Imagine the situation. You are driving alone in a desert or on a mountain. You have no idea where you are. You passed the last house two hours ago. Then your car breaks down. It is night and it is cold. You have no mobile phone. What do you do? Well, next time take a GPS with you. This invention may be able to help you. It is a device(装置) which uses satellites to find the users’ position. It can find your position within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.

The GPS, which means the Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put it in your pocket. It is sometimes put into a watch or a telephone. We also find GPS devices in cars, planes, or boats. Some of these devices have electronic maps, so you know where you are. For example, in a city they can tell you the name of the street.

There are three parts to the Global Positioning System. The first part is the receiver. You can hold it in your hand, or have it fixed into your car, plane, etc. The second part is a group of satellites orbiting the Earth. The receiver contacts at least four of the satellites and calculates its position. The third part of the system is a network of ground stations. They are all over the world. They control the satellites and make sure they are working well.

Some people think that in the future the GPS will be as common as the mobile phone. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate. There are also new uses for the GPS. Perhaps they will become like watches. Everyone will have one and you will never be lost again.

1.According to the passage, with the help of the GPS, people ____________.

A. can’t be lost in a new city

B. can’t find their way in different countries

C. can learn about the culture of an unknown place

D. can spend the least time getting to another place

2.We can learn from the passage that __________.

A. a GPS can help you start your car

B. a GPS can’t be put into a watch

C. there are three parts to the GPS

D. the GPS are becoming more and more expensive

3.The underlined word “They” in paragraph 3 means ___________.

A. Receivers B. GPS devices

C. Satellites D. Ground stations

4.The passage is mainly about __________.

A. the history of the GPS B. the introduction of the GPS

C. the shape of the GPS D. the three parts of the GPS

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. All GPS devices have electronic maps.

B. The GPS can not only start your car but also know where you are.

C. The receiver of the GPS contacts all the satellite to calculate its position.

D. The GPS will become more and more common in everyday life.

I had the unkindest mother in the whole world.While other kids ate candy for breakfast.I had to have cereal(谷物)and eggs.When others had Cokes and candy for lunch,I had to eat a sandwich.But at least I wasn’t alone.My sister and two brothers had the same unkind mother as I did.

My mother knew where we were at all times.She knew who our friends were.We had to clean clothes and take a bath every day.We had to be in bed by 9:00 p.m.and up at 8:00 a.m. We couldn’t sleep till noon like our friends.So while they slept,our mother gave us work to do.We had to wash dishes,make our beds and learn to cook.I believe she lay awake at night thinking up unkind things for us to do.

Through the years,things didn’t improve a bit.We could not lie in bed “sick” like our friends did in order to miss school.

My mother was the unkindest mother.Out of four children,a couple of us went on to higher education.None of us have ever done bad things.She forced us to grow up into educated(受教育)and honest people.I am trying to raise my three children like this.I will feel proud when my children call me unkind.Because you see,I am thankful that I had the unkindest mother in the whole world.

1.What does the sentence “But at least I wasn’t alone” mean ?

A.The writer’s mother was only unkind to her.

B.The writer,s mother liked her best.

C.The writer’s sister and brothers were unkind to her as well.

D.The writer’s mother was also unkind to her sister and brothers.

2.The writer’s mother often asked her children to do the following EXCEPT

A.eat as much candy as they wanted

B.learn to cook

C.wear clean clothes

D.go to bed and get up at fixed time

3.The writer’s mother was unkind to her children because she wanted her children

A.to be competitive(竞赛)with each other

B.to make more friends easily

C.to work instead of going to school

D.to be educated and honest people

4.What is the writer’s attitude(态度)toward her mother now?

A.Hateful. B.Thankful. C.Worried.D.Angry.

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