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阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
(2021·苏锡常镇四市二调，C)
Global Positioning Systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. The satellitebad systems provide turnbyturn directions to help people get to where they want to go. But they can also cau a lot of problems, nding you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost. Many times, the driver is to blame. Sometimes a GPS error is responsible. Most often, says Barry Brown, it is a combination of the two.
Barry Brown is with the Mobile Life Centre in Stockholm, Sweden. The center studies humancomputer interaction, or HCI, especially communications involving wireless devices. We spoke to Mr Brown by Skype. He told us about an incident involving a friend who had flown to an airport in the eastern United States. There he borrowed a GPSequipped car to u during his stay.
Barry Brown：“And they just plugged in an address and then t off to their destination.” And, then it wasn't until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they had put in a destination back on the West Coast where they lived. They actually put their home address in. So again, the_GPS_is_kind_of_“garbage_in里克 福克斯_garbage_out”．
Mr Brown says this is a common human error. But, he says, what makes the problem wor has to do with some of the shortcomings, or failures, of GPS equipment.
Barry Brown：“One problem with many GPS units is they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn. Becau they just give you the next turn, sometimes that means that it is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that it's going to the wrong place.”
Barry Brown formerly rved as a professor with the University of California, San Diego. While there, he worked on a project with Eric Laurier from the University of Edinburgh. The two men studied the effects of GPS devices on driving by placing cameras in people's cars. They wrote a paper bad on their rearch. It is called “The Normal, Natu
ral Troubles of Driving with GPS.”
Barry Brown: “One of the things that struck us, perhaps the most important thing was that you have to know what you're doing when you u a GPS. There are the new skills that people have developed. There are the new competencies that you need to have to be able to u a GPS becau they sometimes go wrong.”
Barry Brown says this goes against a common belief that GPS systems are for passive drivers who lack navigational (导航) skills.
“The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS” lists veral areas where GPS systems can cau confusion for drivers. The include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. They also include timing issues related to when GPS commands are given.
Barry Brown says to make GPS systems better we need a better understanding of how drivers, pasngers and GPS systems work together.
文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。GPS全球定位系统可以帮助人们找到想去的地方，但GPS也会带来许多问题，所以使用GPS全球定位系统是否可靠变得不确定。
1．What is the best title for this passage?
A．Is GPS system reliable to u?
B．What is the u of GPS?
C．How to make the most of GPS?
D．Blame! GPS or Pasngers?
答案：A 标题概括题。文章第一段是全文的主旨段。根据第一段可知，GPS全球定位系统可以帮助人们找到想去的地方，但GPS也会导致许多问题，所以使用GPS全球定位系统是否可靠变得不确定。所以A项最适合做文章的标题，故答案选A。
2．napaWhat is the implication of the underlined part?
Ainherit．GPS is just a garbage device.
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B．GPS will not correct human errors.
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C．GPS adjusts your wrong destination.
D．GPS is just as smart as human beings.
答案：B 句意理解题。根据画线句子后面一句“Mr Brown says this is a common human error.”并结合上下文可知，画线句子所包含的意思是：GPS不能纠正人类的错误。故答案选B。
3．网络连接设备Which is NOT mentioned as a GPS shortcoming in the passage?
A．Small screen.
接受英文B．Timing of commands.
C．Outdated maps.
D．Dear cameras GPS us.
答案：D 细节理解题。根据文章第五段第一句可知，A项是GPS的缺点；根据文章倒数第二段可知，B、C两项均是GPS的缺点。所以只有D项不是GPS的缺点。故答案选D考试成绩单。
4．According to the passage, people commonly believe that ________.
A．you have to know where to go when using GPS
B．you need to have new competencies to u GPS well
C．GPS is proper for drivers with little n of direction
D．GPS is fit for people having good understanding of maps
答案：C 推理判断题。通读全文可知，人们普遍认为，GPS全球定位系统适合方向感差的人。C项符合文义，故答案选C。
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