2019-2020年高考英语四月完形填空、阅读理解课外练习8.doc

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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，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