You may take notes during this time. After the passages have finished, you will then be asked a question
about them. After the question, you will have 20 minutes to write your response. Effective responses are
usually between 200 to 350 words. You may look at the reading passage and your notes as you write. Keep
in mind that the question will not ask for your opinion.
You have 3 minutes to read. You may begin reading now.
These days, if you pick up a newspaper or turn on the TV or radio, you may hear or
read about the advantages of driverless cars, also called self-driving or autonomous
cars. The technology is simple to understand: using sensors and computers, these
cars can drive without input from a human. This might sound like science fiction, but
such vehicles are already on our roads and they will have a positive impact on our
driving experience.
Traffic accidents are a leading cause of injuries and fatalities in the United States,
and studies show that most crashes are caused by human error. The software that
runs driverless cars is not capable of making mistakes. As a result, such vehicles will
be much safer. One technology company has a self-driving car that has driven for
over 700,000 miles – over one million kilometers – without an accident: a better
record than all but the best human drivers.
In addition, self-driving vehicles are good for the environment because they drive
more efficiently. On a typical journey within a city, drivers deal with urban traffic by
stopping and starting their engines repeatedly. This type of driving means engines
work less efficiently and this causes a lot of pollution. Driverless cars, on the other
hand, can communicate with other vehicles, which will reduce traffic problems.
Autonomous cars will be able to start and stop their engines less often and travel at
higher speeds.
Finally, autonomous cars will give passengers time. Instead of having to focus on
driving, human occupants can focus on other things. The average time for
commuting to and from work in the United States is about thirty minutes each way.
Instead of using this time to focus on the road, passengers in driverless cars can
read, watch videos, or catch up on work.
The article introduces the topic of driverless cars. More specifically, the writer discusses the benefits of
using driverless car technology. The lecturer in the listening passage disagrees. He believes that driverless
cars are potentially dangerous and attacks each of the claims made in the reading.
In the reading, the author begins by stating that driverless cars are safer than ones operated by humans.
In the listening, the speaker mentions that driverless cars are made by humans, which implies that they
can malfunction. On top of that, the example mentioned in the article about the car that drove thousands
of miles without an incident actually got into an accident just last month.
The author also claims that driverless cars are safer for the environment because they will be more
efficient in managing when to stop and start the engine. Again, the lecturer believes there are flaws in the
writer's logic. The speaker holds that more people will buy driverless cars because there will be fewer age
restrictions. Younger teens and older seniors will be able to drive since they don't have to control the
vehicle, which, in turn, will lead to an increase in emissions.
Another reason why the author feels that driverless cars are a more efficient alternative to the current
driving system is that they provide passengers with increased time to focus on work and other important
matters. The professor in the listening passage is doubtful that this extra time will be helpful. Most people
enjoy the time they spend driving because they can listen to music and relax in a different type of
environment. The lecturer believes that this extra time will be wasted with distracting entertainment or
extra work.
To sum up, both the writer and professor hold conflicting views about driverless cars. It's clear that they
will have trouble finding some common ground on this issue.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 10, column 1, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'writers'' or 'writer's'?
Suggestion: writers'; writer's
...cturer believes there are flaws in the writers logic. The speaker holds that more peop...
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Line 11, column 80, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...eniors will be able to drive since they dont have to control the vehicle, which, in...
^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, if, so, to sum up, on top of that
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 13.0 10.4613686534 124% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 10.0 5.04856512141 198% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1608.0 1373.03311258 117% => OK
No of words: 310.0 270.72406181 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18709677419 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.19604776685 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58950093424 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 145.348785872 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.529032258065 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 477.9 419.366225166 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.6008268679 49.2860985944 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.5882352941 110.228320801 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2352941176 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.88235294118 7.06452816374 41% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 19.0 4.09492273731 464% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.104443601074 0.272083759551 38% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0391308871397 0.0996497079465 39% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0454638207864 0.0662205650399 69% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0375546943971 0.162205337803 23% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.043147956864 0.0443174109184 97% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.82 12.2367328918 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.25 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 61.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.5 Out of 30
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