青岛市2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空及阅读类训练（十九）（答案及解析）.docVIP

青岛市2014高考英语阅读理解、完形填空及阅读类训练（19）（答案及解析） Words：359　难度系数：★★★　建议用时：9分钟 Even as Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda wrapped up a tired appearance before Congress，the head of the world’s largest automaker wasn’t leaving his problems behind. Toyota faces a criminal investigation by federal lawyers in New York.The company is now being investigated.Its US dealerships in difficulty now are facing repairs to potentially millions of customer cars that have been recalled.The company is offering customers money back for rental cars and other expenses. Its lawyers are busy preparing to cope with lawsuits.A new hearing will be conducted.And the cost to Toyota’s reputation is only now starting. Despite back-to-back hearings this week，left to be said were a better explanation for slow actions to deal with the faults，believable promises were made that the problems that led to sudden，unintended accelerations will be fixed. Toyoda said those changes were being made nearly around the clock，but during three hours of often tense questions and answers he repeated that there was no link to the vehicle’s electronic systems. Many drivers making complaints against Toyota and the government say their acceleration problems had nothing to do with floor mat interference or sticky gas pedals (油门踏板)．Outside experts have suggested electronic problems. House lawmakers expressed serious criticism on Toyoda，the grandson of the company’s founder. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) is seeking records on Toyota’s recalls and is conducting its own review on whether electronics were behind the car faults.NHTSA also continues to look into steering complaints from drivers of the popular Corolla model. Toyota has recalled 8.5 million cars，more than 6 million of them in the United States. It may be a while before car buyers believe that Toyota really makes safe cars. Toyota’s January sales already fell 16 percent even as most other automakers jumped back from last year’s bad results.Analyst Koji Endo of