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阅读理解      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 Renault Clio was parked across a railway line.Seconds later, she
watched the train drag her car almost a kilometer 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.
     It"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 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 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 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.

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 didn"t tell her about the crossing.

2. The phrase"near miss" (Paragraph 2 ) can best be replaced by ________.

A. close hit                
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 our expectation.
C. Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.
D. GPS error is not the only cause for Ceely"s accident.

4. In the writer"s opinion, Stevenson"s argument is ________.

A. onesided                
B. reasonable
C. puzzling                  
D. wellbased
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完形填空     When high school started, Becky and I became best friends.We __1__ many interests and quickly
became inseparable.When high school ended, we both cried __2__ we would attend different colleges
in the fall.
     Our first term of university life was __3__.We had a telephone bill and our emails were incredibly long.
In the second term I found some new friends with whom I felt very __4__.These were friends with whom
I could be myself and __5__ out my feelings.I was eager to share my new friends with Becky.
     When Becky finally visited me at my school, we were excited.She __6__ a toy bear to me as a
present and told me about her college life.However, something unexpected happened when I __7__ her
to my new friends.Her eyes grew dark and I could see the __8__ within them.My new friends tried to
share their friendship, but Becky seemed __9__ to accept it.I didn"t understand __10__ the people I
loved most couldn"t love each other.
     Becky __11__.I knew she was not happy.I thought long about what had happened.After many
unanswered questions, I understood that she was __12__.She saw me with my new friends and __13__
that we no longer shared the same experiences.She saw all the fun I was having __14__ her and wished
she could be a part of it.She wished she could be in their position.
     I wrote a letter to Becky __15__ she"s always my best friend.I told her everyone had friends from
home and friends from school, and all the friends were indeed life"s greatest __16__.Becky wrote me
back soon.She was in __17__ and felt sorry about what she had done.
     I think Becky and I both learn an important lesson from it.__18__ can influence our friendship and
change the experiences we"ve shared.We are now walking on two different paths of __19__.While new
friends are special and exciting, old friends are always there, __20__ to share their heart and soul, no
matter how far apart.
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(     )1. A. showed      
(     )2. A. because      
(     )3. A. modern      
(     )4. A. anxious      
(     )5. A. figure      
(     )6. A. brought      
(     )7. A. admitted    
(     )8. A. concern      
(     )9. A. cautious    
(     )10. A. how        
(     )11. A. started    
(     )12. A. aggressive  
(     )13. A. regretted  
(     )14. A. for        
(     )15. A. recognizing
(     )16. A. gift        
(     )17. A. sympathy    
(     )18. A. Nothing    
(     )19. A. happiness  
(     )20. A. choosing    
B. developed    
B. unless      
B. peaceful    
B. comfortable  
B. make        
B. returned    
B. mentioned    
B. doubt        
B. unwilling    
B. why          
B. remained    
B. jealous      
B. wondered    
B. from        
B. predicting  
B. spirit      
B. agreement    
B. Anything    
B. success      
B. waiting      
C. protected  
C. although    
C. normal      
C. familiar    
C. pour        
C. donated    
C. introduced  
C. curiosity  
C. ashamed    
C. that        
C. left        
C. angry      
C. promised    
C. without    
C. assuring    
C. achievement
C. surprise    
C. Something  
C. research    
C. planning    
D. shared          
D. while            
D. hard            
D. strange          
D. hold            
D. recommended      
D. referred        
D. hurt            
D. calm            
D. whether          
D. started          
D. proud            
D. proved          
D. across          
D. explaining      
D. sign            
D. disappointment  
D. Everything      
D. life            
D. demanding        
完形填空
     The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played
during the break.She seemed so small as she pushed her way __1__ the crowd of boys on the
playground.She __2__ from them all.
     I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing __3__.She would practice dribbling
(运球) and shooting over and over again, sometimes until __4__.One day I asked her __5__ she
practiced so much.She looked __6__ in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want
to go to college.  The only way I can __7__ is that if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college
basketball.I want to be __8__.My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don"t count."
     Well, I had to give it in to her-she was __9__.One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the
grass, head __10__ in her arms.I walked toward her and quietly asked what was __11__."Oh, nothing,"
came a soft reply."I"m just too short." The coach told her that at her height she would probably __12__
get to play for a top ranked team, __13__ offered a scholarship.So she __14__ stop dreaming about
college.
     She was __15__ and I sensed her disappointment.I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it
yet.She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong.They just didn"t __16__ the power of a
dream.He told her __17__ she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, __18__ could stop her except one thing-her own attitude.He told her again,"if the dream is big enough,
the facts don"t count."
     The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship Game, she was
seen by a college recruiter (招聘人员). She was indeed offered a __19__.She was going to get the
college education that she had __20__ and worked toward for all those years.
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(     )1. A.through    
(     )2. A.brought out
(     )3. A.only      
(     )4. A.dark      
(     )5. A.how        
(     )6. A.worriedly  
(     )7. A.go        
(     )8. A.worse      
(     )9. A.determined
(     )10. A.covered  
(     )11. A.the affair
(     )12. A.ever      
(     )13. A.far more  
(     )14. A.should    
(     )15. A.overjoyed
(     )16. A.understand
(     )17. A.even if  
(     )18. A.anything  
(     )19. A.prize    
(     )20. A.dreamed of
B. across    
B. showed out
B. lonely    
B. dawn      
B. when      
B. shyly      
B. get        
B. better    
B. encouraged
B. enclosed  
B. the wrong  
B. even      
B. much less  
B. must      
B. moved      
B. experience
B. as if      
B. nothing    
B. medal      
B. accepted  
C. over        
C. stood out    
C. simply      
C. midnight    
C. why          
C. quietly      
C. enter        
C. the best    
C. fixed        
C. dropped      
C. matter      
C. once        
C. much fewer  
C. can          
C. embarrassed  
C. learn        
C. that if      
C. something    
C. scholarship  
C. thought of  
D. into          
D. worked out    
D. alone          
D. daybreak      
D. what          
D. directly      
D. attend        
D. the worst      
D. fascinated    
D. buried        
D. the matter    
D. never          
D. many more      
D. may            
D. heartbroken    
D. believe        
D. only if        
D. everything    
D. position      
D. appreciated    
完形填空。
     What would I do for Carol"s 50th birthday? It was __1__ that she didn"t want a party, certainly not a
surprise party(that was an agreement at our marriage).
     "How about a small dinner with __2__?" I asked.
      "No," she said, "I hate being the center of __3__."
     Still, the milestone had to be marked. __4__ wasn"t going to let her get away with a Stouffer"s frozen
dinner and a movie video, __5__ was all she said she wanted.
     I thought and thought, and __6__ making my decision, I sent a letter to her friends, asking them for
photos, poems, and letters. "Carol doesn"t __7__ a party in person…but I"m hoping to __8__ her a party
in a book." I bought a(n)__9__ with a friend"s advice, and what I wanted __10__. For a few minutes at
the end of every workday, I __11__ pull out the marking pens and make up the __12__, Carol"s.
      Photos of her in junior high, pictures of us __13__ the boys, original songs, notes, cards, and poems.
It made me __14__ for all the years we had had together. The __15__ was more than the album. It was
the friendship and love she had given to me, to our kids and to all her friends and family. You could __16__ it on every page.
      I wrapped it up and __17__ it home. "Happy birthday, sweetie," I said. "It"s not a frozen dinner or a
video, but it"s __18__ you deserve." She cried. She doesn"t __19__ like to cry, but I think she likes the
book. She"s said so many times. And every time I remind her __20__ putting it together was a gift to me.
(     )1.A.amazing  
(     )2.A.neighbours
(     )3.A.attention
(     )4.A.She      
(     )5.A.for      
(     )6.A.before    
(     )7.A.want      
(     )8.A.make      
(     )9.A.album    
(     )10.A.went on  
(     )11.A.could    
(     )12.A.decision
(     )13.A.for      
(     )14.A.grateful
(     )15.A.meaning  
(     )16.A.count    
(     )17.A.took    
(     )18.A.how      
(     )19.A.normally
(     )20.A.whether  
B.clear    
B.children
B.comment  
B.It      
B.that    
B.after    
B.have    
B.choose  
B.novel    
B.poured in
B.should  
B.story    
B.around  
B.worried  
B.gift    
B.read    
B.sent    
B.why      
B.merely  
B.that    
C.unusual    
C.friends    
C.view      
C.He        
C.which      
C.when      
C.hold      
C.find      
C.mirror    
C.turned back
C.would      
C.mind      
C.with      
C.nervous    
C.party      
C.express    
C.placed    
C.which      
C.really    
C.when      
D.important  
D.classmates
D.interest  
D.I          
D.when      
D.once      
D.attend    
D.give      
D.overcoat  
D.got away  
D.might      
D.book      
D.except    
D.special    
D.world      
D.improve    
D.packed    
D.what      
D.obviously  
D.who        
完形填空。
     A man wanted to make an investment (投资).An idea struck him:"Why don"t I plant a small mango
tree and enjoy the benefits when it grows into a big one?" So he went to the __1__,bought a small tree
and took it home. To the pride of his family,he __2__ it in the center of his __3__.
     He read everything about __4__ a mango tree. He got up early every morning,for he was determined
to supply the tree with all the necessary nutrients. He watered it,__5__ it with manure (粪肥),and took
good care of its leaves by removing those __6__ ones. He made sure the tree received enough care.
     Many times he sat and __7__ the beauty of the growing tree while dreaming about the __8__ mangoes that the tree would __9__. His mind was always filled with the wish to taste the first fruit of the tree.
Years went by __10__…now,he had a big tree with its leaves shining and healthy,its bark healthy and
hard. It was a big attraction __11__ it decorated his whole garden.
     Then one day he noticed a small bud (花蕾),which in a couple of days grew into a beautiful __12__.
Now he could __13__ wait for the fruit so he started to increase his supply of nutrients and care. Then
one day the tree let out its first product-a small green fruit. The man was so __14__.
     He waited for a few more weeks till the fruit grew in __15__. The day came when he decided to
__16__ the first fruit of the tree. He __17__ the tree,picked the fruit and then came his __18__. The fruit was not like what he expected. It was hard,big and round. He was puzzled. He was sad.
     Seeing this,his __19__ came and asked him what happened. He told them that the fruit from his tree
was not what he wanted. When the neighbours heard this,they did not know whether to __20__ or
comfort him,for what he planted years ago was not a mango tree. We can only reap (收获) what we
plant.
(     )1.A.city        
(     )2.A.grew        
(     )3.A.garden      
(     )4.A.buying      
(     )5.A.decorated  
(     )6.A.green      
(     )7.A.admired    
(     )8.A.beneficial  
(     )9.A.bear        
(     )10.A.immediately
(     )11.A.because    
(     )12.A.flower    
(     )13.A.always    
(     )14.A.greedy    
(     )15.A.age        
(     )16.A.observe    
(     )17.A.climbed    
(     )18.A.anxiety    
(     )19.A.children  
(     )20.A.complain  
B.farm    
B.moved    
B.house    
B.improving
B.equipped
B.red      
B.drew    
B.expensive
B.burst    
B.quickly  
B.if      
B.fruit    
B.hardly  
B.happy    
B.length  
B.sell    
B.cut      
B.cheers  
B.friends  
B.laugh    
C.market        
C.planted      
C.village      
C.keeping      
C.served        
C.white        
C.greeted      
C.healthy      
C.deserve      
C.narrowly      
C.though        
C.leaf          
C.never        
C.nervous      
C.size          
C.steal        
C.hid          
C.disappointment
C.neighbours    
C.motivate      
D.shop      
D.threw    
D.yard      
D.raising  
D.supplied  
D.yellow    
D.operated  
D.tasty    
D.make      
D.suddenly  
D.when      
D.nut      
D.strangely
D.sad      
D.width    
D.taste    
D.killed    
D.opinion  
D.relatives
D.support  
完形填空。
     A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown.As it was the rush hour and she was in a__1__to catch
a train,she__2__a quick way to reach it."I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!" the driver said__3__."
You don"t think I know the best way to go?"
     The woman tried to explain that she hadn"t __4__to annoy him,but the driver kept__5__.She finally
realized that he was too annoyed to be__6__,so she changed her__7__."You know,you are right,"she
told him."It must seem__8__for me not to think you know the best way__9__the city."
__10__,the driver glanced at his__11__in the rearview mirror,turned down the street she wanted and
got her to the train on time."He didn"t say another word the rest of the ride,"she said."__12__I got out
and paid him.Then he thanked me."
     When you find yourself__13__with people like the taxi driver,you will always try to__124__your
idea.It can lead to longer arguments,the loss of job chances or the__15__of marriages.I have discovered
one simple__16__extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations
from__17__in a disaster.
     The__18__is to put yourself in the other person"s shoes and look for the__19__in what that person is
saying.Find a way to__20__,and the result may surprise you.
(     )1.A.hurry      
(     )2.A.chose      
(     )3.A.jokingly    
(     )4.A.supposed    
(     )5.A.apologizing
(     )6.A.reasonable  
(     )7.A.road        
(     )8.A.strange    
(     )9.A.across      
(     )10.A.Surprised  
(     )11.A.rider      
(     )12.A.until      
(     )13.A.satisfied  
(     )14.A.give up    
(     )15.A.combination
(     )16.A.and        
(     )17.A.lying      
(     )18.A.problem    
(     )19.A.fact      
(     )20.A.agree      
B.rush        
B.made        
B.angrily    
B.believed    
B.driving    
B.thoughtful  
B.mind        
B.wrong      
B.in          
B.Worried    
B.speaker    
B.after      
B.concerned  
B.turn down  
B.destruction
B.that        
B.resulting  
B.importance  
B.meaning    
B.argue      
C.moment  
C.found    
C.anxiously
C.meant    
C.asking  
C.normal  
C.direction
C.terrible
C.through  
C.Annoyed  
C.helper  
C.because  
C.crowded  
C.stick to
C.suffering
C.while    
C.setting  
C.key      
C.expressio
C.explain  
D.way        
D.suggested  
D.curiously  
D.decided    
D.shouting    
D.practical  
D.manner      
D.stupid      
D.along      
D.Disappointed
D.comer      
D.since      
D.faced      
D.point out  
D.division    
D.though      
D.lead        
D.reply      
D.truth      
D.escape