excuse2020年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语试题(浙江卷,解析版)

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A

One evening in February 2020 . a student named Paula Ceely brought

her car to a stop on a remote 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

Renault

Clio

parked

across

a

railway

line.

Second

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 .

the path of a speeding train ,

W ho is to blame here ? Rick Stevenson ,who tells Ceely's story in his book

When

Machines

Fail

US,

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

key boards.

The problem with his argum

ent in the book is that it’s

not clear why he

only

focuses

digital

technology,while

there

may

be

a

number

of

other

possible

causes.

A

map-maker

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

signaling

system.

Or

maybe

someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really

is

something

specific

wrong

with

the

CPS

equipment.

But

Stevenson

doesn’t say.

It’s

a

problem

that

runs

throug

h

the

book.

In

a

section

on

cars,

Stevenson gives an accout of the advanced techniques that criminals use to

defeat computer-based 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

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 complex. It is

shaped

by

economics

and

psychology

and

the

cultures

we

live

in.

Somewhere

in

the

mix

of

those

forces

there

may

be

way

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 .

41 .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 works failed to give the signal.

D. Her GPS device didn

’

t tell her about the crossing

phrase” near

miss”

(paragraph 2 ) can best be replaced by _______.

A. close

bit B. heavy loss

escape D. big mistake

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 out expectation.

C. Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.

D. GPS error is not the only cause for

Celery’s

accident.

the

writer’s

opinion, Stevenson’s

argument is________.

A. one-sided

B. reasonable

ng

-based

is the real concern of the writer of this article?

major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.

relationship between humans and technology

C. The shortcomings of digital devices we use.

D. The human unawareness of technical problems.

44.

【答案】

A

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T he problem with his argument in the book is that

it’s

not clear why he only focus

es digital technology

可知。

45.

【答案】

B

【解析】主旨大意题。本文讨论了人与现代科技的关系。

does the word

”< /p>

pump

”

mean in

“

He ran in every five

minutes

to pump me about the case

”

?

with

for

information

to

e

with

evidence

Sally says

“

The TV program kept pumping out commercials

”

,she

may be

Aexcited

sted

d

d

48. What will the government most probably provide if it is engaged in a

pump-priming program?

of money

B. Raw materials

resources. D. Media Support.

49. When Sylvia says “His speech was OK but it had no real punch”,she

thinks it was not___ .

A. fluent and impressive

B. logical and moving

C. informative and significant

D. interesting and powerful

C

In the more and more competitive scrvice industry , it is no longer enough

to

promise

customrr

satisfaction.

Today

,

customer

“delighi”

is

what

companies

are

trying

to

achieve

in

or

order

to

keep

and

increase

market

share.

It is accepted in the marketing industry , and confirmed by a number of

researches, that customers receiving good service will promote business by

telling up to 12 other people : those treated badly will tell their tales of woe

to

up

to

20

people,

80

percent

of

people

who

feel

their

complaints

are

handled fairly will stay loyal

New llenges for customer care have come when peoplecan obtain

goods

and services through

telephone call centers and the Intemet. For example ,

many

companies

now

have

to

invest(

投资

)a

lot

of

money

in

information

technology

and

staff

training

in

order

to

cope

with

the

“phone