專項提能計劃閱讀理解（四）社會文化類社會文化類(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 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 (導航儀)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.“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 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 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 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 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 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 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 changing 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 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. 41What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident? AShe was not familiar with the road. BIt was dark and raining heavily then. CThe railway workers failed to give the signal. DHer GPS device didnt tell her about the crossing. 42The phrase“near miss” (Paragraph 2) can best be replaced by_. Aclose hit Bheavy loss Cnarrow escape Dbig mistake 43Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with? AModern technology is what we cant live without. BDigital technology often falls short of our expectation. CDigital 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 Cpuzzling Dwellbased 45What 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. CThe shortcomings of digital devices we use. DThe human unawareness of technical problems . 答案速查 41.D42.C43.B44.A45.B 破題思路 隨著時代的發(fā)展，科技越來越先進，人類也越來越依賴科技，但有時候科技也會給人們帶來麻煩，文章中作者將會告訴我們什么呢？讓我們去了解一下吧！ 疑難剖析 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) 該句使用了that引導的表語從句,從句中又使用了why引導的主語從句。 句意：他在書中爭論的問題是不清楚他為什么只是關注數(shù)碼技術，而這些技術也有可能成為造成事故的原因。 名師支招 在高考閱讀理解題中，有時為了增加試題的區(qū)分度，命題者常常會選擇一些看似合理的句子作為干擾項，這時考生可依據(jù)文章提供的信息并結合常識對干擾項進行排除。 比如第41題，根據(jù)第二段最后一句話可得出答案。A項有很大的迷惑性，但是我們仔細想一下,既然使用GPS,說明她本來就對路線不熟，才會借助高科技。本題答案為D項，正是由于GPS沒有告訴她“前方有交叉口”這一信息，才導致了這一事故。