欢迎来到天天文库
浏览记录
ID:48178511
大小:75.00 KB
页数:6页
时间:2019-11-14
《2019-2020年高考英语四月完形填空、阅读理解课外练习8.doc》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、2019-2020年高考英语四月完形填空、阅读理解课外练习(8)阅读理解(xx·山东实验中学一模)GlobalPositioningSystems(全球定位系统)arenowapartofeverydaydrivinginmanycountries.Thesesatellitebasedsystemsprovideturnbyturndirectionstohelppeoplegettowheretheywanttogo.However,theycanalsocausealotofproblems,sendyoutothewrongplaceorleaveyoupletelylost
2、.Manytimes,thedriveristoblame.SometimesaGPSerrorisresponsible.Mostoften,saysBarryBrown,itisabinationofthetwo.BarryBrowniswiththeMobileLifeCentreinStockholm,Sweden.HetoldusaboutanincidentinvolvingafriendwhohadflowntoanairportintheeasternUnitedStates.ThereheborrowedaGPSequippedcartouseduringhisst
3、ay.MrBrownsays,“Theyjustpluggedinanaddressandthensetofftotheirdestination.And,thenitwasn’tuntiltheyweredrivingforthirtyminutesthattheyrealizedtheyactuallyputinadestinationbackontheWestCoastwheretheylived.Theyactuallyputtheirhomeaddressin.Soagain,theGPSiskindof‘garbageingarbageout’.”MrBrownsayst
4、hisisamonhumanerror,butwhatmakestheproblemworsehastodowithsomeoftheshortings,orfailures,ofGPSequipment.Hesays,“OneproblemwithalotoftheGPSunitsistheyhaveaverysmallscreenandtheyjusttellyouthenextturn.Becausetheyjustgiveyouthenextturn,sometimesthatmeansthatitisnotreallygivingyoutheoverviewthatyouw
5、ouldneedtoknowthatit’sgoingtothewrongplace.”MrBrownsays,“Oneofthethingsthatstruckus,perhapsthemostimportantthingwasthatyouhavetoknowwhatyou’redoingwhenyouuseaGPS.Therearethesenewskillsthatpeoplehavedeveloped.Therearethesenewpetencies(资格)thatyouneedtohavetobeabletouseaGPSbecausetheysometimesgowr
6、ong.ThisgoesagainstamonbeliefthatGPSsystemsareforpassivedriverswholacknavigationalskills.”BarryBrownsaystomakeGPSsystemsbetterweneedabetterunderstandingofhowdrivers,passengersandGPSsystemsworktogether.1.AccordingtoBarryBrow,inmostcases,________areblamefortheproblems.A.humanerrorsB.GPSerrorsC.er
7、rorscausedbybothdriversandGPSD.errorscausedbyputtinginawrongaddress2.TheexampleofBarryBrown’sfriendisusedtoshowthat________.A.GPSisnothingbutgarbageB.GPSisstillnotaccurateenoughC.itisdifficultfordriverstouseGPSequipmentD.sometimes
此文档下载收益归作者所有