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It was tall and narrow, and it stood outside a furniture shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack (行李架). I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was £20 poorer, and the cupboard was tied on to the roof rack. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There is a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake(超车),I wonder?”
In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.
I was puzzled. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.”? He was staring at our load: first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, laughing, “It’s a cupboard you’ve got here! We thought it was…er, something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Then the truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
1.The writer writes the story in order to .
A. praise the police officers B.thank the other drivers
C.show people are kind to each other? D.tell us their funny experience
2.The writer stopped their car on their way home .
A.to buy a cupboard? B.to pick wild flowers
C.waiting for the lights to go green? D.when they came to a flower shop
3.The driver behind didn’t overtake because .
A. they wanted to show their special kindness
B.they were afraid the cupboard would fall down
C.they were admiring the flowers in the writer’s car
D.they wondered what was inside the cupboard
4.The writer’s wife began to laugh because .
A. she thought the police officers were foolish
B.she was interested in what the police officer said
C.she was glad they were treated kindly
D.she had realized the truth
5.As a matter of fact, the police .
A. failed to help the writer? ?; B.did help the writer
C.got the writer into trouble D.made the writer angry
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We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. Our car looked like a flower shop inside! On the way home we had to stop at traffic lights, and then my wife noticed the cupboard.
It was tall and narrow, and it stood outside a furniture shop. “Buy it,” she said at once. “We’ll carry it home on the roof rack (行李架). I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was £20 poorer, and the cupboard was tied on to the roof rack. The police even stopped traffic to let us through. Carrying furniture was a good idea.
After a time my wife said, “There is a long line of cars behind. Why don’t they overtake(超车),I wonder?”
In fact a police car did overtake. The two officers inside looked at us seriously as they passed. But then with great kindness, they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the officers came to me.
I was puzzled. “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You’ve been very kind. I live just down the road.”? He was staring at our load: first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, laughing, “It’s a cupboard you’ve got here! We thought it was…er, something else.”
My wife began to laugh. Then the truth hit me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
1.The writer writes the story in order to .
A. praise the police officers B.thank the other drivers
C.show people are kind to each other? D.tell us their funny experience
2.The writer stopped their car on their way home .
A.to buy a cupboard? B.to pick wild flowers
C.waiting for the lights to go green? D.when they came to a flower shop
3.The driver behind didn’t overtake because .
A. they wanted to show their special kindness
B.they were afraid the cupboard would fall down
C.they were admiring the flowers in the writer’s car
D.they wondered what was inside the cupboard
4.The writer’s wife began to laugh because .
A. she thought the police officers were foolish
B.she was interested in what the police officer said
C.she was glad they were treated kindly
D.she had realized the truth
5.As a matter of fact, the police .
A. failed to help the writer? B.did help the writer
C.got the writer into trouble D.made the writer angry
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One evening in February 2007 . 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 train.Her 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 ."I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train ,"she told the BBC.
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 argument 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 through 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 .
【小题1】
What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident?
A.Shewasnotfamiliarwiththeroad. |
B.Itwasdarkandrainingheavilythen. |
C.The railway works failed to give the signal. |
D.Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing |
A.close![]() | B.heavyloss | C.narrow escape | D.bigmistake |
A.Moderntechnologyiswhatwe can’tlivewithout. |
B.Digitaltechnologyoftenfalls shortofoutexpectation. |
C.Digitaldevicesaremore reliablethantheyusedtobe. |
D.GPSerrorisnottheonly causeforCelery’saccident. |
A.one-sided | B.reasonable | C.puzzling | D.well-based |
A.The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts. |
B.The relationship between humans and technology |
C.Theshortcomingsofdigital devicesweuse. |
D.Thehuman unawarenessoftechnicalproblems. |