Question

【題目】 More than a billion people around the world have smartphones, almost all of which come with avigation (導航) apps such as Google or Apple Maps. This raises the questions we meet with any technology: What skills are we losing? What abilities are we gaining?

Talking with people who're good at finding their way around or using paper maps, I often hear lots of frustration with digital maps. North/South direction gets messed up, and you can see only a small section at a time.

But consider what digital navigation aids have meant for someone like me. Despite being a frequent traveler, I'm so terrible at finding my way that I still use Google Maps every day in the small town where I have lived for many years. What looks like an imperfect product to some has been a significant expansion of my own abilities.

Part of the problem is that reading paper maps requires specific skills. There is nothing natural about them. In many developed nations, including the U. S., one expects street names and house numbers to be meaningful references, and instructions such as "go north for three blocks and then west" make sense. In Istanbul, in contrast, where I grew up, none of those hold true. For one thing, the locals rarely use street names. Why bother when a government or a military group might change them again? Besides, the city is full of winding, ancient alleys that meet newer avenues at many angles. Instructions as simple as “go north" would require a helicopter or a bulldozer (推士機).

Let's come back to my original questions. While we often lose some skills after leaving the work to technology, it may also allow us to expand our abilities. Consider the calculator: I don't doubt that our arithmetic skills might have dropped a bit as the little machines became common, but calculations that were once boring and tricky are now much more straightforward and one can certainly do more complex calculations more confidently.

【1】What is the drawback of digital maps?

A.They aren't connected to smartphones.

B.They cost too much to download.

C.They leave some users frustrated.

D.They mix up the south and the north.

【2】What's the author’s attitude toward digital maps?

A.DoubtfulB.Supportive

C.ambiguousD.Uncaring.

【3】What's the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A.The differences between Istanbul and the U. S.

B.The miserable life of people in Istanbul.

C.The necessity of asking local people in Istanbul.

D.The ancient alleys and new avenues in Istanbul.

【4】What does the author suggest in the last paragraph?

A.When technology closes a door, it opens one as well.

B.Two paper maps are better than a digital one.

C.Technology is not developed in a day.

D.No calculators, no digital maps.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。作者在文章中贊成使用電子地圖。作者認為雖然我們放棄了一些技能但同時我們也能擴展我們的能力，更加自信的處理一些復雜的問題。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段Talking with people who're good at finding their way around or using paper maps, I often hear lots of frustration with digital maps（在與那些擅長找路或使用紙質(zhì)地圖的人交談時，我經(jīng)常聽到人們對電子地圖感到沮喪）可知，很多人覺得使用電子地圖會讓人感到沮喪。故選C項。

【2】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段But consider what digital navigation aids have meant for someone like me. Despite being a frequent traveler, I'm so terrible at finding my way that I still use Google Maps every day in the small town where I have lived for many years. What looks like an imperfect product to some has been a significant expansion of my own abilities（但是想想數(shù)字導航對像我這樣的人意味著什么。盡管我經(jīng)常旅行，但我很不善于找路，所以在我居住多年的小鎮(zhèn)上，我仍然每天使用谷歌地圖。在某些人看來不完美的產(chǎn)品，其實是對自己能力的極大擴展）可知，作者對導航應(yīng)用持支持態(tài)度。A. Doubtful 懷疑的；B. Supportive 支持的；C. ambiguous 模糊不清的；D. Uncaring 心不在焉的。故選B項。

【3】

主旨大意題。根據(jù)第四段In Istanbul, in contrast, where I grew up, none of those hold true. For one thing, the locals rarely use street names.Besides, the city is full of winding, ancient alleys that meet newer avenues at many angles（相比之下，在伊斯坦布爾，在我成長的地方，這些都不成立。一方面，當?shù)厝撕苌偈褂媒值烂�稱。此外，這座城市到處都是蜿蜒而古老的小巷，從多個角度與新的街道交匯）可知，作者從小生活在伊斯但布爾。街道很少有名字，蜿蜒而古老的小巷與新建的達到縱橫交叉，形成各種角度。由此可知，第四段主要在說在這樣的地方最好向當?shù)厝藛柭�。故選C項。

【4】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段Let's come back to my original questions. While we often lose some skills after leaving the work to technology, it may also allow us to expand our abilities. Consider the calculator: I don't doubt that our arithmetic skills might have dropped a bit as the little machines became common, but calculations that were once boring and tricky are now much more straightforward and one can certainly do more complex calculations more confidently（讓我們回到我最初的問題上來。當我們把工作留給技術(shù)后，我們經(jīng)常會失去一些技能，它也可以讓我們擴展我們的能力。以計算器為例:我毫不懷疑，隨著小型機器的普及，我們的算術(shù)技能可能有所下降，但曾經(jīng)枯燥而棘手的計算現(xiàn)在變得更加簡單明了，人們當然可以更加自信地進行更復雜的計算）可知，雖然我們放棄了一些技能但同時我們也能擴展我們的能力，更加自信的處理一些復雜的問題。y由此判斷出當技術(shù)關(guān)閉了一扇門，它同時也打開了一扇門。故選A項。