What will the world of tomorrow look like? Many people today believe that technology is going to help solve some of the most difficult problems we have on Earth today. New technology may solve old problems, and it may also create new ones. No technology is perfect. Each has advantages and disadvantages, as these three examples.
When we dream about the future, many of us think that we will be able to fly to the skies in our own personal flying car. We could fly at 480 km per hour, avoiding traffic lights and busy roads. However, if the cars become popular, there will be problems with traffic control.
3D printing is another new technology for the future. 3D printers are already used to make life-size models of car parts, and man-made body parts, such as ears. As we move into the future, 3D printing will change the way we make things and the way we treat sick people. The disadvantage is that such a machine is very expensive.
Finally, people are trying to build a robot suit(套装). This is an electronic suit. It allows people to lift heavy objects and walk a long way. It might help people walk again after an illness or an accident. However, one disadvantage at the moment is cost.
Looking ahead, it is easy to imagine a future. We will be able to fly to work, print out a new pair of shoes or lift a car above our heads. Although there are some problems to solve before all of this is possible, we can certainly dream of a world. In this world, technology makes people’s life easier and safer. It can solve some of the most difficult problems we have today.
1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第三段的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。1. New technology may
2. If the flying cars become popular, there will be problems with
3. What might the robot suit help people do after an illness or an accident?
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Imagine having an ear made out of an apple. It seems to be a crazy idea from a science-fiction movie. But it could happen in the near future.
Canadian biophysicist（生物物理学家）Andrew Pelling used an apple to grow a human ear. He thinks fruit and vegetables can be used to cheaply repair human body parts in the future.
Scientists have been trying to grow organs（器官）in labs to replace injured or dead organs. But it is hard to do. For example, liver cells（肝细胞）can be grown in a lab, but the cells still need things like blood vessels（血管）to actually work. These things have to grow inside a “scaffold（支架）”called the extracellular matrix（细胞外基质）.
In the past, scientists have used man-made materials, animal parts and even dead human tissue as scaffolds. But that has proven to be complicated（复杂的）and expensive.
Pelling and his team, however, found the apple to be a cheap and easy-to-use scaffold. They first cut an apple into the shape of an ear. Then they used some of the apple’s cells to create a scaffold. The team then added human cells to the apple and watched it grow. “You can implant（移植）these scaffolds into the body, and the body will send in cells and a blood supply and they can help keep these things alive,” Pelling said during a TED Talk.
Title: An ear made out of an apple
| Andrew Pelling used an apple to grow a human ear. | |
| Scientists have been trying to grow organs in labs. | ◆It is hard to do.. For example, ◆In the past, scientists have used man-made materials, animal parts and even dead human tissue as scaffolds. |
| Pelling and his team, however, found the apple to be a cheap and easy-to-use scaffold. | ◆First, an apple ◆Then they used some of the apple’s cells to create a scaffold. ◆The team then added human cells to the apple and watched it grow. If you implant these scaffolds into the body, |
【推荐2】Computers are becoming more and more popular in our daily life. People like scientists, teachers, writers and students use computers to do all kinds of work. But computers didn’t become popular ① ________ more than 30 years ago. The early computers in the 1990s were very big and expensive, and few people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are small and cheap. They can do a lot of work, ②________ many people like using them. Most people have them at home.
③ Computers become very important because they can work faster than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers are helpful in our lives. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to study. We can communicate with people from different places on computer without meeting them in person.
However, on the other hand, there are some problems caused by computer using. For example, a flood of the computer games are becoming a great threat for the growth and development of some children and students. They will lose themselves in computer games and they will hardly concentrate on their study if they spend much time playing computer games. It has been a great worry for their parents and our society.
We live in the “computer age”. Do you use the computer wisely?
1. 任务一：在文中的空白处分别填一个适当的词，使句意完整、上下文通顺。①
2. 任务二：将③句译成汉语。
3. 任务三：文中画线单词 threat 的意思是：
| A．噩梦 | B．象征 | C．威胁 |
①. What do teachers use computers to do?
②. What will happen if students spends much time on computer games?
5. 任务五：在文中找出与下面句子意思相近的句子。
We can talk with people from other places on computer instead of meeting them face to face.
It’s Friday evening. My daughters sighed (叹息) when I gently took the iPads away from their laps. One by one, our screens were turned off. We lit the candles and sat down to have a big meal.
We call it our “Technology Shabbat” (科技安息日) which lasts from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. Now most friends know they will not be able to contact (联系) us by using computers or mobile phones for 24 hours.
I first understood the importance of “Technology Shabbat” in 2008, when my father had got brain cancer. Some days he would have only one good hour, and the only thing I wanted to do was to be with him. When I looked after my father, I turned off my mobile phone.
Soon after that, my husband and I decided to turn off all the electronic things for one full day every week.
During our “Technology Shabbat”, time slows down. Our Saturdays now feel like mini-vacations. We drive cars or ride bikes. We work in the garden, play board games and cook meals with our kids. I feel like a better mother, wife and person.
Keeping a balance between the good and the bad of technology is important for my family. The technology helps us share knowledge and funny ideas all over the world. But the technology also takes something away from us. When we stay up late at night linking (连接) from website to website or sending messages, we click (点击) again and again until we have been overloaded.
Now we’re rushing into the time full of high technology. We should pay attention to what we are doing online and when we should go offline.
I will always remember the most important thing in my family: Technology Shabbat.
1. When is “Technology Shabbat” in the writer’s family?2. What did the writer and her husband decide to do after her father got cancer?
3. What’s the good of technology according to the passage?
4. What does the writer want to tell us?
5. Do you like the idea of “Technology Shabbat”? Why or why not?
Life in the 22nd century will be different from that in the 21st century, because many changes will take place.
The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects at school.
People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21st century, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much easier. And more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, instead they eat more vegetables and fruit. In this way people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
1. Why will life in the 22nd century be different from that in the 21st century?Because
2. Computers will be much smaller and more useful, won’t they?
3. Will people work more hours than they did in the 21st century?
4. What will more land be used for?
More land will be used for
5. Who will do dangerous and hard work?
6. How do you like life in the 22nd century?
I think
The world’s first space travel
Have you ever dreamed of travelling in space like an astronaut? If your answer is “yes”, you will be happy to hear that the world’s first space hotel will welcome customers by 2022.
The space hotel plan was developed by a company in the US. It is named “Aurora Station”. The hotel will host six people at a time, including（包括） two crew members, for a 12-day trip of space travel. It will orbit（绕轨道而行） about 213,800 metres above the Earth and circle our blue planet every 90 minutes.
The station itself will be about 10 meters long and 4.2 metres wide, or about the size of a private jet. Guests in the hotel will be able to experience zero gravity, watch the sun rise 16 times per day, and take part in research experiments. They can also have video chats with their family and friends on the Earth.
Then how much does this amazing travel cost? It will be at an astronomical price--$9.5 million dollars. “We are selling the experience of being an astronaut,” said the company CEO. Potential（潜在的，可能的） guests will need to have a three-month training before going into space.
1. The world’s first space hotel will open by 2022, won’t it?____________________________________________________________
2. How many guests will the space hotel host at a time?
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3. How large will the “Aurora Station” be?
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4. How long will potential guests need to be trained before going into space?
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5. Would you like to travel in space? Why or why not?
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Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars. Parking is a great problem. Something will have to be done to change it. What will the cars of tomorrow be like?
Little cars may some day take the place of today’s big cars. If everyone drives little cars in the future， there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. Three little cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.
The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer, too. What is more, these little cars can go about 65 kilometers per hour.
Little cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips. If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars, and other roads will be needed for the slower small ones.
66题完成句子；67-68题简略回答问题；69题找出全文主题句；70题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Two sets of roads will be built for the fast big cars and the
2. What is the big problem for those people who have cars?
3. What are the advantages of using little cars?(至少两条)
5.
It is easier to have a good conversation with our friends or loved one. While starting a conversation with someone we don’t know can make most of us feel nervous. But the ability to talk with strangers can be developed with practice.
Prepare before the conversation. Think about some common topics (话题) before the talk, such as your interesting experiences, TV shows and website news. And prepare a list of questions you could ask. These questions may include asking others about their job, classes, interests and hobbies.
Introduce yourself. It doesn’t need to be clever when you introduce yourself. Simply be honest and friendly. Give the other person a warm smile and clearly say your name. Explain why you want to have the conversation.
Start the conversation. Bring up a general topic to begin the conversation. Avoid talking about uncomfortable topics, such as personal questions, religion (宗教) and politics (政治). Then give the person enough time to reply and listen carefully when he speaks.
End the conversation. When you run out of things to say or need to do something else, prepare to end the talk. You may say that you need to use the bathroom or go for a friend. Let the other person know you enjoy talking with him and hope to talk with him again.
How to develop the ability to talk with strangers | |
| ▲ Think about some common topics. ▲ Prepare a list of questions you could talk. | |
| Introduce yourself | ▲ Simply be honest and friendly ▲ Explain why you |
| Start the conversation | ▲ Bring up a general topic to begin the conversation. ▲ Choose |
| End the conversation | ▲You can prepare to end the talk ▲ Let the other person know you enjoy talking with him and hope to talk with him again. |
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The students’ life today can be very stressful (紧张的). They are under pressure (压力) every day. They need a (1)breakfrom it. Parents should ask children to do something else. But not let them relax in front of the TV. A hobby is the perfect answer.
There are many different kinds of hobbies. Chess is a good example. It is a very enjoyable game and it also helps children develop their thinking skills.
Collecting something is also a good hobby for children. A child can collect almost anything:
key rings, stamps, postcards, old coins, etc. Many of these collecting can be both interesting and fun. They teach children a lot and broaden (开阔)their knowledge. For example, gardening (园艺) is a useful hobby because it is a physical activity and it also teaches children about nature.
(2) 1 . Children may become experts in something if they really love their hobbies. Children will also learn to become more organized and make places, for example in collecting something. Hobbies will also teach children a lot about responsibility(责任).
1. 用一个适当的词替换（1）处划线的词。2. 在短文中找出可以替换下面所给句子的一句话。
It is a good hobby for children to collect something.
3. How many kinds of hobbies can you find in this passage?
4. 在下面句子的横线上填上恰当的词，改写原文中的句子。
Gardening a useful hobby. Because it is
5. 将文中划线部分（2）的英语句子译成汉语。
