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1、Module4 Music阅读训练（2）阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。(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 satellitebased systems provide turnbyturn directions to help people get to where they want to go.However，they can also cause a lot
2、 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 involvin
3、g a friend who had flown to an airport in the eastern United States.There he borrowed a GPSequipped 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 act
4、ually 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 equipme
5、nt.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 Brow
6、n 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 sometimes go
7、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 for the
8、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 drivers
9、 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 who l
10、ack 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?AGPS sy
11、stems 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 the two.”可知
12、，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：C4解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句“
13、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理解可推知，答案B“开车用GPS导航系统有时候也很难导航”
14、最能概括文章大意。答案：B。【2015高考复习】阅读理解Most people watching Jeremy Lin these past two months saw Jeremy Lin，New York Knicks star；but I，watching him，saw someone else.That was my elder brother，Bob，who is athletic and energetic.He could never sit still when he was in second grade；he had to get up every now and th
15、en and run around the room.And sure enough，he grew up to be a starting player for an NCAA championship lacrosse (长曲棍球) team.He was a Nikeendorsed marathoner，too，and reached the top of Mt.Everest，unguided，in his 50s.And yet my family never watched his lacrosse games.We did watch some of his marathons
16、，but that wasnt until he was in his 20s.When Bob was in his glory days，our Shanghaineseborn parents were bent on getting him into medical school.There was a loving aspect to it：I can remember my father working through math books with him，lesson by lesson，at the big blackboard in the attic.Bob never did bec
