2015高考英语拉萨市(三月)阅读及完形填空训练(6)

2015

高考英语拉萨市（三月）阅读及完形 填空训练（

6

）答案

阅读理解。

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。

One evening in February 2007. A student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a

stop

on

a

remote

in

Wales.

She

got

out

to

open

a

metal

gate

that

blocked

her

path .

That's

when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train.

Her Renault Clio

parked across a railway line. Second later, she watched the train drag her car almost a

kilometre down the railway tracks.

Ceely's

near

miss

made

the

news

because

she

blamed

it

on

her

GPS

device(

导航仪

).She had never driven the route before .It was dark and raining heavily.

Ceely

was

relying

on

her

GPS.

But

it

made

no

mention

of

the

crossing.

put

my

complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train,

told the BBC.

W ho is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely's story in his book When

Machines Fail US, finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital

devices, he says,

But our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small

problems. And it’s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters

involving everything from mobile phones to wireless key boards.

The problem with his argument in the book is

that it’s

not clear why he only

focuses digital technology, while

there may be a number of other possible

causes. A

map-maker

might

have

left

the

crossing

off

a

paper

map.

Maybe

we

should

blame

Ceely

for

not

paying

attention.

Perhaps

the

railway

authorities

are

at

fault

for

poor

signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out

that there really is something specific wrong with the CPS equipment. But Stevenson

doesn’t say.

It’s a problem that runs through the book. In a s

ection on cars, Stevenson gives an

account

of

the

advanced

techniques

that

criminals

use

to

defeat

computer-based

locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both

show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once once again not all

new

locks

have

proved

reliable.

Perhaps,

but

maybe

it’s

also

due

to

the

shortage

of

policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of

these factors.

The

game

between

humans

and

their

smart

devices

is

complex.

It

is

shaped

by

economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those

forces there may be way a wiser use of technology.

If

there

is

such

a

way,

it

should

involve

more

than

just

an

awareness

of

the

shortcomings

of

our

machines.

After

all,

we

have

lived

with

them

for

thousands

of

years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long.

(

) 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. The railway works failed to give the signal.

D. Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing

(

) 2. The

phrase “near

miss”

(paragraph 2) can best be replaced by _______.

A. close bit B. heavy loss C. narrow escape D. big mistake

(

) 3. Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with?

A. Modern technology is what

we can’t

live without.

B. Digital technology often falls short of out expectation.

C. Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.

D. GPS error is not the only cause for

Celery’s

accident.

(

) 4. In the writer’s opinion, Stevenson’s argument is________.

A. one-sided

B. reasonable

C. puzzling

D. well-based

(

) is the real concern of the writer of this article?

A. The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.

B. The relationship between humans and technology

C. The shortcomings of digital devices we use.

D. The human unawareness of technical problems.

【参考答案】

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、

DCBAB

阅读理解

To hitch-hike successfully in any country you must be able to do two things: attract attention

and at the same time convince the driver at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him.

To fulfill the first requirement you must have some mark to distinguish you at once from all other

hikers. A serviceman, for instance, should wear his uniform, and a student his red scarf. In a foreign

country an unmistakable indication of your own nation

ality will also arrest a driver’s attention.

When

I

hitch-hiked

9,

500

miles

across

the

United

States

and

back

recently

I

wore

a

well-tailored suit, a bowler hat and a trench coat, and carried a pencil-thin rolled black umbrella.

My suitcase was decorated with British flags. Having plenty of luggage, moreover, I was not likely to

be suspected of being a dangerous lunatic(

精神病患者

). I then had to get across to the driver the

idea that I was a real traveler, and needed to get somewhere cheaply.

But even with careful preparation, you must not assume that the task will be easy. You should

be prepared to wait a little, for there are drivers who confess to a fierce prejudice against, (not to

say

hatred

of)hitch-hikers,

and

would

no

more

pick

up

a

hiker

than

march

from

Aldermaston

to

London. In America, my average wait is half an hour, and my longest is two hours, but I have heard

of people waiting all day: they probably took less pains to make themselves easy to notice.

Nor must you assume that all the drivers who stop for you are nice, normal people. On one

occasion I found myself driving with two boys of about nineteen who turned out to be on the run

from the police, and were hoping to use me as an alibi. There are also lesser(

较小的

)risks: you may

find yourself in the car of a Fascist fanatic, a Mormon missionary(

传教士

), or just a bad driver. You

cannot tell, of course until you are in the car. But you soon learn the art of the quick excuse that

gets you out again.

If the hitch- hiker in the US remembers that he is seeking the willingness of drivers to give him

a free ride, and is prepared to give in exchange entertainment and company, and not go to sleep, he

will come across the remarkable, almost legendary, hospitality of American of the West. It will also

help if he can drive

—

I think that I drove myself about 4, 500 of those 9, 500 miles I hitch- hiked in

the States.

【文章大意】

文章 主要介绍了作者如何搭乘便车的一些经验

,

如装束、等车、遇到的司机

,

还

特别提及了在美国的一些有关搭乘便车的趣事。

1. A serviceman should wear his uniform

.

A. so as not to look too unusual

B. to attract attention

C. to show he is on duty

D. to put the driver at ease

【解析】

选

B

。

细节理解题。

根据第一段

“attract attention and at the same time convince the driver

at a glance that you do not intend to rob or murder him. . . A serviceman, for instance, should wear

his unifo

rm”

可以得知答案。

2. In Paragraph 3, we learn that the writer

.

A. has sometimes failed to hitch a ride

B. has marched from Aldermaston to London

C. has been successful in hitching a ride

D. has had to wait for long hours for a ride

【解析】

选

C

。细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句中

my average wait is half an hour, and my

longest is two hours, but I have heard of people waiting all day

可知作者是比较成功的。

3. The main idea of Paragraph 4 is that

.

A. it is dangerous to be in a car with strangers

B. hitch-hiking may turn out to be risky sometimes

C. a hitch-hiker must also learn the art of quick excuse

D. hitch-hikers might come across bad drivers

【解析】

选

B

。

段落大意题。

第四段的第一句是主题句。< /p>

遇到的司机不见得个个都是正常人

,

从

后面的例子也得知乘便车是有危险性的。

4. A suitable title for the passage would be“

”.

A. The art of hitch-hiking

B. An Engl

ishman’s view of the US

C. An English hitch-hiker

D. The joys and dangers of hitch-hiking