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1、2019-2020年高二下学期期末考试英语含答案(II)第I卷（选择题）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A GlobalPositioningSystems（GPS）areplayinganimportantpartinourdailylife.Theyarenowapartofeverydaydrivinginmanycountries.Thesesatellite
2、-basedsystemsprovideturn-by-turndirectionstohelppeoplegettowheretheywanttogo.But,theycanalsocausealotofproblems,sendyoutothewrongplaceorleaveyoupletelylost.Manytimes,thedriveristoblame.SometimesaGPSerrorisresponsible.Mostoften,saysBarryBrown,itisabinationof
3、thetwo.WespoketoMr.BrownbySkype（网络电话软件）.HetoldusaboutanincidentinvolvingafriendwhohadflowntoanairportintheeasternUnitedStates.ThereheborrowedaGPS-equippedcartouseduringhisstay.BARRYBROWN:“Andtheyjust plugged inanaddressandthensetofftotheirdestination.And,th
4、enitwasn’tuntiltheyweredrivingforthirtyminutesthattheyrealizedtheyactuallyputinadestinationbackontheWestCoastwheretheylived.Theyactuallyputtheirhomeaddressin.Soagain,theGPSiskindof'garbageingarbageout'.”MrBrownsaysthisisamonhumanerror.But,hesays,whatmakesth
5、eproblemworsehastodowithsomeoftheshortings,orfailures,ofGPSequipment.BARRYBROWN:“OneproblemwithalotoftheGPSunitsisthattheyhaveaverysmallscreenandtheyjusttellyouthenextturn.Becausetheyjustgiveyouthenextturn,sometimesthatmeansthatitisnotreallygivingyouthe ove
6、rview thatyouwouldneedtoknowthatit’sgoingtothewrongplace.”BarryBrownformerlyservedasaprofessorwiththeUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego.Whilethere,heworkedonaprojectwithEricLaurierfromtheUniversityofEdinburgh.ThetwomenstudiedtheeffectsofGPSdevicesondrivingbypl
7、acingcamerasinpeople’scars.Theywroteapaperbasedontheirresearch.Itiscalled“TheNormal,NaturalTroublesofDrivingwithGPS.”ItlistsseveralareaswhereGPSsystemscancauseconfusionfordrivers.Theseincludemapsthatareoutdated,incorrectordifficulttounderstand.Theyalsoinclu
8、detimingissues(时机问题)relatedtowhenGPSmandsaregiven.BarryBrownsays,“TomakeGPSsystemsbetterweneedabetterunderstandingofhowdrivers,passengersandGPSsystemsworktogether.”1.Inparagraph2,Mr.Brownmentionedhisfr
