2016高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（05）及答案

　　A

　　(·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. That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Rensult Clio was parked across a railway line. Seconds 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. “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 Ceely's 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 it's 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 it's 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 doesn't say.

【2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解精选训练（05）外研版】相关文章：

★ 四川省2016届高考英语一轮复习课时作业（43） Module 1 Deep South 外研版选修8

★ 【课堂新坐标】2017届高考英语（通用版）二轮复习短文改错专题训练：训练4 短文改错（Ⅳ）（含解析）

★ 浙江省湖州市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）精炼（4）含答案

★ 【三维设计】2017届高考英语（江苏专用）二轮复习完形填空解题技法示范课件：2

★ （全国通用）2014届高考英语一轮单元复习 限时强化训练六

★ 【北师大版】2014届高考英语一轮复习指导课时作业：Unit 1 A卷 Word版含解析

★ 高考英语二轮复习如何提高高考英语听说能力

★ 四川省2016届高考英语一轮复习课时作业（24） Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World 外研版必修4

★ 贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（24）附答案

★ 2014届高考英语一轮复习课时作业(十九)必修4Module 1《Life in the Future》（外研版）