1. 学历和专业;
2. 工作(从事的职业,工作时间等);
3. 生活(包括业余爱好,日常交往等);
4. 实现上述愿望的途径。
注意:
1. 词数100左右(短文开头已为你写好,不计入总词数);
2. 可以适当发挥,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:专业 major
What will I be like in ten years?
In ten years I will be more mature and confident.
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2 . What life will be in 2050?
It’s hard to say definitively what life will be like in 2050. However, we can make some educated guesses based on the trends that are happening now. For instance, it’s likely that technology will play an even greater role in our lives than it does now. We might have flying cars, or robots to do our household chores.
The world population is projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, so resources may be strained. People may live in smaller homes or even underground to conserve space and energy. We may also see drastic changes in the way we get our food. With advances in technology, it’s possible that we’ll be able to create artificial meat or grow food in laboratories.
In 2050, many aspects of our life will be very different from what they are now. People’s lives, the environment, transportation, and education all change at a new level.
There will be a lot of new jobs born to serve the development of society. And if you are good at using social media, you can be an online celebrity and make a lot of money. You can also choose to be a full-time housewife and take care of your family if you want.
Rockefeller University mathematical biologist Joel Cohen predicts that by 2050, the world will be majority urban dwellers with a high average age. In contrast, U.S. cities theorist Richard Florida believes that urbanization trends will result in a work-from-home economy and do away with divisions between home and work life. Other experts interviewed by Popular Mechanics envision a future in which solar energy is ubiquitous, 3-D printing has replaced traditional manufacturing and everyone has a personal assistant in the form of an AI.
However, there are also some reasons to be pessimistic about the future. The world will be a more dangerous place in 2050. Global warming will cause rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions that will make life difficult for people around the world.
A.As technology continues to develop, so does the concern for environment. |
B.By 2050, everyone will be able to afford higher education. |
C.In addition, there will be new diseases that we have not yet seen. |
D.In general, life in 2050 is more convenient, more comfortable and more fun. |
E.There are some grounds for optimism in this scenario. |
F.As a result, we will have a lot of health problems. |
3 . You are just waking up in the spring of 2030. Your Internet of Things (IoT) 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 (AI) assistant shares your schedule for the day and plays your favourite tunes.
You still start your day with caffeine but it comes from your IoT 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.
On route, you call your R&D team, who are wrapping up a day’s work in Shanghai. Your life-sized image will be projected, making 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 water-front, 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 Melbourme. 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 breakfast is ordered and served. | B.E-windows open quickly. |
C.Your favourite songs are played. | D.Your schedule is sent to your boss. |
A.Produced specially. | B.Made in advance. |
C.Mixed similarly. | D.Changed randomly. |
A.Because you did it beforehand. | B.Because you were on the scene. |
C.Because your images are wrapped up. | D.Because your life-sized picture is projected. |
A.Why We Need AI Assistants | B.How Life Will Be in the Future |
C.How AI Helps Us Succeed | D.How AI Does Meaningful Work |
A.Rice fields. | B.Childhood memory. | C.Game playing. |
1.House 2. transport 3. health 4. security 5. work 6. entertainment 7...
从中任意挑选2-3个进行合理想象;
题目自拟,写一篇英语短文。
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In the near future, we
7 . What if we had the power to control time, instead of moving from the past to the present to the future? What if we could jump and travel through time in a machine? What if we could go wherever and whenever we pleased?
This ability would allow us to witness historic wonders, change decisions and see people from the past. We could right wrongs and stop wars from starting.
The mysterious puzzle of time has kept people debating its nature for hundreds of years. Science fiction writers have turned it into imaginative stories. Some scientists have even attempted to explain it using math. This math tries to make the dream of time travel come true.
The scientist Albert Einstein said that time and space are one thing. He called it “spacetime”. Einstein said that there are three dimensions (维度) in space: height, width and depth. A scientist named Hermann Minkowski added time as a fourth dimension.
Einstein introduced two ideas that have led to theories about the possibility of time travel. The first is relativity (相对论). The idea of relativity is that the force of gravity causes space to bend, which causes time to twist. The second idea focuses on special relativity. The idea is that a traveler moving super-fast through flat spacetime will enter the future. Einstein considered time “relative” because it is measured based on where we are on Earth or in space.
Stephen Hawking is a famous scientist. He believes that a time machine will never be built. If it were possible, he thinks we would already know. If a time machine could be built, how come no one from the future has invaded us?
The first science fiction story with this theme is The Clock That Went Backward by Edward P. Mitchell, which was published in 1881. Since then, thousands of books, films and television shows have explored the idea of time travel, in which some tools such as phones, watches, photographs and old books take travelers backward and forward.
Will time travel ever happen? Who knows? Most important is to keep our eyes open and have a sense of wonder.
1. The three questions the author uses in Paragraph 1 are __________.A.to show time and space are connected |
B.to show people’s interest in time travel |
C.to draw readers’ attention to time travel |
D.to make people believe time travel is possible |
A.Time travel is possible in the future. | B.People can’t move faster than light. |
C.Time travel is against scientific rules. | D.Spacetime is not a real thing in theory. |
A.The first science fiction story. | B.Some tools used in time travel. |
C.Edward P. Mitchell, the pioneer. | D.Different works about time travel. |
A.Cautious. | B.Approving. | C.Doubtful. | D.Hopeful. |
8 . What is the ideal physique(体形)? The answer is ever-changing. But it is to a large extent work of a single company that dominated the past 60 years of body image standards.
Since its creation in 1959, Barbie has been in the leading position of promoting hardly attainable body image standards, for which it was often heavily criticized. Scientific research shows that the probability of achieving a Barbie-like body shape is less than 1 in 100,000!
Mattel, the company behind the Barbie doll, has recognized that the 60s’ idea of good body image is long gone. In an effort to keep up with social change, Mattel is adjusting the dolls' body type and skin color, introducing special editions.
There is now a Barbie in a wheelchair. There is a Barbie Astronaut, Rescuer, or Engineer. In their latest Barbie special edition, Mattel honors the women fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, including Dame Sarah Gilbert. In the hope that Mattel is adapting to modern corporate standards just as well as it is to social change, we’re attracted by what the company's sustainability data may tell us.
What does the data tell us? To answer this question, we’ve launched a sustainability-focused beauty contest-with Mattel as one of the contestants. The company scores relatively well on environmental and social metrics(衡量标准).However, in terms of diversity, Mattel is well below its competitor, Hasbro. This being said, the judges advise that beauty should be equally defined by the inside and the outside.
What does this mean? Be body-positive! As we’re approaching the second quarter of the 21st century, the importance of a healthy relationship between mind and body is being recognized. And with this, body image standards are changing, allowing for more freedom of expression and identity.
Mattel’s efforts in product diversity are a welcome step in the right direction, as the doll has its very own influence. We believe that Barbie’s future lies in the empowerment(赋予力量)of today’s youth, contributing toward a generation of confident individuals.
1. How does scientific research evaluate a Barbie-like body shape?A.It needs much luck to achieve it. |
B.It's almost impossible to achieve it. |
C.There is increasing probability of achieving it. |
D.It's a breakthrough in attainable body image standards. |
A.To score well on social metrics. |
B.To launch a beauty contest. |
C.To keep pace with the times. |
D.To define what is real beauty. |
A.Positive. | B.Negative. | C.Uncertain. | D.Uninterested. |
A.The Future of Barb |
B.New Metrics for Body Image |
C.A Deep Dive into Barbie’s World |
D.A Great Change in Body Image Standards |
1.回顾初中生活(收获、遗憾);
2.高中生活及展望(现状,计划,期望)。
注意:词数不少于80词,可适当增加细节使行文连贯。
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10 . As Tiger King 2 appeals to viewers, some fans feel sad about having to pay much for another streaming service subscription. And they take pity on the once-hot video technology which is now more likely to be a temporary coaster (杯垫) for your coffee: DVDs were once the future, but now the industry can hardly be turned around.
DVD sales once reached $16.3 billion and were 64% of the U.S. home video market. That was 2005.
However, this year just 300 million DVDs are expected to be sold worldwide, down from an average of 2 billion every year between 2005 and 2009. Instead, a rise in customers buying on-demand and digital copies of films and the launch of streaming services are what have reduced the DVD industry to such a state.
But there are still 300 million of the things, even if your collection is gathering dust on the bookshelf. While pop psychology would suggest that older generations hold on to their love of the physical disc, instead, those aged 25 to 39 are more likely than most to watch DVDs. They’re often collectors.
“DVDs are a sign of our identity and our personality,” says Tony Gunnarsson, an analyst of TV, video, and advertising. That’s why England-based radio producer Tom Green still stores around 300 DVDs, including the whole seasons of The Simpsons. They represent a part of my life, and a part of me,” Green says. Others continue to keep DVDs because of the excellent audio (声音的) quality.
For DVDs, to undergo a renaissance (复兴) similar to that experienced by cassette tapes will require a big shift. “We need to wait for the generation that have a fascination with DVDs to control the mainstream culture, but it seems to be nowhere in sight,” says Tom Green. “And the public see DVDs as nothing but outdated media.” Even so, there is a solid group of DVD consumers. And that’s perhaps why producers keep making DVDs and why committed collectors collect their discs.
1. What does the author intend to stress in Paragraph 1?A.The fall of DVDs. |
B.A possible way of reusing DVDs. |
C.A recent trend in the film industry. |
D.The big expenses of video streaming services. |
A.It celebrated a shift in digital copies of films. |
B.It suffered from an oversupply of DVDs. |
C.It entered 64% of the U. S. households. |
D.Its sales reached the peak. |
A.They both appreciate the charm of DVDs. |
B.They are both professional DVD advertisers. |
C.They are both passionate about collecting things. |
D.They both praise the audio quality of streaming services. |
A.They may control the mainstream culture. |
B.They can greatly benefit many collectors. |
C.They are as important as cassette tapes. |
D.They are hard to make a comeback. |