A. accidentally

B. accommodation

C. admiring

D. armed

E. constant

F. cyclist

G. financially

H. inspired

I. memories

J. wander

Like many other young people, Lin Chi-ying (Vicky) and Chiang Chiu-ping (Pinky) dreamed of traveling the world. What makes them special is that they actually did it; what’s more, they did it on bicycles.

At 18, Vicky read the famous Cycling Diary of Hu Rong-hua and was __41__ to take a bike tour of southern China by herself. In 1991, while riding along the island’s east coast, she met a Japanese __42__, who invited her to join him on a world cycling tour.

In July 1998, they began their trip in Alaska. Vicky soon realized, however, that their travel philosophies were quite different. Her partner seemed intent on testing his endurance, while she preferred __43__ the fantastic scenery and meeting the locals. They parted after a month. Vicky cycled alone through the Rocky Mountains down to the western United States. By this time, her __44__ efforts to persuade her college friend, Pinky, to join her had succeeded.

Once, in California, Vicky and Pinky were unable to find any cheap __45__, so they camped in a park. They were woken up by __46__ police officers, who told them camping there was illegal. In cities, they would __47__ through colleges and libraries, “in need of air-conditioning,” Pinky joked.

Vicky and Pinky praise friends back in China who supported them __48__, as well as people who assisted them along the way. They have fond __49__ of the wonderful friendliness of the people in a Turkish village, where Vicky and Pinky farmed, cooked, and danced with the locals.

41—45   HFCEB                         46—49    DJGI

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科目：高中英語 來源：2011年普通高校招生考試浙江卷英語 題型：050

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　　One evening in Februay 2007．a(chǎn) student named Poaula 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 or tranin, Her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks．

　　Ceely's 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 Ceely's story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology, We put our faith in digital decices, be says．but our digital hepers 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 map makes might have left the crossing off a paper map, Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention, Pertaps the railway and work out that there really is something specifie wrong with the GPS equinment, But stevenson doesn't say．

　　It's a problem that runs through the book．In a sechon an cars, Stevenson gives an of the advanced techniques that criminal use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars, He offers wo 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 shourtage of policemen on the streets, Or changing social circumstances orsome combination of these factors．

　　The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and compler．If is shaped by economics and psycholog and the culture 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 tousands of years, They have probaly 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 railwy 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 besr be replaced by ________．

[　　]

A．

close hit

B．

heavy loss

C．

narrow essope

D．

big mistake

(3)

Which of the following would rick stevenson most probanny 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．

GPSerror is not the only cause for ceely's accident．

(4)

In the writer's opinion, Stevenson's argument is ________．

[　　]

A．

one-sided

B．

reasonable

C．

puzzling

D．

well-based

(5)

What is the real concern of the writer of this article?

[　　]

A．

The maior causes of traffic acciden and car then．

B．

The relationship between human and technology．

C．

The shortcomings of digital devices we use．

D．

The human unawareness of technical problems．

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