2019-2020年高考英语四月完形填空、阅读理解课外练习（8）

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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，sendyo

2、utothewrongplaceorleaveyoupletelylost.Manytimes，thedriveristoblame.SometimesaGPSerrorisresponsible.Mostoften，saysBarryBrown，itisabinationofthetwo.BarryBrowniswiththeMobileLifeCentreinStockholm，Sweden.Hetoldusaboutanincidentinvolvingafriendwhohadflowntoanairp

3、ortintheeasternUnitedStates.ThereheborrowedaGPSequippedcartouseduringhisstay.MrBrownsays，“Theyjustpluggedinanaddressandthensetofftotheirdestination.And，thenitwasn’tuntiltheyweredrivingforthirtyminutesthattheyrealizedtheyactuallyputinadestinationbackontheWest

4、Coastwheretheylived.Theyactuallyputtheirhomeaddressin.Soagain，theGPSiskindof‘garbageingarbageout’．”MrBrownsaysthisisamonhumanerror，butwhatmakestheproblemworsehastodowithsomeoftheshortings，orfailures，ofGPSequipment.Hesays，“OneproblemwithalotoftheGPSunitsisthe

5、yhaveaverysmallscreenandtheyjusttellyouthenextturn.Becausetheyjustgiveyouthenextturn，sometimesthatmeansthatitisnotreallygivingyoutheoverviewthatyouwouldneedtoknowthatit’sgoingtothewrongplace.”MrBrownsays，“Oneofthethingsthatstruckus，perhapsthemostimportantthi

6、ngwasthatyouhavetoknowwhatyou’redoingwhenyouuseaGPS.Therearethesenewskillsthatpeoplehavedeveloped.Therearethesenewpetencies(资格)thatyouneedtohavetobeabletouseaGPSbecausetheysometimesgowrong.ThisgoesagainstamonbeliefthatGPSsystemsareforpassivedriverswholacknav

7、igationalskills.”BarryBrownsaystomakeGPSsystemsbetterweneedabetterunderstandingofhowdrivers，passengersandGPSsystemsworktogether.1．AccordingtoBarryBrow，inmostcases，________areblamefortheproblems.A．humanerrorsB．GPSerrorsC．errorscausedbybothdriversandGPSD．error

8、scausedbyputtinginawrongaddress2．TheexampleofBarryBrown’sfriendisusedtoshowthat________.A．GPSisnothingbutgarbageB．GPSisstillnotaccurateenoughC．itisdifficultfordriverstouseGPSequipmentD．sometimes