1. What will control the tree house’s temperature?
| A．The roof. | B．The soil. | C．The leaves. |
| A．Producing energy. | B．Collecting sunlight. | C．Changing colors. |
| A．It can protect the house from strong heat. |
| B．It allows cool air to come in. |
| C．It is easy for hot air to flow out. |
1. 物品的独特设计；
2. 物品的用途。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右。
2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
My Future Invention
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Have you ever wondered what life is like in a smart city? Well, when you go to a certain shopping mall now, you can enjoy
The idea of a smart city
In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US.
Santander in Spain also gives us
1. What is the main topic of the talk?
| A．Man-made meat. | B．Methods of farming. | C．The price of animal meat. |
| A．Useful. | B．Wasteful. | C．Powerful. |
| A．Twice. | B．Five times. | C．Ten times. |
1.描述你未来的职业；
2.你这份职业的优点和缺点；
3.未来的你写给现在的你一些具体的建议。
注意：
1.写作词数应为 80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear Li Hua,
I’m 50-year-old Li Hua, your future self.
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Yours,
Future Li Hua
Today, environmental problems have been the greatest risk to life on Earth. Scientists are thinking of ways to
Dust storms are common throughout the year and cover the entire planet for weeks, blocking sunlight from reaching the surface. Perhaps more
To live on Mars, we should find permanent shelter that
For now, human settlement of Mars is decades away. Regardless, it seems that humans
7 . 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
1. 描述或畅想未来人工智能的发展状况；
2. 你对这些变化的看法。
Ladies and gentlemen,
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1. What will control the tree house’s temperature?
| A．The roof. | B．The leaves. | C．The soil. |
| A．Changing colors. | B．Collecting sunlight. | C．Producing energy. |
| A．It allows cool air to come in. |
| B．It is easy for hot air to flow out. |
| C．It can protect the house from strong heat. |
10 . What the future school will 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, schools will become community-style centers, which run seven days a week, and 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 distance 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.
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 with a special telephone system and students use telephones to search for information or speak to their teachers who give 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 a student’s library, data storage (数据存储) device 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. According to the report in The Age, students in future schools will ________.| A．mainly study online | B．study at set times |
| C．have no teachers | D．never go to actual schools |
| A．telephones are important in Australia | B．how future schools will work |
| C．every student needs a learning plan | D．students enjoy getting in touch with teachers |
| A．Lesson. | B．Score. | C．Attitude. | D．Focus. |
