Pan Lin, 22, experienced her first ride in a self-driving taxi in Changsha, China's Hunan Province. “I made 【小题1】 appointment in the app and the taxi arrived in about 10 minutes.” said Pan. “The taxi drove very well by【小题2】(it)”, said Pan after a 10-minute-long test ride.

The self-driving taxi, 【小题3】(operate) by Hunan Apollo Intelligent Transportation Co.Ltd., is named Robotaxi. On April 21, the company said that a group of 30 self-driving taxis had been put 【小题4】use in the city and users can call one for a free ride.

“The in-car touch screen can 【小题5】(clear) show barriers (障碍物), passing vehicles, intersections, traffic lights and the remaining (余下的) 【小题6】(distant).” said Cheng Li, director of the test department of the company. The company started testing self-driving taxis in the second half of last year and they【小题7】(collect) a lot of test data since then.

In April 2018, China allowed local governments to arrange road tests for intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs), 【小题8】 cover different degrees of self-driving. An increasing number of cities, 【小题9】(include) Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, have issued (发行；发表) license【小题10】(plate) for road tests of ICVs.

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which 【小题1】 (locate) at the Lingding Ocean is a huge sea-crossing bridge, 【小题2】(link) Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao. It has been named 【小题3】 one of the ''Seven wonders of the modern world'' by the Guardian.

The construction, which 【小题4】 (cost) RMB over 100 billion, began on December 15^th, 2009 at Zhuhai. As the world's longest sea-crossing bridge and steel bridge and the world's longest and 【小题5】 (deep) undersea tunnel, 【小题6】 55-kilometer bridge is the result of five-year research and of nine-year building.

The Y-shaped bridge 【小题7】can reduce travel time from Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macao from three hours to about 45 minutes will be expected to attract more 【小题8】(visit) to the Great Bay Area. It will benefit the 【小题9】(economy) development of the whole Pearl River Delta and the cooperation in terms of trade, finance, logistics and tourism, will be 【小题10】(strong) as well.

HTC Corp 【小题1】 (introduce) its latest headset the live XR Elite in January, 2023. It combines mixed reality(MR) and virtual reality (VR)to make a device with diverse functions, helping its users have 【小题2】 (good) experiences than before on the Internet.

The device is intended 【小题3】 (support) mixed reality that combines the real-world environment with the one created by the computer. Charles Huang, vice-president of HTC, said when 【小题4】 (develop) an MR product, they have to think carefully. It’s not just about producing a hardware. It involves the development of an ecosystem and every point must be taken into 【小题5】 (consider).

HTC has revealed Viverse, an open platform 【小题6】 users can have a taste of the technology, ranging 【小题7】 VR, MR, high-speed connectivity to AI. HTC is also working with telecom operators (电信运营商) to make VR more popular. “Telecom operators have 【小题8】 large number of users, and their participation can speed up the development of the entire industry,” Huang said.

“Now, there is also a growing demand for VR devices in a wide range of 【小题9】 (industry), such as remote conferencing, training and education,” Huang added. Now it 【小题10】 (predict) that up to $13.08 billion will be spent in China’s AR and VR market in 2026, making it the second-largest market in the world.