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【题目】What will man be like in____—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now on? We can only make a____， of course, but we can be sure that he will be____what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious____. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now on____， men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively a short period of time, so we may imagine that man will continue to grow____.

Again, in the modern world we use our____a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity(容量). As time____on, however, we shall have to use our brains____—and eventually we shall need____ones! This is____to bring about a physical change too：the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in____use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow____.

On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs, These, as____， are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, ____， our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great____in modern life.

But what about hair? This will probably____from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes(性别)are likely to be bald(光秃的)!

Perhaps all this gives the____that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, ____all these changes, future man will still have a lot in____with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

【1】A. future B．the future

C．appearance D．figure

【2】A. guess B．game

C．idea D．picture

【3】A. the same as B．similar to

C．different from D．pleased to look at

【4】A. sample B．model

C．example D．fact

【5】A. common B．general

C．usual D．average

【6】A. cleverer B．taller

C．fatter D．thinner

【7】A. arms B．legs

C．brains D．muscles

【8】A. goes B．went

C．comes D．came

【9】A.less and less B．more and less

C．more or less D．more and more

【10】A. smaller B．thinner

C．better D．larger

【11】A. unlike B．unlikely

C．like D．likely

【12】A. big B．constant

C．perfect D．enough

【13】A. nearsighted B．farsighted

C．weaker D．stronger

【14】A. a matter of fact B．a surprise

C．a result D．focus

【15】A. but B．though

C．whenever D．however

【16】A. lot B．many

C．quantity D．deal

【17】A.emerge B．appear

C．disappear D．remove

【18】A.impact B．impression

C．expression D．idea

【19】A. despite of B．in spite of

C．because D．owing to

【20】A. touch B．connection

association D．common

【1】

Answer 1

【答案】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】D

【11】D

【12】B

【13】D

【14】C

【15】D

【16】D

【17】C

【18】B

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】【1】in the future意为“在将来”。

【2】make a guess意为“猜测”。由后面的but可知表示转折，转折后表示有把握的事情，转折前明显应为没有把握、猜测性的事情。

【3】根据“For man is slowly changing all the time.”可知，未来人与现代人肯定会有所不同，而且后面也举例说明了有哪些不同。

【4】上面提出了观点，下面是举例说明。take an obvious example意为“举一个明显的例子”。

【5】on average意为“平均来说”。

【6】根据“Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today.”可知，人的身高呈变高趋势，因此可猜想人会继续“长高”。

【7】由下文中brain's capacity可知。

【8】As time goes on为固定结构，意为“随着时间的推移”。

【9】在现代社会用脑量才占用了其容量的20%，随着时间的推移，社会的发展，用脑量肯定会“越来越大”。

【10】用脑量越来越大，最终自然会需要“更大的”脑袋。

【11】用脑量的增多可能会带来身体的变化，比如头，特别是前额变大。

【12】in constant use意为“不断地使用”。

【13】but起转折作用，其前面为weaker，后面自然应为stronger。

【14】arms和legs用得少，“结果”就会变弱。

【15】根据上下文应选一个表示转折的词，but不能单独使用，因此应选however。

【16】a great deal在此相当于一个副词。

【17】由“...does not serve a useful purpose.”及bald可以判断出用disappear。

【18】人类的诸多变化会给人一种“印象”，将来人类不会太好看。

【19】in spite of“尽管”。

【20】由“He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.”可知，未来人与现代人应仍有许多共同之处。have...in common表示“与……有共同之处”。