Question

【题目】Today, the technology that is being developed for cell phones is surprising. Soon our cell phones will be able to do things that we thought impossible or not even thought of at all.

When picturing the future, there are quite a few things that we would love our cell phones to be able to do. Let’s take a look at the ones that are likely to be in the next generation of cell phones. Cell phones of the near future will be able to start and unlock cars, turn lights on and off in houses, make payments(付款), work as computers. This sounds too good to be true, right? Fortunately, this future is just over the horizon; you won’t wait too long. New technology for phones is being developed to realize eye scans(扫描)and fingerprint scans as new“unlock your phone”, so you needn’t worry about your information being stolen.

What do I want my phone to be able to do? I want it to be special. For example, I will shout to my phone across the room“Give me directions to the market”and it pulls up the directions and sends them to my printer. Is it possible? Yes. Maybe someday cell phones will be able to change into robots and walk our dogs and clean our houses too. Who knows? In the last 30 years we have gone from hardly knowing what a cell phone was to surfing the Internet with excellent cell phones.

It is hard to believe that technology is advancing as quickly as it is, with no end in sight. In 5 years the technology of today will be a thing of the past, and the world won’t look back one bit.

【1】We learn from the text that cell phones________in the future.

A. can do a number of jobs you want it to do

B. only do the work we once thought of

C. don’t look like today’s cell phones at all

D. can pay for whatever you want to buy

【2】The underlined phrase“over the horizon”in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by“________”.

A. arriving as time goes B. what people all hope

C. what we work hard for D. coming in a short time

【3】If one’s eye scan is done by his cell phone, ________.

A. his picture is kept in it forever B. his information won’t be lost

C. his cell phone only serves him D. his cell phone won’t be stolen

【4】What is special about your future cell phone?

A. It works as a robot does. B. You can speak loudly to it.

C. It can give you information. D. It can warn you out of danger.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 A

【2】 D

【3】 B

【4】 A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。将来的手机会做我们认为不可能做到的事情。手机可以变成机器人，还能够像机器人那样工作。

【1】推理判断题。根据第二段的第一句there are quite a few things that we would love our cell phones to be able to do.确定A想为正确答案。作者说手机可以用来支付，但未说什么都能支付，故排除D项。

【2】词义猜测题。根据前后文知道作者描述的这种将来，你不会等待很久，由此可猜出over the horizon意为“即将到来”，故选D。

【3】细节理解题。根据第三段的--- realize eye scans(扫描)and fingerprint scans as new“unlock your phone”, so you needn’t worry about your information being stolen.可知，如果你的眼睛扫描是通过他的手机完成的，他的信息就不会丢失。故选B。

【4】推理判断题。根据第三段我们知道将来的手机可以回答问题，可以遛狗，做家务，可知手机能够像机器人那样工作。故选A。

利用上下文提供的情景和线索，进行合乎逻辑的综合分析进而推测词义，尤其是要抓住所需推断词汇前后的含义找出正确答案。本题第2小题，根据前后文知道作者描述的这种将来，你不会等待很久，由此可猜出over the horizon意为“即将到来”。