题目内容
What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.
The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源).
Schools will go electronic(电子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.
【小题1】 More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during .
A.Christmas Day | B.National Day |
C.the Spring Festival | D.the Mid-autumn Festival |
A.in 28 years | B.by 2020 | C.by 2053 | D.in 33 years |
A.Coal | B.Wind | C.Nuclear power | D.Water |
A.the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem |
B.90% of the population will live in the city |
C.robot teachers will check homework |
D.readers can discuss topics with each other through Internet |
A.Schools will go electronic | B.Computers will be important |
C.There will be robot teachers | D.School buses will be like spaceships |
【小题1】C
【小题1】D
【小题1】B
【小题1】C
【小题1】A
解析【小题1】根据第二段More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. 描述,可知选C。
【小题1】根据第三段Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. 描述,计算可知2043-2010=33,故选D,33年后。
【小题1】根据短文第四段描述,可知没有提到风能,故选B。
【小题1】根据最后一段There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers 描述,可知选C。
【小题1】根据最后一段Schools will go electronic(电子化).及下文描述,可知本段主要是说学校将电子化。故选A。
Step 1 Write down the subject that you are interested in on a piece of paper. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write:
Discover more about robots.
Step 2 Stop and think for a moment about what you have already known about your subject. List what you have already known like the sentences below:
1. The first robot appeared in the USA in 1959.
2. A robot can do housework and act as a teacher.
3. Sometimes a robot catches viruses and causes a lot of problems.
Step 3 What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions, start writing down questions about the robots on the paper:
1. What might robots be like in the future?
2. What other things can robots do for people?
3. What kind of power will robots possibly use in five years?
Step 4 Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you'll probably discover some new questions.
For example, you might discover that robots can help scientists explore dangerous places, like the sea and outer space. How? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.
The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize your thinking by asking good questions. And remember that learning more always brings more questions.
【小题1】What does the writer advise us to do when we’re curious about something?
A.To read more books about it. | B.To look it up in the dictionary. |
C.To turn to the teacher for help. | D.To raise questions and find the answers. |
A.Writing down your list of questions. | B.Discussing your questions with others. |
C.Taking your list of questions with you. | D.Putting your list of questions under your arm. |
① List what you want to learn. ② Find new problems.
③ List what you’ve already known. ④ Choose a research subject.
A.④③①② | B.④①③② | C.②③④① | D.③②①④ |
A.Doing Research onRobots | B.Asking Good Questions While Doing Research |
C.Having Interesting Answers on Robots | D.Finding Subjects before Doing Research |
When you are curious about something and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The following steps can guide you during the research.
Step 1 Write down the subject that you are interested in on a piece of paper. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write:
Discover more about robots.
Step 2 Stop and think for a moment about what you have already known about your subject. List what you have already known like the sentences below:
1. The first robot appeared in the USA in 1959.
2. A robot can do housework and act as a teacher.
3. Sometimes a robot catches viruses and causes a lot of problems.
Step 3 What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions, start writing down questions about the robots on the paper:
1. What might robots be like in the future?
2. What other things can robots do for people?
3. What kind of power will robots possibly use in five years?
Step 4 Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you’ll probably discover some new questions.
For example, you might discover that robots can help scientists explore dangerous places, like the sea and outer space. How? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.
The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize your thinking by asking good questions. And remember that learning more always brings more questions.
【小题1】What does the writer advise us to do when we’re curious about something?
A.To read more books about it. |
B.To look it up in the dictionary. |
C.To turn to the teacher for help. |
D.To raise questions and find the answers. |
A.Writing down your list of questions. |
B.Discussing your questions with others. |
C.Taking your list of questions with you. |
D.Putting your list of questions under your arm. |
① List what you want to learn. ② Find new problems.
③ List what you’ve already known. ④ Choose a research subject.
A.④③①② | B.④①③② | C.②③④① | D.③②①④ |
A.Doing Research onRobots |
B.Asking Good Questions While Doing Research |
C.Having Interesting Answers on Robots |
D.Finding Subjects before Doing Research |
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence (智力) developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. In some degree, our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no education can make a genius (天才) out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich environment. Therefore, the limits of person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This point of view, now is held by most experts.
It is easy to show that intelligence is something that we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligence. If we take two strangers by chance from the population, it seems that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we compare two twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.
Imagine now that we take two twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory separately where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this shows that environment as well as birth plays an important role. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact (接触) with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.
1.How is man’s intelligence given?
A.At birth |
B.Through education |
C.Both at birth and through education |
D.Neither at birth nor through education |
2.What does the underlined word mean in the first paragraph?
A.稳固 |
B.确定 |
C.修理 |
D.安排 |
3.According the passage, if a child is born with low intelligence, what might happen to him later?
A.Become a genius. |
B.Still become a genius if he should be given special education. |
C.Reach his intelligence limits in rich environment. |
D.Never reach his intelligence in his life. |
4.What can we learn from the example of the twins going to a university and to a factory?
A.The importance of their intelligence. |
B.The role of environment on intelligence. |
C.The importance of their jobs |
D.The part that birth plays |
5.What statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A.No education can help make a genius. |
B.Personality is important as intelligence which was given to people at birth. |
C.People who have similar degree of intelligence must be relatives. |
D.Environment influences people in intelligence developing. |
What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.
The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源).
Schools will go electronic(电子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.
1. More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during .
A.Christmas Day |
B.National Day |
C.the Spring Festival |
D.the Mid-autumn Festival |
2.The newspapers will disappear .
A.in 28 years |
B.by 2020 |
C.by 2053 |
D.in 33 years |
3. is not mentioned in the passage as sources of energy.
A.Coal |
B.Wind |
C.Nuclear power |
D.Water |
4.From the passage we can know in the future.
A.the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem |
B.90% of the population will live in the city |
C.robot teachers will check homework |
D.readers can discuss topics with each other through Internet |
5.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph? .
A.Schools will go electronic |
B.Computers will be important |
C.There will be robot teachers |
D.School buses will be like spaceships |