【英语】黑龙江省双鸭山一中2013-2014学年高二下学期期末考试

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1、双鸭山市第一中学2013—2014学年度高二下学期期末考试英语试卷第I卷（选择题）第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A GlobalPositioningSystems（GPS）areplayinganimportantpartinourdailylife.Theyarenowapartofeverydaydrivinginmanycountries.Thes

2、esatellite-basedsystemsprovideturn-by-turndirectionstohelppeoplegettowheretheywanttogo.But,theycanalsocausealotofproblems,sendyoutothewrongplaceorleaveyoucompletelylost.Manytimes,thedriveristoblame.SometimesaGPSerrorisresponsible.Mostoften,saysBarryBro

3、wn,itisacombinationofthetwo.WespoketoMr.BrownbySkype（网络电话软件）.HetoldusaboutanincidentinvolvingafriendwhohadflowntoanairportintheeasternUnitedStates.ThereheborrowedaGPS-equippedcartouseduringhisstay.BARRYBROWN:“Andtheyjust plugged inanaddressandthensetof

4、ftotheirdestination.And,thenitwasn’tuntiltheyweredrivingforthirtyminutesthattheyrealizedtheyactuallyputinadestinationbackontheWestCoastwheretheylived.Theyactuallyputtheirhomeaddressin.Soagain,theGPSiskindof'garbageingarbageout'.”MrBrownsaysthisisacommo

5、nhumanerror.But,hesays,whatmakestheproblemworsehastodowithsomeoftheshortcomings,orfailures,ofGPSequipment.BARRYBROWN:“OneproblemwithalotoftheGPSunitsisthattheyhaveaverysmallscreenandtheyjusttellyouthenextturn.Becausetheyjustgiveyouthenextturn,sometimes

6、thatmeansthatitisnotreallygivingyouthe overview thatyouwouldneedtoknowthatit’sgoingtothewrongplace.”BarryBrownformerlyservedasaprofessorwiththeUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego.Whilethere,heworkedonaprojectwithEricLaurierfromtheUniversityofEdinburgh.Thet

7、womenstudiedtheeffectsofGPSdevicesondrivingbyplacingcamerasinpeople’scars.Theywroteapaperbasedontheirresearch.Itiscalled“TheNormal,NaturalTroublesofDrivingwithGPS.”ItlistsseveralareaswhereGPSsystemscancauseconfusionfordrivers.Theseincludemapsthatareout

8、dated,incorrectordifficulttounderstand.Theyalsoincludetimingissues(时机问题)relatedtowhenGPScommandsaregiven.BarryBrownsays,“TomakeGPSsystemsbetterweneedabetterunderstandingofhowdrivers,passengersandGPSsystemsworktogether.”1.Inparagraph2,Mr