3、GRANTS PASS, Oregon: An American couple letting their SUV’s navigation system guide them through the high desert of the state of Oregon got stuck in snow for three days when the GPS unit sent them down a remote forest road.

On Sunday, their GPS-enabled cell phone got a weak signal and relay coordinates（坐標(biāo)） to a dispatcher（調(diào)度員）, Klamath County Sheriff（警長） Tim Evinger said.

“GPS almost did them in and GPS saved them," Evinger said. “It will give you options to pick the shortest route. You certainly get the shortest route. But it may not be a safe route.”

Evinger said the couple got stranded Christmas Day and a sheriff's deputy found them on Sunday afternoon and pulled their four-wheel-drive Toyota Sequoia out of the snow.

John Rhoads, 65, and his wife, Starry Bush-Rhoads, 67, made it home safely to Reno, Nevada. “It will be （a Christmas） we remember the rest of our lives,” Starry said in a telephone interview from her home. The couple was well-equipped for winter travel, carrying food, water and warm clothes, the sheriff said. “Being prepared saved their life”.

The couple had followed their GPS as it directed them south on US Highway 97 to Oregon Highway 31, which goes through Silver Lake and Lakeview before connecting with US Highway 395 to Reno. In the town of Silver Lake, the unit told them to turn right on Forest Service Road 28, and they followed that before getting stuck in about 1 feet of snow. They finally got a weak signal after 2 days.

A GPS-enabled phone is able to send its coordinates to emergency dispatchers, and eventually one of the couple’s phones sent its location to the dispatcher's console, the sheriff said.

1. What does the underlined word “stranded” most probably mean?

   A．To leave helpless.                       B．To pull out.

   B．To leave behind.                                   D．To celebrate.

2. The couple chose this route probably because _______.

   A．it was the most exciting                   B．it was the least dangerous

   C．it was the shortest                       D．it was the only one available

3. What can we know about GPS from the passage?

  A．It did more harm than good to the couple.

  B．It was to blame for the incident.

   C．It couldn’t tell which route is safe.

   D．It was designed to safe people’s life.

4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

   A．The couple had plenty of supplies in their car.

   B．The couple live in Reno, Nevada.

   C．The couple were excited about this experience.

   D．The couple were over dependent on GPS.

5. Which of the following can be the best title of the news report?

   A．GPS--- Unreliable Equipment

B．GPS Helped a Couple first Stuck and then Out

   C．Toyota SUVs --- Trash

D．A Christmas Never to Be Forgotten