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【题目】Welcome to your future life!

You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you’re not old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging(抗衰老的) treatment. Now, all three of you look the same age !

You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2035, “smart clothes” contain particles(子) much smaller than the cells in your body. The particles can be programmed to change your clothes’ color or pattern.

You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but a voice says, “You shouldn’t drink that!” Your fridge has read the chip (芯片) that contains information about the milk , and it knows the milk is old . In 2035, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.

It’s time to go to work. In 2035, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve(袖子). Such “smart technology” is all around you.

So will all these things come true? “For new technology to succeed,” says scientist Andrew Zolli , “it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already.” The Internet is one example --what will be the next?

【1】We can learn from the text that in the future__________.

A. clothes will be able to change their pattern

B. everyone will look the same

C. red will be the most popular color

D. people will never get old

【2】What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A. Food in the grocery store will carry electronic information.

B. More drinks will be available for sale.

C. Milk will be harmful to health.

D. Milk in the grocery store will stay fresh much longer.

【3】What is the text mainly about?

A. Food and clothing in 2035.

B. Medical treatments of the future.

C. Future technology in everyday life.

D. The reason for the success of new technology.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一片科技小短文,主要畅想了未来30-50年科技带来的人们生活的一系列变化。

【1】A细节推理题。根据第三段The particles can be programmed to change your clothes’ color or pattern.可知将来粒子会改变衣服的颜色和款式,A项正确。B、D都与第一段的内容相关,但不是推断结果;C与文章内容无关。故选A.

【2】A推理判断题。根据本段In 2035, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip. 可知商店的食物都带有电子信息,故选A.

【3】C主旨大意题,根据文章内容可知本文主要叙述的是科技带来的人们的衣食住行变化,故选C.

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Last Sunday I made a visit to some new neighbors down the block.No specific in mind, just an opportunity to sit at the kitchen table, have some tea and chat.As I did so, it occurred to me how rare the Sunday visit has become.

When I was a kid in New Jersey of the 1960s, Sunday visits were routine.Most stores were closed, almost nobody worked, and the highways, as a result, were not desperate steeplechases(障碍赛跑)they have become today.My family normally traveled eight city blocks to the home of my grandmother, where adults would sit on the front porch and chat while we children played hide-and-seek.

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【1】The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when__.

A.everyone was paying a visit to some relatives far away

B.everyone seemed to be free for others

C.Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house

D.nearly every adult would go to church and children weren’t at school

【2】In the fourth paragraph, the writer compares the response “I’m making a Sunday visit to family” to an echo from another era because_____.

A.people nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday

B.such answers are rarely heard in our modern society

C.people in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday

D.visiting someone on Sunday was routine in the past

【3】From the last paragraph we may infer that_____.

A.people in Maine suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment

B.people in Maine have abandoned their tradition and lived an absolutely new life

C.land in Maine is short, thus the relationship between people is tense

D.people in Maine tend to help each other out of necessity

【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A.Doing many activities on Sunday is beneficial.

B.We should often travel a long distance to visit some friends and relatives.

C.Nowadays, Sunday has almost lost its association as a day of rest.

D.We should abandon some old tradition.

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Drink more fluid and avoid spicy food

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Rest the throat and talk regularly

The vocal cords can be scarred if you use your voice during a bad cough.If you have a case of laryngitis(喉炎)with a cold, you should rest your voice for a day or two, and seek medical advice.

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4

Good posture is essential to keeping the voice young, so we’d better stand properly.Exercise helps you take deeper breaths as it means there is better airflow through the voice box, producing a stronger tone.

Sing in the shower

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E.Singing is to the voice what gymnastics are to human beings.

F.Using the vocal cords regularly will definitely age our voice more quickly.

G.Mr. Rubin advises avoiding foods with an annoying effect on the stomach, such as onions, chili, fizzy drinks and chocolate.

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Do you have any problem with time? Start doing these and you will see the difference.

Write it down

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2

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One thing at a time

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Keep a goal journal

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【题目】No one can deny China’s efforts to reach for the sky.

At one kilometer high, the two Phoenix Towers planned for Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China, will be the tallest in the world if completed on schedule in 2017.

The towers will also be pink, crazily futuristic and environmentally friendly.

Designed to sit on an island in a lake, the largest of the towers will stand 172 meters taller than Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

“We were asked to create an iconic building for Wuhan, which embodies a strong environmental and social content as well as reflecting Chinese tradition,” Laurie Chetwood of UK-based design firm Chetwoods Architects told CNN.

The design is inspired by dualism(二元论) in Chinese culture-the traditional Chinese phoenix symbol of the two birds, Feng and Huang, as well as the idea of yin and yang.

Feng and Huang, or phoenix, are a pair of mythical birds in Chinese culture traditionally used to denote royalty.

Three large spheres containing restaurants will be accessible via suspended “skywalks” between the two towers.

The spheres “represent planets orbiting the towers”, according to the designers.

The larger building will also have the unlikely boast of housing the world’s tallest kaleidoscope(万花筒) driven by a wind turbine(涡轮机).

A commercial square at the towers’ base will meet China’s growing demand for cultural tourism.

“You’ll have a French street, a Japanese street, a Turkish street, and so forth… to allow people to see the world without necessarily having to leave China,” Chetwood told the Guardian.

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The towers are designed to be able to produce enough power to fulfill their own needs and those of neighboring areas.

“If you work in the UK, if you come up with anything that’s off the wall ( 有点出格的) or slightly out there, you sort of get kicked back,” Chetwood said. In China it goes the other way- they ask for a bit more. That’s a stimulating experience for a designer.”

【1】Which of the following about the two Phoenix Towers is TRUE?

A. Their inspiration comes from Chinese culture.

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D. People will have a taste of foreign flavors inside the spheres.

【2】According to Laurie Chetwood in the last paragraph, China’s response to new ideas is _________.

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A. appearances B. construction

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【4】 Which would be the best title for the passage?

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D. The Phoenix Towers: Work of China-UK cooperation.

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