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   A serious car crash leads one woman to rediscover her faith in human kindness.
    In March last year, the car I was driving was_1_in a serious crash with another car on a country road.
I soon_2_myself at the centre of a frenzy of activity, surrounded by paramedics, police, rescuers and
members of the local community. An enormous can opener was used to  3   me out of my wrecked car
and  4   an ambulance.
    Over the next eight hours, I was transported to hospital, dragged up, Xrayed and diagnosed (诊断)
with a broken neck. Knowing that I'd  5   death by a fraction of a second sustained me throughout the
long wait in the emergency ward and  6  me to deal with the visible distress of my hospital visitors.
    Only after I'd convinced the last friend to   7   could I direct my energies inwards. Flitting in and out
of my line of vision during my hospital  8   was the Red Cross lady, a gentle  9   in white who, from time
to time, popped her head in to  10   cups of tea. After the visitors had gone, she ventured further into my
cubicle to  11   if I was all right.
   I found myself 12   her everything: about the shock of the  13 , my feats for my family as a result of my
injuries-about my whole life. While I  14   for an ambulance to transport me to another hospital, she
stood by my trolley and  15   my hand as I offloaded all the emotion I'd stoically withheld (强忍着的)
from my family. She  16  , quiet and nonjudgmental.
     Even now, the  17   that I have her contact details provides me with great  18  . I look forward to a
day in the nottoodistant future when my guardian angel and I can meet again, in  19   circumstances.
    In times of crisis, faith can sustain us: for me, my faith in human nature, reawakened by the  20   of a
stranger, has helped ease my journey back to recovery.
( )1. A. caught      
( )2. A. imagined    
( )3. A. push        
( )4. A. into        
( )5. A. survived    
( )6. A. advised      
( )7. A. assist      
( )8. A. stay        
( )9. A. patient      
( )10. A. make        
( )11  A. claim      
( )12. A. presenting  
( )13. A. accident    
( )14. A. hoped      
( )15. A. held        
( )16. A. puzzled    
( )17. A. knowledge  
( )18. A. progress    
( )19. A. unforeseen  
( )20. A. sympathy    
B. trapped    
B. found      
B. force      
B. onto        
B. met        
B. forced      
B. leave      
B. visit      
B. performance
B. offer      
B. consult    
B. showing    
B. incident    
B. prepared    
B. lent        
B. doubted    
B. belief      
B. pride      
B. happier    
B. strength    
C. lost        
C. devoted      
C. get          
C. off          
C. beat        
C. ordered      
C. participate  
C. operation    
C. presence    
C. drink        
C. conclude    
C. giving      
C. event        
C. waited      
C. moved        
C. stopped      
C. power        
C. surprise    
C. strange      
C. kindness    
D. involved    
D. dreamed      
D. turn        
D. on          
D. feared      
D. helped      
D. come        
D. appointment  
D. physician    
D. take        
D. check        
D. telling      
D. occasion    
D. watched      
D. waved        
D. listened    
D. privilege    
D. comfort      
D. extreme      
D. donation    
答案

1-5: DBCAA  6-10: DBACB  11-15: DDACA  16-20: DADBC

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Global Positioning Systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. These satellite-based systems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people get to where they want to go. But, they can also cause a lot of problems, send 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.

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 GPS-equipped car to use during his stay. Barry Brown: “And they just plugged in an address and then set off to their destination. And, then it wasn’t until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they actually 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 garbage out'.”

Mister Brown says this is a common human error. But, he says, what makes the problem worse has to do with some of the shortcomings, or failures, of GPS equipment. Barry Brown: “One problem with a lot of the GPS units is they have a very small screen and they just tell you the next turn. Because 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 served 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 based on their research. It is called “The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS.” It lists several areas where GPS systems can cause confusion for drivers. These 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, passengers and GPS systems work together.

小题1:In Paragraph 2, Mr. Brown mentioned his friend in the conversation to _____________.

A.build up his own reputation

B.laugh at his stupid friend

C.prove the GPS system is only garbage

D.describe an example of human error小题2:With which of the following statement would Barry Brown most likely agree?

A.GPS units are to blame for the most GPS service failures.

B.We should introduce higher standard for the driving license.

C.Cameras are urgently needed to help improve GPS systems.

D.Drivers, GPS systems and passengers should unite to improve GPS systems.小题3:What is Mr. Brown’s attitude towards GPS?

A.Unconcerned

B.Prejudiced

C.Objective

D.Critical小题4:What would be the best title for the text?

A.driving with GPS can be difficult

B.driving confusions can be caused by small screen

C.driving without GPS should be much more convenient

D.GPS equipment in driving: to be deserted or improved?

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