问答题This book is about the future of technology. In it we will examine some of the many recent developments in a few key fields and try, in a limited way, to predict where they will take us in the next fifteen years or (1)____.  If that sounds like a modes

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This book is about the future of technology. In it we will examine some of the many recent developments in a few key fields and try, in a limited way, to predict where they will take us in the next fifteen years or (1)____.  If that sounds like a modest goal, it’s not. Technology is the (2)____(dominate) force of our time and probably of all time to come. It appears in more varieties than we can count. It changes so rapidly (3)____ no scientist or engineer can keep up with his own field, much less with technology in general. It permeates and shapes our lives at every turn. We live in technology (4)____ fish live in the sea, and we have only a little better chance of (5) f____ the details of its future changes.  Yet the task is well worth undertaking. Whatever hints we can glean (一点点搜集) about the future win help us prepare for the changes to come. Modest forecasts, evidence of trends, a few concrete developments to be expected all are better than no warning at all. And (6) th____ technology has made the present much less stable than the past, and surely will make the future more disturbed still, there is good reason to hope that our lives, in sum and on average, will be better as a result. In an age of uncomfortable (7) ch____, this is reassurance(保证) we all can use.  For an idea of what is to come—in magnitude if not in (8) sp____—look to the past. In the last ninety years, the world has shrunk, while human experience has advanced almost beyond the recognition of these who grew up in our grandparent’s generation.A century after America’s (9)____(found) conceived their agrarian (耕地的) democracy, nearly all their descendents still lived on fanning. Since World War I, technology has extracted us from behind horse-drawn plows and plugged us into (10) as____ lines and offices. Today it is removing many of us from offices and letting us work at home or forcing us to work on the road.
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正确答案:
1.so 本句译文:在这本书里,我们将检查几个关键领域的一些最新进展,并且在某种程度上预测它们在未来的15年左右将把我们带向何处。or so大约,左右。
2.dominant dominant支配的;占优势的。本句译文:技术是我们这个时代、或许包括未来所有时间的支配力量。
3.that 考查so+adj. /adv. +that句型。。本句译文:它变化得如此之快,以至于没有科学家或工程师能紧跟上他自己的研究领域。更不用说总体的科技。
4.as as做连词,“像……一样”。本句译文:我们生活在科技中,就像鱼生活在水里,我们只不过在预测技术未来的细节变化上有更大一点的可能性。
5.forecasting forecast与后面的“its future changes”语义上搭配。
6.though 弄清此长句的主句是“there is good reason…”。前半句表示“现在更不稳定”,后半句表示“生活因此更好”,所以两句之间应为转折关系,填though。
7.challenges challenges挑战。本句译文:在这个充满不安挑战的年代,这是我们都能依靠的保证。
8.specifics specifics详情,细节(particular details)。本句译文:要解答将来会出现什么——重大的还是点滴的——的问题,请回顾过去。
9.founders founders(创建者)与后面的descendents(后代)搭配。本句译文:在美利坚创建者构思耕地民主化后的一个世纪里,几乎他们所有的后代子孙仍以耕地维持生计。
10.assembly assembly line装配线。
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第1题:

题干:Many people would agree that stress is a major problem in modern life. It is certainly truethat worry and quarrel can cause all kinds of illnesses, ______ backache to severe headaches, oreven more serious complaints such as high blood pressure.Many of us think ______ stress as something that other people impose on us. We oftencomplain about how other people put us ______ pressure. But we should try not to let suchpressure affect us. We should not forget that we are largely responsible for some of the stressourselves. We sometimes take ______ more work than our bodies and our minds can handle. Weshould learn to ______ our limitations. We should be aware of which things are really importantand which are not.(根据文章,将下面五个选项按照正确的顺序填在原文中)A:ofB:underC:acceptD:fromE:on

A.AEBDC

B.BDCAE

C.DABEC

D.BEACD


答案:C

解析:本题意思:

许多人同意压力是现代生活中的一个主要问题。的确,担心和争吵会导致各种疾病,从背痛到严重的头痛,甚至更严重的疾病,如高血压。很多人认为压力是别人强加给我们的。我们经常抱怨别人给我们带来的压力。但是我们应该尽量不要让这种压力影响我们。我们不应该忘记我们自己对一些压力负有很大责任。有时我们承担的工作比我们的身体和大脑所能承受的还要多。我们应该学会接受自己的身体极限。我们应该知道哪些是真正重要的事情,哪些不是。

from backache to severe headaches从背痛到严重的头痛; think of 认为; put us under press让我们承受压力;take on work 承担工作; accept our limitations接受(认可)自己的身体极限;


第2题:

Many people would agree同意 that stress压力 is a major 主要的 problem in modern life.It is certainly当然 true that worry担忧 and quarrel争吵 can cause导致 all kinds种类of illnesses疾病,(1) backache背疼 to severe严重的 headaches 头疼, or even甚至 more serious严重的 complaints投诉 such as igh blood pressure高血压

Many of us think of stress as some thing that other people (2) on us.We often complain fel 2 about how other people put us under pressure 压力.But we should try not to let such pressure affect影响us.We should not forget忘记 that we are largely大部分(3) for some of the stress ourselves.Sometimes 有时候 we take(4) more work than our bodies and our minds头脑 can handle处理, And we should be aware意识到Of(5) things are really important and which are not.(完型填空)

A.Impose强加

B.Responsible负责

C.Which

D.From

E.On


参考答案:EABDC

第3题:

189. What will man be like in the future—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time. Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more—and eventually we shall need larger ones. This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger. Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger. On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life. But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald. Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at. This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own. [共5题]

(1) Future man is likely to be different from us ________.

(A) in quite a few ways (B) in almost every way

(C) in great many ways (D) in one or two ways

(2) The reason for believing that future man will be different is that man ________.

(A) began to change five hundred years ago

(B) never stops changing

(C) never stops growing

(D) has recently begun to change

(3) People’s heads will eventually grow larger. This is because their brains ________.

(A) will grow faster than at present

(B) will need more room than at present

(C) will play an important part

(D) will be in constant use

(4) Future man will probably ________.

(A) have bigger eyes (B) get weaker eyes

(C) see better (D) have to wear better glasses

(5) Future man’s hair will ________.

(A) grow darker (B) stop growing completely

(C) fall out more often (D) get longer


正确答案:A B D C B

第4题:

Text 3 Up until a few decades ago,our visions of the future were largely-though by no means uniformly-glowingly positive.Science and technology would cure all the ills of humanity,leading to lives of fulfillment and opportunity for all.Now utopia has grown unfashionable,as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us,from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change.You might even be tempted to assume that humanity has little future to look forward to.But such gloominess is misplaced.The fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years-so why shouldn't we?Take a broader look at our species'place in the universe,and it becomes clear that we have an excellent chance of surviving for tens,if not hundreds,of thousands of years.Look up Homo sapiens in the"Red List"of threatened species of the International Union for the Conversation of Nature(IUCN),and you will read:"Listed as Least Concern as the species is very widely distributed,adaptable,currently increasing,and there are no major threats resulting in an overall population decline."So what does our deep future hold?A growing number of researchers and organisations are now thinking seriously about that question.For example,the Long Now Foundation has its flagship project a medical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.Perhaps willfully,it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.The potential evolution of today's technology,and its social consequences,is dazzlingly complicated,and it's perhaps best left to science fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage.That's one reason why we have launched Arc,a new publication dedicated to the near future.But take a longer view and there is a surprising amount that we can say with considerable assurance.As so often,the past holds the key to the future:we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet,and our species,to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospects seem more likely to be a passing fad.To be sure,the future is not all rosy.But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks that threatened the existence of earlier humans,and to improve the lot of those to come.33.Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 5?

A.Arc helps limit the scope of futurological studies.
B.Technology offers solutions to social problem.
C.The interest in science fiction is on the rise.
D.Our Immediate future is hard to conceive.

答案:D
解析:
推理判断由本题的题干可以锁定本题的答案在文章的第五段。该段首句为段落中心句,“与思考眼前的未来相比,对如此之长的时间跨度进行思考似乎更为容易”,反过来思考也就是说,眼前的未来更难思考,符合D选项含义“我们眼前的未来很难去设想”。B选项“Arc帮助缩小了未来学研究的范围”,该选项在文中出现在该段的最后一句话“这就是为什么我们可以发行Arc这样一个致力于研究近期未来的全新出版物”,和题目含义有很大出入,故排除。C选项“技术为社会问题提供了解决方法”,段中并未提到。A选项“对科幻小说的兴趣与日俱增

第5题:

Text 3Vinton Cerf, known as the father of the Internet, said on Wednesday that the Web was outgrowing the planet Earth and the time had come to take the information superhighway to outer space.

“The Internet is growing quickly, and we still have a lot of work to do to cover the planet.” Cerf told the first day of the annual conference of Internet Society in Geneva where more than 1500 cyberspace fans have gathered to seek answers to questions about the tangled web of the Internet.

Cerf believed that it would soon be possible to send real-time science data on the Internet from a space mission orbiting another planet such as Mars. “There is now an effort under way to design and build an interplanetary Internet. The space research community is coming closer and closer and merging. We think that we will see interplanetary Internet networks that look very much like the ones we use today. We will need interplanetary gateways and there will be protocols to transmit data between these gateways, ” Cerf said.

Francois Fluckiger, a scientist attending the conference from the European Particle Physics Laboratory near Geneva, was not entirely convinced, saying: “We need dreams like this. But I don’t know any Martian whom I’d like to communicate with through the Internet.”

Cerf has been working with NASA’s Pasadena Jet Propulsion Laboratory—the people behind the recent Mars expedition—to design what he calls an “interplanetary Internet protocol.” He believes that astronauts will want to use the Internet, although special problems remain with interference and delay.

“This is quite real. The effort is becoming extraordinarily concrete over the next few months because the next Mars mission is in planning stages now,” Cerf told the conference.

“If we use domain names like Earth or Mars...jet propulsion laboratory people would be coming together with people from the Internet community.” He added.

“The idea is to take the interplanetary Internet design and make it a part of the infrastructure of the Mars mission.”

He later told a news conference that designing this system now would prepare mankind for future technological advances.

“The whole idea is to create an architecture so the design works anywhere. I don’t know where we’re going to have to put it but my guess is that we’ll be going out there some time,” Cerf said.

“If you think 100 years from now, it is entirely possible that what will be purely research 50 years from now will become commercial 100 years from now. The Internet was the same—it started as pure research but now it is commercialized.”

第31题:According to Cerf, the purpose to design interplanetary internet is to _____.

[A] send real-time science data

[B] communicate with astronauts

[C] lay foundation for future technological advances

[D] commercialize the technology


正确答案:C

本题考查事实细节。[C]项是对倒数第三段的改写,lay foundation forprepare mankind for同义。[A]项在文章第三段首句提到,[B]项在第五段提到,但都是设计和建立星际因特网可能带来的好处,不是设计目的。[D]项在文章最后一段提到,是在说明建立星际因特网的可能性,不是设计目的。

第6题:

-Can you tell us why you think this makes good business sense to you? -We've been doing quite well on our own and we could probably survive like this for quite a few more years to come, but if we really want to take it to the next level, ____________.

:A the board of directors needn't take the present economic situation into consideration ;

B it's not necessary for us to develop the company any more ;

C we are going to have to consider finding more investors


参考答案:C

第7题:

Almost everyone knows the meaning of "Mr.", "Mrs.", and "Miss&q

Almost everyone knows the meaning of "Mr.", "Mrs.", and "Miss". "Mr." is used before the names of gentlemen. "Mrs." is for married women and "Miss" is for single women. But what is "Ms."?

For some time, businessmen in the US have used "Ms." before a woman's name when they do not know whether or not the woman is marrieD.Today, however, many women prefer to use "Ms." rather than "Mrs." or "Miss". The word "Mr." does not tell us whether a man is married or not. Many women think this is an advantage for men. They want to be equal to men in this way. These women feel that it is not important for people to know whether or not they are marrieD.

There are some problems with "Ms.", however. Not all women like it. Some like the older ways of doing things. Some find it difficult to pronounce. ("Ms." sounds like [miz].) Generally, young women like it better than older women do. It is difficult to know whether "Ms." will be used by more American women in the future or not. What do you think of this change?

1. Many young women prefer to use "Ms." because ________.

:A.they think themselves as good as men

B.it doesn't tell whether they're married or not

C.the word sounds more pleasant than "Mrs." does

D.the word has been used for a long time


正确答案:B

第8题:

III.阅读理解(20分)

A

Every country has its own way of cooking. American people have their way of cooking,don’t they?

Most people in the United States like fast food. But if you think that American people don’t like cooking, you are not right. It’s true that most Americans take fast food as their breakfast and lunch. But they also think cooking is interesting. Parents see the importance of teaching their daughters how to cook. And most Americans say that home cooked meal is the best.Americans have their own way of cooking. For example, baking(烘烤) is the most popu’lar way of cooking in America. We can see ovens in most American families. American cooks. pay attention to the balance of food. In planning a big meal, they try to cook meat, a few vege’ tables, some bread and often some sweet food.They also like to make the meal look beautiful.There are many kinds of food in different colors on the plate, so the meal is healthy and looks beautiful, too.

( )21.Most Americans ________.

A. don't like cooking

B. cook food in the morning

C. like home cooked meal


正确答案:C
21.C【解析】从第二段前两句可知。

第9题:

The process of perceiving others is rarely translated(to ourselves or others) into cold,objective terms."She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored skirt." More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations,abilities, ideas, and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can accomplish this difficult job very quickly--perhaps with a two-second glance.
We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others; who are known to you so you can compare the observed person's behavior with the known others' behavior, observing a person in a situation where social behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of behavioral responses are called for,deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as to observe the person's responses to specific stimuli, asking people who have had or have frequent contact with the person about himor her, and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to uncover information about another person--question, self-disclosures, and so on.
Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, largely because people are constantly
changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often imprecise. You may have known someone for ten years and still know very little about him. If we accept the idea that we won't ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior. Ironically, those things that keep us from knowing another person too well (e. g. secrets and deceptions) may be just as important to the development of a satisfying relationship as those things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a person (e. g. disclosures and truthful statement).
Some people are often surprised by what other people do. According to Berger, that is mainly because__________.

A.some people are more emotional than others
B.some people are not aware of the fact that we will never completely know another person
C.some people are sensitive enough to sense the change of other people's attitudes
D.some people choose to keep to themselves

答案:B
解析:
结合第二段和第三段内容可知,有一些人总是为他人的所作所为吃惊,这是因为他们没有意识到我们永远不可能完全了解一个人。

第10题:

Up until a few decades ago,our visions of the future were largely-though by no means uniformly-glowingly positive.Science and technology would cure all the ills of humanity,leading to lives of fulfillment and opportunity for all.Now utopia has grown unfashionable,as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us,from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change.You might even be tempted to assume that humanity has little future to look forward to.But such gloominess is misplaced.The fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years-so why shouldn't we?Take a broader look at our species'place in the universe,and it becomes clear that we have an excellent chance of surviving for tens,if not hundreds,of thousands of years.Look up Homo sapiens in the"Red List"of threatened species of the International Union for the Conversation of Nature(IUCN),and you will read:"Listed as Least Concern as the species is very widely distributed,adaptable,currently increasing,and there are no major threats resulting in an overall population decline."So what does our deep future hold?A growing number of researchers and organisations are now thinking seriously about that question.For example,the Long Now Foundation has its flagship project a medical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.Perhaps willfully,it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more immediate future.The potential evolution of today's technology,and its social consequences,is dazzlingly complicated,and it's perhaps best left to science fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage.That's one reason why we have launched Arc,a new publication dedicated to the near future.But take a longer view and there is a surprising amount that we can say with considerable assurance.As so often,the past holds the key to the future:we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet,and our species,to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospects seem more likely to be a passing fad.To be sure,the future is not all rosy.But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks that threatened the existence of earlier humans,and to improve the lot of those to come.
Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A.Uncertainty about Our Future
B.Evolution of the Human Species
C.The Ever-bright Prospects of Mankind
D.Science,Technology and Humanity

答案:C
解析:
主旨大意考查考生对全文主题的把握。通观全文,我们可发现作者对未来是十分看好的,尤其在文章最后一段最后一句“But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks that threatened the existence of earlier humans,and to improve the lot of those to come.”作者直接借助这句话重申主题。由此,本题正确答案应既包含“未来”,也应能体现出作者对未

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