1 . We don’t know how different our future will be in the future. We can only try to imagine it.
At first we think about human relationship. In the year 2050, we will use computers almost every day. We will be making new friends through the Internet—even our husbands or wives will be met in this way. It will be much faster and easier for us. On the other hand, our relationships with people won’t be as important as they are today—we will feel a little lonely.
Computers will also help us in many other activities in 2050. For example, they will be used by the children at school to make their learning easier. In addition, there will be much more other machines which will play the same role as computers, like robots which will do the housework for us.
Spending holidays will also be completely different. Traveling to other planets or to the moon will be possible for everyone. Means of transport will, of course, change, too. We will be using solar-powered cars, which will be much more environmentally friendly(环保).
Some of us may think that the faster technological progress would lead to a more polluted environment. But it isn’t true. We will pay more attention to protecting the environment. And, scientists will probably find cures for many dangerous diseases, like cancer or AIDS. Then, our surroundings as well as health will be in better condition.
Although we can’t predict(预测)the exact changes which will be made in the world, we often think about them. We worry about our and our children’s future; we have hopes as well as fears. But I think we should be rather sanguine about our future. We should be happy and believe good things will happen.
1. Why will people probably feel a little lonely in 2050?A.Because the number of people will become much smaller. |
B.Because there will be less face-to-face communication. |
C.Because people won’t like making friends with each other. |
D.Because people won’t communicate with each other much often. |
A.that computers will do all the things for human beings |
B.how people will use computers to communicate with each other |
C.that machines like computers and robots will help people a lot |
D.how people will use robots to do the housework |
A.The relationship between people will be more important than today. |
B.The way of spending holidays will be the same as that of today. |
C.It won’t be difficult for people to travel to other planets. |
D.Our environment will be much more polluted with a growing number of cars. |
A.disappointed | B.surprised |
C.sad | D.optimistic |
1. 有的人会到月球上度假;
2. 某些科学家会在海底生活;
3. 通过网络在家工作。
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3 . I arrive at the doctor’s office and then wait until a computer voice calls me into the examination room. 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 give you money-off coupons to
Machines can be
Call it the
A.receives | B.adopts | C.detects | D.extracts |
A.rushes | B.marches | C.steps | D.dashes |
A.signals | B.symptoms | C.sculptures | D.symbols |
A.leave | B.pay | C.mourn | D.bow |
A.past | B.present | C.future | D.history |
A.commerce | B.agriculture | C.literature | D.technology |
A.sponsor | B.partner | C.opponent | D.fan |
A.cut in | B.pass by | C.take over | D.break down |
A.annoyed | B.thrilled | C.discouraged | D.embarrassed |
A.warning | B.laughing | C.shouting | D.weeping |
A.machine | B.human | C.animal | D.plant |
A.save | B.obtain | C.make | D.collect |
A.human-made | B.full-time | C.man-machine | D.real-life |
A.brighten | B.darken | C.strengthen | D.widen |
A.turning | B.stretching | C.resisting | D.struggling |
A.urgent | B.artificial | C.efficient | D.consistent |
A.Nevertheless | B.Because | C.Otherwise | D.Therefore |
A.body | B.spirit | C.mode | D.routine |
A.everything | B.nothing | C.anything | D.something |
A.smile | B.call | C.laugh | D.stare |
4 . It’s 6 A.M., and the alarm clock is ringing earlier than usual. It’s not a malfunction (故障): the smart clock scanned your schedule and adjusted because you’ve got that big presentation first thing in the morning. The electric car is ready to go, charged by the solar panels on your roof. When you get home later, there’s an unexpected package waiting. You open it to find cold medicine. Turns out, health sensors embedded (嵌入) in your bathroom detected signs of an upcoming illness and placed an order automatically.
That, at least, is the ideal design of the smart home that exists 10 years out. But a decade from now, we’ll dip into the Internet of Things (IoT) totally.
A range of technological developments will drive smart—home technology well beyond what’s available on store shelves today. Innovations in AI stand to change almost everything in our lives. You might already be using some kind of AI—powered voice—assistant device to get the latest news or weather forecast every morning. IoT company Crestron, for example, is working on software that follows a person’s habits, like which music they want to hear in the morning or which lights they want to be on at a certain time of day. Then, once it gets the hang of a user’s preferences, it automatically plays just the right playlists or makes the lights less bright before bedtime.
All this learning that the smart home of the future will be doing may raise privacy concerns. In 2016, hackers took over hundreds of thousands of secure IoT devices, then used them to send fake Internet traffic, the incident broke Internet connections for a moment throughout parts of North America and Europe. A bill put forth by Virginia Senator Mark Warner would push the government to set up minimum security requirements for smart devices used by federal agencies; such requirements could eventually become standard for the industry at large.
You’re more likely than not to end up in a connected home one day, whether you mean to or not. Ultimately, people will come to see smart—home technology as essential as electricity, refrigeration or air-conditioning. People will rely on it.
1. What is the purpose of paragraph 1?A.To reveal people’s busy life in ten years. |
B.To display pollution-free homes in ten years. |
C.To show how people will cure illness in the future. |
D.To describe how smart the home can be in the future. |
A.Push your preferences towards green living. |
B.Play your favorite songs with voice control. |
C.Provide the latest news and weather automatically. |
D.Make home devices function according to your habits. |
A.The IoT devices were of low quality. |
B.The government made a law because of it. |
C.Security problems from smart devices were urgent. |
D.Hackers were common in North America and Europe. |
A.It’s electrical and reliable. | B.It’s attractive and necessary. |
C.It will not need much designing. | D.It will not be affected by evil hackers. |
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With the development of science and technology, intelligent robots will be wide used in the future. In families, robots will help people do some housework and taking care of the elderly, babies and patients. In addition to these task, robots will even be able to play the chess and do exercise with people. In factories, robots will be used to perform some dangerous jobs avoid accidents.
Robots will change our future life by many ways, that will make it more colorful and comfortable. Therefore, we shouldn’t depend on intelligent robots too much, for they were made to help humans rather than replace us. As helpers of humans, robots should be used proper.
6 . 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 |
7 . Future means a time that is not yet here. It can be a short time from now or a long time from now. Scientists think that many wonderful things may come true in our future life.
Are you wondering whether there'll be televisions in the future?
What about driving cars in the future? Well, a very small child probably will be able to drive a car. Computer systems will hold each car on the right road to get wherever the "driver" wants to go.
The future should be a wonderful time in which to live. But the time you are living in now was also “a wonderful future” to the people who lived 100 years ago.
A.But maybe the most wonderful surprise in the future will be weather control. |
B.In the future, life will be the same as we live today. |
C.Now let’s see what the wonders are that may appear in the future. |
D.And it probably will be impossible for car accidents to happen. |
E.What about the food of the future? |
F.People will suffer from serious hunger in the future. |
G.The future televisions will be totally different from what they are. |
8 . The village of Okere Mom-Kok was destroyed during the Ugandan Civil War in the 1980s. Now, pupils at the early childhood centre are noisily having a break, and a market is coming to life, as is local beer making, in what has become known as Okere City.
Okere City began in 2019.It has a school, a clinic, and a community hall that also serves as a nightclub.Electricity and clean water are available to everyone.
Ojok Okello started the project of Okere City with an investment(投资) from his own pocket to change the destroyed village of 4,000 people.The development expert had worked for several charities but grew sad seeing projects fail because communities weren’t involved in decisions about their own future.When he returned to Okere Mom-Kok to visit relatives, he decided to create a project that was truly led by the people who lived there.
Okere now produces income.Every project, from the school to the local bar, can fund itself, something that has been possible because the project is being built not as a charity, but as a social enterprise(事业), Okello says.
This year, after local people said they needed a way to make money, Okello began to experiment with processing shea nuts(加工乳木果), which locals collect and turn into butter for cooking.Soon, Okere Shea Butter arrived on the market.
Okello says the thought came to him when watching the movie Black Panther, as he sat under a shea tree one afternoon.“I realised that we have this important natural resource and we were not using it,” Okello says.“I thought, in the movie Wakanda and Black Panther had vibranium and this shea tree could be our vibranium.So I invest everything within my means into it.”
Once a week an investment club meets in the community hall.Member’s dues(会费) are carefully recorded before being offered as loans(贷款) to members who need them.When borrowers repay the loan, the cycle continues.
“This style of banking plays a big role because it’s uniquely African,” Okello says.“It’s been about community, patience, and long-term investment.”
1. What is the village of Okere Mom-Kok like now?A.It’s lively. | B.It’s a wasteland. |
C.It’s in poor condition. | D.It’s a tourist attraction. |
A.It was built as a charity. |
B.It was created by poor villagers. |
C.It has cost little money up to now. |
D.It includes the community in decision-making. |
A.Making shea butter. |
B.Protecting shea trees. |
C.Directing a film about shea trees. |
D.Attracting investment in shea nuts. |
A.It is important to local people. |
B.It will take a long time to improve. |
C.It will be used in other communities. |
D.It mainly encourages short-term investment. |
A.Okere City was rebuilt successfully due to several charities started by Ojok Okello. |
B.A nightclub lies in the community hall of the Okere City now. |
C.Pupils at the early childhood centre find it hard to have a break because the environment it noisy. |
D.Ojok Okello made full use of vibranium as Wakanda and Black Panther did. |
9 . If you could travel in time, where would you go? Perhaps you would watch a performance of a Shakespeare's play in Elizabethan England? What about hanging out with Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period? Or maybe you'd voyage far ahead of the present day to see what the future holds.
The possibility of time travel is indeed appealing. Stories exploring the subject have been around for hundreds of years. Perhaps the best known example is science fiction novel The Time Machine, written by H. G. Wells and published in 1895 . It was adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now universally referred to a vehicle transporting people into the far future.
But could time travel actually be possible? Some scientists say yes, in theory. They propose using cracks in time and space called "wormholes", which could be used as shortcuts to other periods. Einstein's theory of relativity allows time travel in extreme circumstances. And Stephen Hawking says you could travel into the future with a really fast spaceship-going at nearly the speed of light. Though building such a spaceship wouldn’t of course be simple .
Even if you could travel into the past, there is something called the "grandfather paradox". It asks what would happen if a time traveler were to go back in time and have his own grandfather killed for some reason, and therefore prevent himself from being born. If the time traveler wasn't born, how would he travel back in time?
And would you really like to visit the future? In H. G. Wells' book, the main character travels into distant time where he arrives at a beach and is attacked by giant crabs. He then voyages 30 million years into the future where the only living thing is a black object with tentacles (触角).
If that's what's in store, maybe we are better just living in the present day after all.
1. The novel The Time Machine mentioned in Paragraph 2 aims to show________.A.the long history of time travel |
B.the contribution of H.G. Wells |
C.the story's different features |
D.people's interest in time travel |
A.The Time Machine is one of the bestselling science fiction novels. |
B.There are films, comic books and dramas adapted from the novel The Time Machine. |
C.Works of Literature about time travel first appeared one hundred years ago. |
D.It was H.G. Wells who invented the term "time machine". |
A.suggest the possibility of time travel |
B.have been proved wrong by some time travelers |
C.have similarities because both are based on experiments |
D.have pushed the invention of the first spaceship |
A.the reunion of the traveler and his grandfather brings happiness |
B.the grandfather's death makes the traveler's birth impossible |
C.the traveler goes back in time to seek for his grandfather |
D.the traveler is prevented from meeting his grandfather |
A.Unclear. | B.Supportive. | C.Doubtful. | D.Unconcerned. |
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1.你未来的职业以及工作内容;
2.业余生活;
3.家务由谁来承担;
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