The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2,0

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问题    The center of American automobile innovation has in the past decade moved 2,000 miles away. It has【C1】______from Detroit to Silicon Valley, where self-driving vehicles are coming to life.
   In a【C2】______to take production back to Detroit, Michigan lawmakers have introduced【C3】______that could make their state the best place in the country, if not the world, to develop self-driving vehicles and put them on the road.
   "Michigan’s【C4】______in auto research and development is under attack from several states and countries which desire to【C5】______our leadership in transportation. We can’t let that happen," says Senator Mike Kowall, the lead【C6】______of four bills recently introduced.
   If all four bills pass as written, they would【C7】______a substantial update of Michigan’s 2013 law that allowed the testing of self-driving vehicles in limited conditions. Manufacturers would have nearly total freedom to test their self-driving technology on public roads. They would be allowed to send groups of self-driving cars on cross-state road trips, and even set up on-demand【C8】______of self-driving cars, like the one General Motors and Lyft are building.
   Lawmakers in Michigan clearly want to make the state ready for the commercial application of self-driving technology. In【C9】______, California, home of Silicon Valley, recently proposed far more【C10】______rules that would require human drivers be ready to take the wheel, and ban commercial use of self-driving technology.
   A) bid I) replace
   B) contrast J) represent
   C) deputy K) restrictive
   D) dominance L) reward
   E) fleets M) significant
   F) knots N) sponsor
   G) legislation O) transmitted
   H) migrated [br] 【C6】

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答案 N

解析 名词辨析题。分析句子结构可知,the lead______of four bills recently introduced在句中作Senator Mike Kowall的同位语。空格前是the lead,作定语修饰空格处,空格后是介词of,因此空格处应填入表示某种身份的名词,对Senator Mike Kowall进一步解释说明。根据four bills recently introduced以及上文的“Michigan lawmakers have introduced…”可知,Senator Mike Kowall应是最近提交的四项法案的主要发起人,故结合备选项可知,N)sponsor“(新法案的)提案人,发起人,倡议人”为正确答案。
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