Imagine the situation. You are driving along 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 (卫星) to find the user’s position(位置). It can find your position to within 20 metres. A GPS cannot start your car, but at least you will know where you are.
GPS, which means Global Positioning System, is a small radio receiver. It looks like a mobile phone. You can hold it in your hand, or put 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(计算) 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. They are becoming cheaper and more and more accurate(精确的). 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.
【小题1】According to the passage, with the help of the GPS, people __________.

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Last summer holiday, I took a trip to Yunnan. It is in the southern part of our country .It is really a very great place with beautiful m 1. , clean rivers and kind people. Trees and flowers are seen everywhere. Every year lots of v 2. come here to enjoy themselves.

Maybe know Shi Lin (stone forests). There are all kinds of s 3. stones. Some of the smaller stones look like graceful girls; and the b 4. stones look like handsome men. Other stones look like cats, mice, elephants and so on. Of all the stones, the stone like a beautiful girl in a legend （传说）is the most f 5. .Her name is A Shima, I am sure you know this name.

I also went to Li Jiang. A river runs t 6. the whole city. If you go along the river, you'll never get l 7. , it’s easy for you to find your way. There are many ethnic minority(少数民族) people in Yunnan. They are very cordial （热情的）. And they all like singing and dancing. We danced with them a 8. the campfire（篝火） that night. I really had a good time.

I like the elephants and fruits there b 9. . An elephant is even taller than me! I even sit on its back, t 10. I was very afraid at first. I took some photos with it. The fruits there are very fresh and delicious. They are very good for our health.

The trip to Yunnan is so wonderful that I will never forget it.

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I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas(海外的) and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.
We’re going to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe（欧洲）, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.
【小题1】How many people of the family will go to have a trip?