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IELTS · Part 2 · Cambridge 15 — Test 1

Driverless cars: Reading answers

Answers to questions 14–26 (13 in all), each with why it is right.

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A The automotive sector is well used to adapting to automation in manufacturing.The implementation of robotic car manufacture from the 1970s onwards led to significant cost savings and improvements in the reliability and flexibility of vehicle mass production.A new challenge to vehicle production is now on the horizon and, again, it comes from automation.However, this time it is not to do with the manufacturing process, but with the vehicles themselves. Research projects on vehicle automation are not new.Vehicles with limited self-driving capabilities have been around for more than 50 years, resulting in significant contributions towards driver assistance systems.But since Google announced…

Answers 14–26

  1. 14

    reference to the amount of time when a car is not in use

    C Matching information

  2. 15

    mention of several advantages of driverless vehicles for individual road-users

    B Matching information

  3. 16

    reference to the opportunity of choosing the most appropriate vehicle for each trip

    E Matching information

  4. 17

    an estimate of how long it will take to overcome a number of problems

    G Matching information

  5. 18

    a suggestion that the use of driverless cars may have no effect on the number of vehicles manufactured

    D Matching information

  6. 19

    human error Note completion

  7. 20

    car sharing / car-sharing Note completion

  8. 21

    ownership / vehicle ownership Note completion

  9. 22

    mileage Note completion

  10. 23

    C: Travellers could spend journeys doing something other than driving. Multiple answer

  11. 24

    D: People who find driving physically difficult could travel independently. Multiple answer

  12. 25

    A: making sure the general public has confidence in automated vehicles Multiple answer

  13. 26

    E: getting automated vehicles to adapt to various different driving conditions Multiple answer

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