more highly effective system"和第五段"In future，the connected car could offer mankind the pleasures of the road with rather less of the pain."可知，作者认为这种新的发明能创造出一种更有效的交通体制，在带给人们驾车的乐趣的同时，也会减少事故带来的伤痛，说明作者对这项发明是支持的，故选C。]

4．Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

A．The Future of Cars：Wireless Wheels

B．The Future Traffic Management System

C．The Benefits and Problems of Cars

D．The Promising Future of Car Production

答案　A　[标题归纳题。根据第三段"a new technology promises to make motoring safer，less polluting and less tendency to hold­ups.'Connected cars'-which may eventually develop into driverless cars"和第四段"Many new cars are already being fitted with equipment that lets them keep their distance"和第五段"In future，the connected car could offer..."可知，文章主要讲的是未来的汽车，而不是未来的交通管理系统。故选A。]

The idea of progress started to flower in the 17th century.At that time，many wise thinkers believed that man liberated by reason would rise to ever greater heights of achievement.The many expressions of human nature would be the engines of progress: language，business，science，and moral sensibility (道德感情)．Unfortunately，most of those engines have failed to bring the desired human progress.

The modern age has belonged to material progress and its main source has been science.Science gives huge power to change the world.But can people be trusted to use it always for good？Think of biotechnology and information technology.And it is not just that scientific progress does not deliver the emotional good.People also fear that mankind is failing to manage science properly.The forests are disappearing; the