1. How can people operate a self-driving car?
A.By calling the operator. |
B.By pressing some buttons. |
C.By telling the car their destinations. |
A.In Chicago. | B.In California. | C.In Los Angeles. |
A.It broke the law. |
B.It hit another car. |
C.It broke the speed limitation. |
A.About 2 million kilometers. |
B.About 9 million kilometers. |
C.About 19 million kilometers. |
The home of the future won't be
Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won't be for everyone because they are
According to the laws of physics, the earth is going to
1.介绍大学;
2.陈述理由;
3.表达期待。
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4 . You are just waking up in the spring of 2030. Your Internet of Things bedroom opens solar-powered e-windows and plays gentle music while your smart lighting displays a montage(蒙太奇) of beachfront sunrises from your recent vacation.
Your shower uses very little water or soap. It recycles your grey water and puts the extra heat back into your home's integrated operating system. While you dress, your artificial intelligence (Al) assistant shares your schedule for the day and plays your favourite tunes.
You still start your day with caffeine but it comes from your loT refrigerator which is capable of providing a coffeehouse experience in your home. A hot breakfast tailored to your specific nutritional needs (based on chemical analysis from your trips to the "smart toilet") is waiting for you in the kitchen.
When it's time to leave, an on-demand transport system has three cars waiting for you, your spouse and your kids. On the road, driverless cars and trucks move with mathematical precision, without traffic jams. Accident rates are near zero.
En route, you call your R&.D team, who are wrapping up a day's work in Shanghai. Your life-sized image will be projected,which makes your colleagues see you as if you were sitting with them. It's a bit surreal(超现实的)for them to see you in the morning light given that it's dark on the Bund, Shanghai's waterfront, though the novelty fades after a few uses.
You review the day's cloud-based data from your Shenzhen manufacturing centre, your pilot project in San Diego, and your QA team in Melbourne. The massive datasets are collected in realtime from every piece of equipment and have been beautifully summarized by your company's AI. All these facilities are closely maintained and operated via a skilled predictive analytics platform. Pleased with the team's progress, you end the call and ease into a good book. This is the future and it will be here sooner than you think.
1. What will happen when you dress yourself according to the text?A.Your schedule is sent to your boss. |
B.Bedroom opens quickly. |
C.Your favourite tunes are played. |
D.Your coffee is ordered and served. |
A.Made specially. |
B.Mixed similarly. |
C.Produced in advance. |
D.Invented traditionally. |
A.Because the team makes progress. |
B.Because your images are wrapped up. |
C.Because you did it ahead of time. |
D.Because your life-sized picture is projected. |
A.Why we need AI assistants. |
B.What life will be like in 2030. |
C.How we find meaningful work in the future. |
D.How AI helps you lead an important life. |
A.revealed B.display C.doubles D.contrary E.suggestions F.raw G.advance H.dramatic I.functions J.connected K.developed |
Your new smart TV might be your pride and joy today but they will pale into insignificance compared with the technology expected to fill homes by 2030.
And now experts at Rightmove have
In just two years’ time, a temperature-changing mattress(床垫) will come into being that warms up in the winter and stays cool in the summer.Self-cleaning fabrics(布), truly waterproof materials and personal climate control are all being
Fast forward to 2023, a “smart window” appears in the bedroom that
A smart mirror, which is actually a screen with an integrated computer, could even make polite outfit (服装)
And by 2025 the experts predict there will be self-heating towels.
While in 2030 the home will seem like an incredibly hi-tech space, with
Perhaps most excitingly, there’s a 3D printer that could be used to print everything from tools and electronics to food and clothing using just
And the experts predict that by 2030, the machines will be as popular as televisions.Pocket-lint’s Stuart Miles said that every single electronic device in the home will be
Tim Danton, Editor of PC Pro magazine thinks smart phones will
6 . What will the future school look like is difficult to make clear, but most experts agree that the school will be electronic in the future.
“Present-day schools will no longer exist in the next century,” says a report in The Age. “At that time, future schools will become community-style centers, which run seven days a week, 24 hours a day.” At the same time,computers will surely become a central part of the school in the future.
According to The Age, the distant learning will be popular and students will listen to teachers on computers. Going into classrooms on their computers, students will study at any time, which is very easy for them. However, it is necessary for students to go to the actual school in order to develop some social skills.
The Seashore Primary School is an imaginary school in the future created by the Education Department of Australia. At this school, all the teachers and students have laptop computers. Teachers check messages and call students back on a special telephone system and students use telephones to search for information or speak to their experts who teach their lessons. Besides, all the lessons are related to all sorts of subjects and all the students have their own learning plans created by teachers.
As one headmaster says, a laptop computer is students' library. data storage as well as the bridge to a wider world. Technology has changed the emphasis of future learning. Thus, we'll pay more attention to the learning of kids rather than the teaching.
1. What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs?A.Present-day schools are more practical than future schools. |
B.Students can't have discussions in future schools. |
C.Future schools will be open to students all the time. |
D.The number of teachers in future schools will become larger. |
A.It has fewer desks and chairs. |
B.Students study at a set time. |
C.It has no teachers and books. |
D.Students will go to actual school when necessary. |
A.was built by the Education Department of Australia |
B.is not a real school, but a virtual school at present |
C.is very popular among teachers and students in Australia |
D.is a successful example of the future school in the world |
A.Objective. | B.Supportive. | C.Critical. | D.Contradictory. |
Today, we have to use switches for our lights, knobs for our appliances,
8 . I log onto a computer at the doctor’s office to say I have arrived and then wait until a voice calls me into the examination room. There, a robotic nurse
I should say I really do like many aspects of
When I call my dentist’s office and actually get a human being on the line, I am
After all, human cashiers sometimes
Even more than that, real-life cashiers often take an interest in particularly cute children, which can
Machines can be
Call it the spirit, the soul or the heart. It is
A.tears | B.directs | C.follows | D.separates |
A.worker | B.nurse | C.doctor | D.cleaner |
A.signals | B.symptoms | C.words | D.symbols |
A.at most | B.at last | C.at least | D.at intervals |
A.economy | B.agriculture | C.literature | D.technology |
A.cut in | B.pass by | C.take over | D.go away |
A.annoyed | B.thrilled | C.discouraged | D.disappointed |
A.smiling | B.laughing | C.shouting | D.weeping |
A.machine | B.human | C.animal | D.plant |
A.give | B.remind | C.bargain | D.buy |
A.brighten | B.darken | C.strengthen | D.widen |
A.turning | B.happening | C.describing | D.struggling |
A.urgent | B.efficient | C.frequent | D.consistent |
A.But | B.Because | C.Otherwise | D.Therefore |
A.everything | B.nothing | C.anything | D.something |
9 . What will future schools look like in 100 years? Imagine future schools in which students are totally engaged in a class. They are concentrating on working together to solve real-world problems. They are self-driven and are coming up with amazing ideas on the spot. They are concerned with each other’s well-being as part of a team. Their concerns reach far beyond the classroom to others all over the globe.
The school of the future will be an amazing melting pot of different peoples coming together to solve real-world problems.
Will they even be called “schools” in the future?
The teacher-student relationship is changing. Teachers are acting more as helpers rather than keepers of all knowledge. Students are driving their own education to the path that they feel best fits them. In the future, employers may not be as concerned with a diploma. They’ll look more at cases and examples of how students contribute to solving real-world problems. They’ll want to know how well they work in a team.
What will problem-solving look like in the future?
Information from the Internet is accessible everywhere and at unimaginable speeds. Kids are connected to news around the world in real time. Imagine someone could put out a request to the global community to help solve an issue in their own community! Classes can adopt an issue and work with other classes around the world in real time to create solutions.
What will information look like in the future?
It’s already everywhere. Users can get flooded by the constant flow of information. The need to understand what is true and what is not is important. The flipped classroom (翻转课堂) has already completely changed lecture-based lessons. It presents interesting content to students before they even come to class. They can access the Internet as many times as they want to review the lessons.
1. What is the key message of the first paragraph?A.The things students will do in the future school. |
B.The situation where students will be in the future. |
C.The attention students will pay to in the classroom. |
D.The methods students will use to study in the classroom. |
A.Respect. | B.Patience. | C.Teamwork. | D.Concern. |
A.Teachers encourage students to develop leadership. |
B.Students are really relaxed with their heavy study. |
C.The employers value students’ diplomas most. |
D.Students have the right to choose the most suitable lessons. |
A.To help students to improve the problem-solving ability. |
B.To provide the lessons for students to study before or after class. |
C.To help students to keep in contact with the outside world. |
D.To help students to understand the most difficult content. |
Scientists and engineers
Two American researchers, Andrew McKenzie from the University of Kansas and Jeffrey Punske of Southern Illinois University, have explored one possible problem with such travel. They considered the possibility
Languages naturally change as communities grow more isolated from each other, the researchers noted in the paper. The long isolation of a community could lead to enough differences in language to make
The researchers say one possible solution to