【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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 signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn39。t say. It39。s a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat puterbased 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 it39。s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some bination of these factors. The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and plex. 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 such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just a. s 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 workers failed to give the signal.D.Her GPS device didn39。t tell her about the crossing.（2）The phrase near miss (Paragraph 2) can best be replaced by ________. A.close hitB.heavy lossC.narrow escapeD.big mistake（3）Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with? A.Modern technology is what we can39。t live without.B.Digtal technology often falls short of our expectation.C.Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.D.GPS error is not the only cause for Ceely39。s accident.（4）In the writer39。s opinion, Stevenson39。s argument is ________. A.onesidedB.reasonableC.puzzlingD.wellbased（5）What is the real concern of the writer of this article? A.The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.B.The human unawareness of technical problems.C.The shortings of digital devices we use.D.The relationship between humans and technology.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）A（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者講述了一起交通事故，司機沒有看到火車路口導(dǎo)致了一起事故，司機卻將責任歸咎到自己的導(dǎo)航儀沒有路口提示上。引發(fā)作者對于人與科技的關(guān)系上的深思。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的Ceely39。s near miss made the news because she blamed it on he GPS(導(dǎo)航儀). 可知Ceely認為事故發(fā)生的原因是GPS沒有指出那個路口。故選D。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第一段可知Ceely的車被卡在鐵路上并且被火車撞飛了，而她自己則死里逃生，文章用near miss來形容這個事故，由此可推斷narrow escape 最符合文意，即Ceely很驚險地逃生了，故選C。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的We put our faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. 可知Stevenson認為是科技設(shè)備應(yīng)該被指責，即它們不能滿足人們的需要，故選B。 （4）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的 The problem with his argument in the book is that it39。s not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. 可知作者認為Stevenson只關(guān)注到了片面的，故選A。 （5）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and plex. 可知作者在討論完Ceely這起事故后，在最后兩段將討論延伸到了人與科技的關(guān)系上，因此作者實際關(guān)心的內(nèi)容是人與科技的關(guān)系，故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 How far would you go for your kids education? That39。s a question many parents are asking in the wake of the college cheating scandal(丑聞)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. Here39。s how far I went. In the fall of 2017 my husband and I lost our jobs. We had to tell our daughter, Casey, that we couldn39。t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University. We decided the best choice for our family would be for Casey to sit out a year. We promised that we would get her back the following year. Casey decided to spend the year volunteering in South Africa On Sept 30, 2017, we put our oldest child on a plane halfway around the world. Casey worked as a tutor teaching kids math, English and music in Johannesburg. We did get Casey back in school in time. When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn39。t what she used to be. Each day is marked by gratitude because she knows what it is like not to be able to get an education. I wonder why the college cheating scandal happened and I think it boils down to this: Parents want to create a fort zone for their kids. Of course, we want the best for our kids but sometimes we forget that real growth doesn39。t happen in times of fort。 those valuable lessons e when we are forced to think in ways we otherwise wouldn39。t have. While I did less for my child than these wealthy parents did in terms of means, in other ways I did more. I taught her that disappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it. My husband and I showed Casey that her strength is in her struggle. That39。s how far I went for my kid s education. And I dare say she is wiser and better off for it.（1）What do the parents involved in the college cheating scandal have in mon? A.They are well –knownB.They are aggressiveC.They are very richD.They are conservative.（2）The writer made the decision to pull Casey out of school__________. A.for lack of moneyB.because of her illnessC.as a result of cheatingsD.due to her bad behaviour（3）What does the writer think of her daughter39。s volunteering in South Africa for a year? A.It39。s meaningless.B.It is well worth it.C.It is a waste of timeD.It is a wrong decision.（4）The writer advi