, 【小题3】(open) in 1990.

A high-speed maglev test vehicle, with a designed speed of 600km/h 【小题1】 (successful) conducted its first test run on a maglev line at Tongji University in Shanghai last Sunday.

Air travel of passenger planes usually has 【小题2】 average of 800km/h, while high-speed trains in China now run at a speed of up to 350km/h. Researchers expect the 600km/h maglev train to fill the gap between the two and help to establish a more 【小题3】 (reason), efficient and flexible transport network 【小题4】 (meet) the travel needs of different groups.

China aims to put a 500-kilometer-long high-speed maglev line to use by 2025. People in Zhejiang are especially excited about the news. Once completed, the project 【小题5】 (enable) Hangzhou citizens to reach Shanghai in 20 minutes.

The high-speed maglev train features high speed, safety, reliability, large passenger capacity, on-time 【小题6】   (perform), environmental protection and low maintenance-cost. Take the1200km Beijing-to-Shanghai trip as an example. It 【小题7】 (take) about 4.5 hours by plane including preparation time; about 5.5 hours by high-peed rail, and only about 3.5 hours by maglev.

The Shanghai maglev train, 【小题8】 (launch) in 2002, is the world’s third high-speed maglev train 【小题9】 has been put into commercial operation after the Air Rail Link in London in 1984 and M-Bahn line in Berlin in 1989. It’s also the only one still 【小题10】 operation worldwide.