广东省2014高考二轮复习英语专项训练-阅读理解四十二 Word版含答案

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精阅读理解第一节：阅读下列材料,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项.AOneeveninginFebruary2007.AstudentnamedPaulaCeelybroughthercartoastoponaremoteinWales。Shegotouttoopenametalgatethatblockedherpath。That'swhensheheardthewhistlesoundedbythedriverofatrain.HerRenaultClioparkedacrossarailwayline。Secondlater,shewatchedthetraindraghercaralmostakilometredowntherailwaytracks。Ceely’snearmissmadethenewsbecausesheblameditonherGPSdevice(导航仪)。Shehadneverdriventheroutebefore.Itwasdarkandrainingheavily。CeelywasrelyingonherGPS。Butitmadenomentionofthecrossing。"Iputmycompletetrustinthedeviceanditledmerightintothepathofaspeedingtrain，”shetoldtheBBC.Whoistoblamehere？RickStevenson，whotellsCeely’sstoryinhisbookWhenMachinesFailUS，fingeratthelimitationsoftechnology。Weputourfaithindigitaldevices，hesays，Butourdigitalhelpersaretoooftennotuptothejob.Theyarefilledwithsmallproblems。Andit’snotjustGPSdevices:Stevensontakesusonatourofdigitaldisastersinvolvingeverythingfrommobilephonestowirelesskeyboards。Theproblemwithhisargumentinthebookisthatit’snotclearwhyheonlyfocusesdigitaltechnology，whiletheremaybeanumberofotherpossiblecauses.Amap—makermighthaveleftthecrossingoffapapermap。MaybeweshouldblameCeelyfornotpayingattention.Perhapstherailwayauthoritiesareatfaultforpoorsignalingsystem.OrmaybesomeonehasstudiedtherelativedangersandworkedoutthattherereallyissomethingspecificwrongwiththeCPSequipment.ButStevensondoesn’tsay。It’saproblemthatrunsthroughthebook。Inasectiononcars，Stevensongivesanaccountoftheadvancedtechniquesthatcriminalsusetodefeatcomputer-basedlockingsystemsforcars。Heofferstwoindependentsetsoffiguresoncartheft;bothshowasmallriseinsomepartsofthecountry.Hesaysthatonceonceagainnotallnewlockshaveprovedreliable。Perhaps,butmaybeit’salsoduetotheshortageofpolicemenonthestreets。Orchangingsocialcircumstances.Orsomecombinationofthesefactors。Thegamebetweenhumansandtheirsmartdevicesiscomplex。Itisshapedbyeconomicsandpsychologyandthecultureswelivein.Somewhereinthemixofthoseforcestheremaybewayawiseruseoftechnology。Ifthereissuchaway，itshouldinvolvemorethanjustanawarenessoftheshortcomingsofourmachines.Afterall,wehavelivedwiththemforthousandsofyears.Theyhaveprobablybeenfoolingusforjustaslong.

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1

。What

did

Paula

Ceely

think

was

the

cause

of

her

accident？

A。

She

was

not

familiar

with

the

road.

B。

It

was

dark

and

raining

heavily

then.

C.Therailwayworksfailedtogivethesignal。D.HerGPSdevicedidn'ttellheraboutthecrossing()

2。The

phrase“near

miss"

(paragraph

2)

can

best

be

replaced

by

_______。

A。

close

bit

B。

heavy

loss

C.narrowescape

D.

big

mistake

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3。Which

of

the

following

would

Rick

Stevenson

most

probably

agree

with?

A。Modern

technology

is

what

wecan’t

live

without。B。

Digital

technology

often

fallsshort

of

out

expectation。

C。

Digital

devices

are

morereliable

than

they

used

to

be。

D.

GPS

error

is

not

the

onlycause

for

Celery’s

accident。

()4.Inthewriter’sopinion，Stevenson’sargumentis________。A.one—sidedB.reasonableC。puzzlingD。well-based(）5.Whatistherealconcernofthewriterofthisarticle?A。Themajorcausesoftrafficaccidentsandcarthefts。B.TherelationshipbetweenhumansandtechnologyC。

The

shortcomings

of

digitaldevices

we

use。

D.

The

humanunawareness

of

technical

problems。4.【答案】A【解析】推理判断题。由文章Theproblemwithhisargumentinthebookisthatit’snotclearwhyheonlyfocusesdigitaltechnology可知.5。【答案】B【解析】主旨大意题.本文讨论了人与现代科技的关系。BWhatcanhelpyoumakeafortuneinthefuture？Graduatingfromatopuniversitymightnotbeenough。AnewstudyfromtheUniversityofEssexinBritainhasshownthatthemorefriendsyouhaveinschool，themoremoneyyou’llearnlater.Theideathatpopularitycouldhaveaseriousimpactonone’searningpotentialshouldn'tcomeastoomuchofasurprise。Theresearchersnotedthatifyouwanttogetaheadinlife，socialskillsandnetworkingareeasilyaspowerfulastalentandhardwork.“Ifapersonhaslotsoffriends,itmeansthatheorshehastheabilitytogetalongwithothersinallkindsofdifferentsituations，”saidXuYanchun，17,fromNantouMaybethat’swhysomepeoplethinktheyoungergenerationsareintheageofFriendalholism（交友狂症）。AwomanevencomplainedthatthenetworkingwebsiteFacebook's5，000—friendlimitwastoolowforherlargereserveofsocialcontacts。Butwhatdoesafriendmean?Shouldfriendsberegardedasaformofcurrency？“Callmeuncoil,butIthinkofafriendasanactualpersonwithwhomIhaveanactualhistoryandwhomIenjoyactuallyseeing。Itseems，however,thatthisisnolongerthedefinition（定义)of‘friend’,”saidMeghanDaum，whoworkswithTheLosAngelesTimesintheUS。（)1。ThenewstudyfromtheUniversityofEssexinBritainshowsthat_________。A。ifyouhavemorefriendsyouwillnotlivehappily.B。themorefriendsyouhaveinschool，themoremoneyyou'llearninyourlatelife。C。thelessfriendsyouhave，thepoorlivesyouwilllive。D。friendscanmakemoremoneyforyou.(）2。AccordingtoXuYanchun,whenyouhavelotsoffriends,itmeans_____A.Youhavetheabilitytoearnmoremoney.B。Youwillnotfeellonely。C.Youarequitecontentwithyourlife。D。Youhavetheabilitytogetalongwithothersinvarioussituations.(）3.What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A。Thepassagemainlytellsussomethingaboutthefriendship.B。Friendsplaysanmoreimportantpartinourdailylifethananythingelse.C.Friendsarecurrency.D.Friendsgiveyousuccess。(）4.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat_________。A.Ifyouhavemorefriends,youcanmakeafortuneinthefuture。B。Graduatingfrom