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文章大意:本文为一篇议论文。文章就现在出生的婴儿应该赋予他们什么样的技能才能在未来找到工作和生存进行了讨论。

1 . A baby born today will be thirty-something in 2050.If all goes well, that baby will still be around in 2100, and might even be an active citizen of the 22ⁿᵈ century. What should we teach that baby to help them survive and flourish in the world of 2050 and beyond? What kind of skills will they need in order to get a job, understand what is happening around them, and navigate their tough life?

At present, too many schools across the world focus on providing pupils with a set of predetermined skills, such as writing computer code in C++ and conversing in Chinese. Yet since we have no idea how the world and the job market will look in 2050, we don’t really know what particular skills people will need. We might invest a lot of effort in teaching kids how to write in C++ or to speak Chinese, only to discover sooner or later that AI will have been able to code software far better than humans, and that a new translation app will have enabled you to conduct a conversation in almost flawless Mandarin, Cantonese or Hakka, even though you only know how to say ni hao.

So what should we be teaching? Many experts argue that schools should downplay technical skills and emphasize general-purpose life skills: the ability to deal with change, to learn new things, and to preserve your mental balance in unfamiliar situations. In order to keep up with the world of 2050, you will above all need to reinvent yourself again and again.

To succeed in such a demanding task, you will need to work very hard on getting to know your operating system better-to know what you are and what you want from life. This is, of course, the oldest advice in the book: know thyself. This advice was never more urgent than in the mid-21st century, because unlike in the days of Laozi or Socrates, now you have serious competition. Coca-Cola, Amazon and Facebook are all racing to hack you.

Right now, the algorithms are watching where you go, what you buy, and who you meet. Soon they will monitor all your steps, breaths and heartbeats. They are relying on big data and machine learning to get to know you better and better. And once these algorithms know you better than you know yourself, they could control and manipulate you. In the end, authority will shift to them.

Of course, you might be perfectly happy giving up all authority to the algorithms and trusting them to make decisions for you and for the rest of the world. If, however, you want to maintain some control over your personal existence and over the future of life in general, you have to run faster than the algorithms. To run fast, don’t take much luggage with you. Leave all your illusions behind. They are very heavy.

1. According to the article, ______ plays a vital role in children’s bright future.
A.imaginationB.adaptability
C.self-disciplineD.a good sense of balance
2. It’s important to know our operating system because ______.
A.algorithms will hack all our devices if we do not know it.
B.it is an essential skill for us to succeed in the world of 2050.
C.we need to learn how algorithms work and make full use of them.
D.we need to outrun algorithms to keep some control over our life.
3. The article mainly talks about ______.
A.the importance of knowing yourselfB.the threats and dangers of technology
C.what skills we might need in the futureD.benefits of algorithms to humankind
2024-03-05更新 | 126次组卷 | 1卷引用:北京市中国人民大学附属中学2023-2024学年高三寒假自主复习检测(2月开学考)英语试题
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2 . 听下面一段独白,回答以下小题。
1. What is the biggest difference between weak AI and strong AI?
A.Cost.B.Service time.C.Human involvement.
2. Which of the following belongs to strong AI?
A.Apple’s Siri.B.A self-driving car.C.AlphaGo.
3. What is many experts’ attitude toward the future of AI?
A.Supportive.B.Uncertain.C.Depressed.
4. What will be discussed about AI next?
A.The problem to deal with.B.An example of weak AI.C.The benefit of it.
2024-01-22更新 | 47次组卷 | 1卷引用:四川省合江县马街中学校2023-2024学年高一上学期1月期末英语试题
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文,介绍了一位擅长预测未来的作家Arthur C. Clarke。

3 . When it came to imaging the future, Arthur C. Clarke stubbornly refused to take credit for any predictions. The Internet, 3-D printers, email: he may have described them all long before they existed. As a science fiction writer, he came up with the idea of a “personal transceiver” that is small enough to be carried about, able to contact with anyone in the world and perform global positioning, making getting lost a thing of the past. Elsewhere, he predicted everything from online banking to reusable spacecraft. His best remembered fictional work of all is 2001: A Space Odyssey. It also happened to forecast the iPad, computer software that is able to read lips, and space stations.

Interestingly, his vision of the future has barely aged. For example, life in Sri Lanka inspired his 1979 novel, featuring a “space elevator”, a planet-to-space transportation system that would do away with the need for rocket travel. Those human settlements on Mars or Venus are decidedly behind schedule(we humans were expected to have set foot on both by 1980), and we’re still looking for the key that should have fully unlocked the languages of whales and dolphins by 1970.

It’s a way of thinking that was likely fuelled by his inability to be anything other than utterly absorbed in all that interested him. At the very start of his career, he shared a flat on London’s Gray’s Inn Road with fellow science fiction writers who nicknamed him “Ego” because of his talent for turning out (关掉) distraction. Once he’d become a big enough name to be interviewed, he’d send journalists home loaded with research papers.

He once said, “Trying to predict the future is a discouraging and risky occupation.” If a prediction sounds at all reasonable, technological progress is sure to leave it seeming “ridiculously conservative”. But if, by a miracle, a person were to be able to describe the future exactly as it will unfold, “His predictions will sound so absurd and far-fetched that everybody would laugh him to scorn (轻蔑).”

1. What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A.Clarke is an imaginative science fiction writer.B.Clarke is crazy about the future devices.
C.Clarke is expert at telling one’s fortune.D.Clarke is a rarely talented inventor.
2. The examples in Paragraph 2 prove ________.
A.there is no need for rocket travel in future
B.unlocking the languages of animals is ahead of time
C.humans were expecting to settle on Mars by 1980
D.Clarke’s predictions still seem impossibly distant
3. Why was Clarke called “Ego” by his fellows?
A.He could focus all his mind on something.B.He cared more about himself than others.
C.He was absorbed in what interested him.D.He was proud of being a big name.
4. What does Clarke stress in the last paragraph?
A.The rapid progress of technology.B.The absurdness of some predictions.
C.The difficulty of predicting the future.D.The miracle of dependable predictions.
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了物理定律禁止时光倒流,作者认为,我们不要试图回到过去,应该活在当下,仔细思考决策。

4 . Who has no regrets about things done in the past? Wouldn’t it be nice if, somehow, we could go back to change a couple of bad decisions? This sounds like science fiction.

The laws of physics prohibit traveling back in time for many reasons. If we did travel back in time and changed the course of events, we would be altering the course of history. An example often cited is the grandfather’s paradox (悖论): If your grandfather died when he was still a high school student, he wouldn’t have met your grandmother and your father and you wouldn’t exist.

Putting humans or consciousness traveling back in time aside for the moment, is there anything in science even similar? Surprisingly, yes. At the level of quantum particles (量子粒子), there is something called Wheeler’s delayed-choice experiments that show that actions in the present can influence the past. The experiments use something called the wave-particle duality (波粒二象性) of light and of matter. The fact that the physical nature of quantum objects is undetermined until it is measured. In other words, this means that a particle of light or of matter can behave either as a wave (spreading out in space) or as a particle (staying together) depending on the measuring devices. Long and ongoing discussions about the nature of quantum physics are still trying to work out what this actually means. Do our minds determine the nature of physical reality?

Should we offer food for thought for the future or the past? Unfortunately, these experiments say very little about how we could interfere with the past in events relevant to the human scale. Better to think carefully about decisions than to try to fix them backwards.

1. What’s the purpose of mentioning the paradox?
A.To show it is interesting.
B.To explain Wheeler’s tests.
C.To demonstrate time is different from what we have known.
D.To show it’s impossible to travel back in time.
2. What can we infer from paragraph 3?
A.Consciousness traveling back in time was tried in the experiments.
B.Different measuring devices have the same result.
C.More research is needed in the future.
D.These experiments can determine the nature of matter.
3. Which can best summarize the last paragraph?
A.We should focus on the present.
B.The future food is more nutritious.
C.We can change the past from the experiments.
D.It is never too late to make up for mistakes.
4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Is changing the past wise?
B.Can we change the past?
C.Do our minds determine the future?
D.Do the laws of physics ban traveling back?
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文章大意:本文是一篇议论文,主要讲的是短期主义可能是本世纪人类面临的最大威胁,作者呼吁我们为后代留下一个比我们继承的世界更美好的世界。

5 . Not long after my daughter was born in early 2013, I had a serious thought about the life that lay ahead for her. With health and luck, she will live long enough to see the dawn of the 22nd century.

As a journalist, I often encounter the date 2100. It’s a milestone year frequently mentioned in climate change news reports, stories about future technologies and science fiction. But it’s so far ahead that the route we will take to get there is difficult to see. I rarely consider that, like my daughter, millions of people alive today will be there as 2100 arrives, inheriting the century my generation will leave behind.

For many of us, how often can we truly say we are thinking about the well-being of these future generations? How often do we think about the impact of our decisions on the decades and centuries ahead?

Part of the problem is that the “‘now’commands so much more attention,” the sociologist Elise Boulding once said. “If one is mentally out of breath all the time from dealing with the present, there is no energy left for imagining the future.” No wonder problems like climate change or inequality feel so hard to handle right now.

That’s why researchers are coming to the same conclusion that short-termism (短期主义) may be the greatest threat our species is facing this century. Despite our natural ability to look and plan ahead, we have a weakness in our thinking called “present bias.” For example, people are more likely to accept an offer of£10 today, rather than a guarantee of £12 in a week. They also tend to spend on pleasures, not save for rainy days.

I understand the dangers of short-termism. I can both justify the argument and feel the need to care more about future generations. But I admit I still struggle with how to translate that into clear action as an individual. To realize that we are just one in a chain of generations, we owe an obligation (义务) to our future generations to leave a better world than the one we inherited ourselves.

1. What is Paragraph2 mainly about?
A.People’s expectation of the year 2100.
B.The author’s thoughts on the year 2100.
C.The author’s plan for his daughter’s future.
D.People’s attitude to the importance of the year 2100.
2. Why do many of us rarely consider our future generations according to Elise Boulding?
A.Owing to our ignorance of the future.
B.Because of people’s inability to plan for the future.
C.Because of our difficulty in handling future problems.
D.Due to the lack of our mental energy to consider the future.
3. What does the underlined word “bias” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.Preference.B.Disorder.C.Balance.D.Freedom.
4. What’s the author’s purpose in writing this article?
A.To criticize those who favor short-term rewards.
B.To express his dissatisfaction with the young generations.
C.To inspire people to think more about the future generations.
D.To show his determination to speak for his daughter’s future.
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文章大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章从娱乐,环境,交通,科技和医学5个方面预测了未来的生活将会是什么样子的,直到2050年,我们的生活将会发生很大的变化,将会完全不同于现在。

6 . What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope about the future?

Futurologists(未来学家) predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields of activity, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly to the television. By 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers and books will come to us by computer.

In what concerns the environment, water will have become one of our most serious problems. Demand for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there could be serious shortages. Some futurologists predict that water could be the cause of war if we don’t act now.

In transport, cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast. Cars will have computers to control the speed of the car and there won’t be any accidents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination.

In the domain(领域)of technology,robots will have replaced people in factories. Many factories already use robots. Big companies prefer robots-they do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere-in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.

Last but not least, medicine technology will have conquered many diseases. Today scientists have discovered how to control genes. They have already produced clones of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have. Scientists will be able to do these things, but should they?

1. What’s the purpose of the first paragraph?
A.To arouse the interest of the reader.
B.To tell the background of the passage.
C.To show the author’s doubts about the future.
D.To describe the pictures of the future.
2. What can we infer from the passage?
A.Computer will finally take the place of the media nowadays.
B.Robots will completely have replaced people in factories.
C.Not all diseases will be conquered by scientists.
D.The clones of animals have a long way to go.
3. What’s the author’s attitude towards the life by 2050?
A.Excited but pessimistic.
B.Optimistic but worried.
C.Eager but afraid.
D.Enthusiastic but cautious.
4. Where can we find the passage on the web?
A.Travel.
B.Sports.
C.Education.
D.Life.
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7 . Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
城市博物馆即将举行“数字时间胶囊”(digital time capsule) 的拍摄活动,该活动旨在让100年后的人们了解当代人的生活,现在向全市征集物品或者生活场景作为拍摄内容。你会提供什么物品或生活场景?写一篇物品或场景的介绍,内容需包括:
1.对物品或生活场景的简要描述;
2.你选择该物品或生活场景的原因。
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2023-10-13更新 | 143次组卷 | 1卷引用:上海市进才中学2023-2024学年高三上学期9月阶段性测试英语试卷
文章大意:这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了智能家居将在许多方面让我们的生活更轻松。
8 . 【课本原文】

SMART HOMES TO MAKE LIFE EASIER

   

Have you ever forgotten to lock the door of your house? Or, have you ever forgotten to switch off the TV or computer? These kinds of things happen to us all the time, waste resources, and can sometimes lead to problems. However, in the not­too­distant future, we will be living in smart homes that will lock the door for us when we are away and remember to switch off the TV when we forget.   These smart homes will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.   


Intelligent Controls

Today, we have to use switches for our lights, knobs for our appliances, and remote controls for our TVs and air conditioners. In the future, we will be using advanced technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you leave home each morning, and then go into an energy­efficient mode all by itself.   You will no longer have to think about turning switches on and off yourself. Your home will also learn your daily routine and preferences, so everything will be ready for you when you get home each evening. Your lights will come on the instant you enter the door along with your favourite music or TV programmes, and you will find your dinner already prepared for you. All controls will respond to voice commands, so if you want to change your routine, you just say aloud what you want and the home system will obey.


Regular Health Checks

In addition, your smart home will be monitoring your health for you every day. Your bed, for example, will record how well you sleep every night. It will also be checking your body weight. If you start to have sleep or weight problems, it will send a warning to your phone. It will also give you suggestions on a healthier diet and how to sleep better. Smart toilets will be keeping constant track of your health as well. They can warn you early on if there is something abnormal or if you have a critical illness, such as cancer, and potentially save your life.


No More Disasters

Smart homes will be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. For example, if a water pipe starts leaking, or if there is a short in the electrical wiring, your smart home will detect it and provide you with the relevant information. This way, you will be able to fix the problem before your home becomes flooded or catches fire.

This smart technology is not a fantasy. Many of these new innovations are already available and being used in some homes. In this sense, the home of tomorrow is already the home of today. Nevertheless, it will take some years before most new homes begin to use this new technology.

1. Match the main idea with each paragraph.
A.Smart homes will check people’s health regularly.
B.Smart homes will prevent serious damage from accidents.
C.Intelligent controls in the home system.
D.Smart technology will be used widely in the future.
E.Smart homes will bring us safe, energy­saving and comfortable life in the future.
Para.1.   ______    Para.2.   ______   Para.3.   ______   Para.4.   ______   Para.5.   ______
2. What’s the main idea of the text?
A.Smart homes will focus on people’s health issues.
B.Smart homes are a new but controversial technology.
C.Smart homes will make our life easier in many ways.
D.Smart homes will make human beings lazy.
3. What will happen if you live at a smart home?
A.Sleeping too fast.
B.Waking all the night.
C.Worrying about nothing.
D.Stopping being stolen.
4. What can be inferred from the text?
A.Some of the new technology has been used.
B.Smart homes have been spread widely now.
C.No one likes to have a smart home today.
D.Smart homes will be built in China soon.
5. Why does the author write this article?
A.To sell integrated sensors.
B.To change the old houses.
C.To decorate home with smart technology.
D.To give us an insight into smart homes.
6. Who is probably the intended reader of the text?
A.Adults.B.Scientists.
C.Predictors.D.Home owners.
7. 在课文中找出表达未来美好智能家居的美句
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2023-08-25更新 | 11次组卷 | 1卷引用:Unit 2 Section ⅠReading and Thinking 选择性英语性必修一(人教版2019)
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文章大意:本文是说明文。1818年,Mary Shelley出版了小说《弗兰肯斯坦》 ,讲述了一个科学家试图创造一个优秀的人体,结果却创造了一个怪物的故事。乍看,这个故事似乎在警告我们,如果我们试图扮演上帝和工程师话,我们将受到严厉的惩罚。但是这个小说有个更深刻的意义。作者认为,我们人类一直认为自己是最优秀的,所以很难接受这样一个事实:科学家可以改造人的精神和身体,因此未来人们可以创造出真正优于我们的东西。
9 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

In 1818 Mary Shelley published Frankenstein, the story of a scientist who tries to create a superior, being and instead creates a monster. In the last two centuries, this story     1     (tell) over and over again in countless variations. At first sight, the Frankenstein story appears to warn us that if we try to play God and engineer life we will be punished severely. Yet the story has a     2     (deep) meaning.

The Frankenstein myth confronts. Homo sapiens (智人) with the fact that the last days are fast approaching.     3     some nuclear or ecological disaster strikes, the pace of technological development will soon lead to the replacement of Homo sapiens by completely different beings who possess not only different physiques, but also very different cognitive and emotional worlds. This is something most Sapiens find extremely worrying. We like to believe that in the future people just     4     us will travel from planet to planet in fast spaceships. We don’t like to think about the     5     (possible) that in the future, beings with emotions and identities like ours will no longer exist, and our place will be taken by alien life forms     6     abilities beat our own.

We seek comfort in the fantasy that Dr. Frankenstein can create only terrible monsters, whom we would have to destroy in order to save the world. We like to tell the story that way because it implies that we are     7     best of all beings, that there never was and never will be anything better than us. Any attempt     8     (improve) us will inevitably fail, because even if our bodies might be improved, you cannot touch the human spirit.

We would have a hard time     9     (accept) the fact that scientists could engineer spirits as well as bodies, and that future Dr. Frankenstein could therefore create something     10     (true) superior to us, something that will look at us as condescendingly (居高临下地) as we look at the Neanderthals (穴居人).

2023-08-11更新 | 380次组卷 | 2卷引用:江苏省南京师范大学附属中学2022-2023学年高一下学期期末考试英语试卷
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文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。主要介绍了生活在2157年的Margie讨厌学校。学校里的老师也是电子的,她觉得很无聊。当她听到以前的孩子怎么在学校上课时,她觉得很有趣。

10 . “May 17, 2157

Dear diary,

Today, Tommy found a real book!...”

“What’s it about?” Margie asked.

“School.” replied Tommy, turning the yellow pages.

“Why would anyone write about school? I hope they can take my geography teacher away.”

“It’s not our school. This is the old sort that they had centuries ago.”

“Anyway, they had a teacher.” Margie said, reading the book over his shoulder.

“Sure, they had a teacher, but it wasn’t a regular teacher. It was a man.”

“A man? How could a man be a teacher?”

“Well, he just told the boys and girls things and gave them assignments and asked them questions.”

“A man isn’t smart enough.”

“Sure, he is. My father knows as much as my teacher.”

Margie wasn’t prepared to argue about that. She said, “I wouldn’t want a strange man in my house to teach me.”

Tommy laughed. “The teachers didn’t live in the house. They had a special building and all the kids went there.”

“And all the kids learned the same thing?”

“Sure, if they were the same age.”

“But my mother says a teacher has to be adjusted to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.”

“If you don’t like it, you don’t have to read the book.”

“I didn’t say I didn’t like it,” Margie said quickly.

They weren’t even half-finished when Margie’s mother called, “Margie! School!”

“Not yet, Mamma.”

“Now!” said Mrs. Jones.

Margie said to Tommy, “Can I read the book some more with you after school?”

“Maybe,” Tommy said.

Margie went into the schoolroom, right next to her bedroom, and the mechanical teacher was on waiting for her.

The screen was lit up, and it said, “Please insert yesterday’s assignments in the proper slot.”

Margie was still thinking about the old schools they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy. All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in the schoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the end of the day. They learned the same things, so they could help one another on the assignments and discussed them.

And the teachers were people…

1. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A.Margie doesn’t like her school.
B.It’s common to read paper books in 2157.
C.Online learning is what Margie wants.
D.Tommy feels his father is smarter than his teacher.
2. Which of the following is TRUE about a school in 2157?
A.There are only female teachers at school.
B.Teachers give no assignments to students.
C.A special building is constructed for teachers.
D.Students learn different things at their own pace.
3. What does the underlined word “slot” probably mean?
A.Envelope.B.Opening.
C.Screen.D.Schoolroom.
4. What can we learn about Margie’s feelings about old schools?
A.Longing.B.Objection.
C.Suspicion.D.Tolerance.
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