Question

阅读表达（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
What’s going to happen in the future? Here are some things that scientists say is most likely to happen 10 to 30 years from now.
1. Digital money
We used to pay with cash（现金）for everything we bought. In fact, we are already using one type of digital money, when we swipe（刷）our bus pass or use a credit card（信用卡）to shop online.
You have to admit that using a card is much easier than searching your pocket for change. It is also _________ than _________a lot of cash with you. You needn’t worry about your cash being stolen. People in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year and the US might be next.
2. Bionic（仿生的）eye
（1）People who are blind may have a chance to get their sight back---by wearing bionic eyes. A blind eye can no longer sense light, but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send data into the brain.
Although the bionic eye that’s out now only allow patients to see lights and unclear shapes, a high resolution（高清的）version could be just a few years away.
3. Self-driving car
Unlike a human driver, a self-driving car won’t be distracted （分神）by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors（探测器）and cameras on the car would allow it to keep strictly to the rules of the road and keep a safe distance from other cars. This would greatly reduce the number of road accidents. Many vehicle companies are now planning self-driving cars. By 2040, driverless vehicles will be the main vehicles on the road.
小题1:在文中空白处填上适当的单词______________   ________________
小题2:将（1）翻译成汉语____________________________________
小题3:回答问题What would allow a car to keep strictly to the rules of the road?   ___________________________________________________________________________
小题4:在文中找出的同义句In the past, we spent with cash on the things we bought.   ___________________________________________________________________________
小题5:找出本文的主题句___________________________________________

Answer 1

小题1:safer; carrying
小题2:通过带仿生眼睛，盲人可能有机会恢复视力。
小题3:Sensors（探测器）and cameras on the car would allow it to keep strictly to the rules of the road and keep a safe distance from other cars.
小题4:We used to pay with cash for everything we bought.
小题5:Here are some things that scientists say is most likely to happen 10 to 30 years from now.

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了在未来10到30年，随着科学技术的发展，我们的生活中可能发生的一些事情。
小题1:联系下文，你不必担心你的现金被偷。可知此处指的是这也比随身带许多现金更安全。故填：safer更安全的；carrying携带。注意than是介词，后面接名词或者动名词作宾语。
小题2:本句设计定语从句，方式状语的翻译，注意改变叙述顺序，以适应中文表达习惯。
小题3:根据最后一段Sensors（探测器）and cameras on the car would allow it to keep strictly to the rules of the road and keep a safe distance from other cars.描述，可知答：Sensors（探测器）and cameras on the car would allow it to keep strictly to the rules of the road and keep a safe distance from other cars.
小题4:本句句意为：在过去，我们在我们买的东西上面花费了大量的现金。故答：We used to pay with cash for everything we bought.我们过去常常在我们买的每件东西上面花费大量的现金。
小题5:根据第一段Here are some things that scientists say is most likely to happen 10 to 30 years from now.及下文描述，可知本文主要讲述了未来10到30年可能发生的一些事情。故答：Here are some things that scientists say is most likely to happen 10 to 30 years from now.
点评：此类题型考查英语知识的综合运用，各小题类型比较复杂，涉及补全句子，翻译及阅读理解等题型，答题中要注意运用这些题型的答题技巧。答题前一定要弄懂全文，然后再动手解答问题。答题过程中，注意联系学过的句式，短语，结合短文内容，完成各小题的解答。