高考英语第一轮总复习课件：专项提能计划-阅读理解.ppt

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1、专项提能计划专项提能计划阅读理解（四）阅读理解（四）(2011高考浙江卷高考浙江卷A)One evening in February 2007，a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales.She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path.Thats when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train.Her Renault Clio was parked

2、 across a railway line.Seconds later，she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.Ceelys near_miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(导导航航仪仪)She had never driven the route before.It was dark and raining heavily.Ceely was relying on her GPS，but it m

3、ade no mention of the crossing.“I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train，”she told the BBC.Who is to blame here？Rick Stevenson,who tells Ceelys story in his book When Machines Fail Us，points the finger at the limitations of technology.We put our fai

4、th in digital devices，he says，but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job.They are filled with small problems.And its not just GPS devices：Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless keyboards.The problem with his argument in the

5、book is that its not clear why he only focuses on digital technology，while there may be a number of other possible causes.A mapmaker 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 signalling syst

6、em.Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment.But Stevenson doesnt say.Its a problem that runs through the book.In a section on cars，Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to

7、defeat computerbased 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 again not all new locks have proved reliable.Perhaps，but maybe its also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets.Or changi

8、ng social circumstances.Or some combination of these factors.The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and complex.It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in.Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technology.If there is s

9、uch 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.41What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident?A She was not familiar with the road.BIt

10、 was dark and raining heavily then.CThe railway workers failed to give the signal.DHer GPS device didnt tell her about the crossing.D42The phrase“near miss”(Paragraph 2)can best be replaced by_.Aclose hitBheavy lossCnarrow escapeDbig mistakeC43Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probabl

11、y agree with?AModern technology is what we cant live without.BDigital technology often falls short of our expectation.BCDigital devices are more reliable than they used to be.DGPS error is not the only cause for Ceelys accident.44In the writers opinion，Stevensons argument is_.Aonesided Breasonable C

12、puzzling DwellbasedA45What is the real concern of the writer of this article?AThe major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.BThe relationship between humans and technology.BCThe shortcomings of digital devices we use.DThe human unawareness of technical problems.破破题题思路思路随着随着时时代的代的发发展，科技越来越先展，科

13、技越来越先进进，人人类类也越来越依也越来越依赖赖科技，但有科技，但有时时候科候科技也会技也会给给人人们带们带来麻来麻烦烦，文章中作者，文章中作者将会告将会告诉诉我我们们什么呢？什么呢？让让我我们们去了解去了解一下吧！一下吧！疑疑难难剖析剖析The problem with his argument in the book is that its not clear why he only focuses on digital technology，while there may be a number of other possible causes.(Paragraph 4)该该句使用了句使

14、用了that引引导导的表的表语语从句，从从句，从句中又使用了句中又使用了why引引导导的主的主语语从句。从句。句意：他在句意：他在书书中争中争论论的的问题问题是不清楚是不清楚他他为为什么只是关注数什么只是关注数码码技技术术，而，而这这些些技技术术也有可能成也有可能成为为造成事故的原因。造成事故的原因。名名师师支招支招在高考在高考阅读阅读理解理解题题中，有中，有时为时为了增加了增加试题试题的区分度，命的区分度，命题题者常常会者常常会选择选择一一些看似合理的句子作些看似合理的句子作为为干干扰项扰项，这时这时考生可依据文章提供的信息并考生可依据文章提供的信息并结结合常合常识对识对干干扰项进扰项进行排除。行排除。比如第比如第41题，根据第二段最后一句话题，根据第二段最后一句话可得出答案。可得出答案。A项有很大的迷惑性，项有很大的迷惑性，但是我们仔细想一下，既然使用但是我们仔细想一下，既然使用GPS,说明她本来就对路线不熟，才会借助说明她本来就对路线不熟，才会借助高科技。本题答案为高科技。本题答案为D项，正是由于项，正是由于GPS没有告诉她没有告诉她“前方有交叉口前方有交叉口”这一这一信息，才导致了这一事故。信息，才导致了这一事故。本部分内容讲解结束本部分内容讲解结束按按ESC键键退出全屏播放退出全屏播放