Ⅲ.综合运用

Panda Bus Hits the Road

On the outskirts（市郊）of Tianjin，a group of passengers excitedly get on a black-andwhite“panda bus”.They then buy their t__1__by scanning（扫描）their hands.About a minute out of the station，the driver hands over control to the bus'self-driving mode.At a slow speed，the technology guides it along a straight road.The bus stops for lights before p__2__at the next stop.“It's very c__3__，”says one passenger.“And kids love it.”

The“panda bus”was d__4__by DeepBlue Technology，one of China's leading artificial intelligence（AI，人工智能）companies.It is already o__5__in ten cities across China.The company's goal is to reach ten more cities by the end of this year.

DeepBlue has also begun selling s__6__buses overseas.Both Greece and Thailand have signed an agreement with the company.However,Chen Haibo,CEO of DeepBlue,is unclear about the future of AI.“There's still a long way to go before the technology becomes more w__7__used,”he said.

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