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1、2015 高考英语（三月）阅读、完形填空自练（高考英语（三月）阅读、完形填空自练（2）答案（西安）答案（西安）阅读理解(2014山东实验中学一模)Global Positioning Systems (全球定位系统) are now a part of everyday driving in many countries.These satellite-based systems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people get to where they want to go.However，they can also cause a lo
2、t of problems，send you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost.Many times，the driver is to blame.Sometimes a GPS error is responsible.Most often，says Barry Brown，it is a combination of the two.Barry Brown is with the Mobile Life Centre in Stockholm，Sweden.He told us about an incident involvi
3、ng a friend who had flown to an airport in the eastern United States.There he borrowed a GPS-equipped car to use during his stay.Mr Brown says， “They just plugged in an address and then set off to their destination.And，then it wasnt until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they
4、actually put in a destination back on the West Coast where they lived.They actually put their home address in.So again，the GPS is kind of garbage in garbage out ”Mr Brown says this is a common human error，but what makes the problem worse has to do with some of the shortcomings，or failures，of GPS equ
5、ipment.He says， “One problem with a lot of the GPS units is they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn.Because they just give you the next turn，sometimes that means that it is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that its going to the wrong place.”Mr
6、 Brown says， “One of the things that struck us，perhaps the most important thing was that you have to know what youre doing when you use a GPS.There are these new skills that people have developed.There are these new competencies (资格) that you need to have to be able to use a GPS because they sometim
7、es go wrong.This goes against a common belief that GPS systems are for passive drivers who lack navigational skills.”Barry Brown says to make GPS systems better we need a better understanding of how drivers，passengers and GPS systems work together.1According to Barry Brow，in most cases，_are blame fo
8、r the problems.Ahuman errorsBGPS errorsCerrors caused by both drivers and GPSDerrors caused by putting in a wrong address2The example of Barry Browns friend is used to show that_.AGPS is nothing but garbageBGPS is still not accurate enoughCit is difficult for drivers to use GPS equipmentDsometimes d
9、rivers are responsible for the problem3It can be inferred from the second paragraph that_.Aits impossible to drive from the east to the west in the USBBarry Browns friend went to Stockholm，Sweden by planeCgiven wrong instructions，the GPS will produce wrong resultsDGPS systems are for passive drivers
10、 who lack navigational skills4Which of the followings is one of the shortcomings of GPS equipment?AIt just tells the driver to turn once at a time.BIt gives the driver the overview.CIts screen is too small to be seen clearly.DIt is only suitable for passive drivers.5Whats the main idea of the text?A
11、GPS systems are helpful for drivers.BDriving with GPS can be difficult to navigate (导航)CDrivers should understand how GPS systems work.DDrivers should learn to use GPS systems correctly.语篇解读 本文是一篇议论文。文章主要介绍了开车用 GPS 导航系统也很难导航。1解析： 细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句“Most often，says Barry Brown，it is a combination of t
12、he two.”可知，答案 C 符合文意。答案： C2解析： 推理判断题。根据文章第二段倒数第二句“They actually put their home address in.”可知，这次走错方向是由于人的疏忽导致的，不是 GPS 系统的原因，故答案 D 正确。答案： D3解析： 推理判断题。根据文章第二段最后两句“They actually puy their home address in. So again，the GPS is kind of garbage in garbage out ”和对全段的整体理解可知，答案 C“给错误的指令，导航系统就会产生错误的结果”符合文意。答案：
13、 C4解析： 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句“He says， One problem with a lot of the GPS units is they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn.”可知，答案 A 符合文意。答案： A5解析： 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段第三句“However，they can also cause a lot of problems，send you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost.”的开篇点题和对全文的整体
14、理解可推知，答案 B“开车用 GPS 导航系统有时候也很难导航”最能概括文章大意。答案： B。【阅读理解】【来自高考重庆卷】Skeptics are a strange lot.Some of them refuse to admit the serious threat of human activities to the enviroment, and they are tired of people who disagree with them.Those people，say skeptics，spread nothing but bad news about the environm
15、ent.The “eco-guilt”brought on by the discouraging news about our planet gives rise to the popularity of skeptics as people search for more comforting worldviews.Perhaps that explains why a new book by Bjorn Lomborg received so much publicity.That book ，The Skeptical Environmentalist, declares that i
16、t measures the “real state of the world”as fine. Of course ，another explanation is the deep pockets of some big businesses with special interests. Indeed, Mr. Lomborgs views are similar to those of some industry-funded organizations, which start huge activities through the media to confuse the public about issues like global warming.So it was strange to see Mr. Lomborgs book go largely unchallenged in the media though his
