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【题目】The Future of Technology

William, a businessman, arrives in a foreign airport. He doesn’t show his passport. Instead, a machine in the wall reads the computer chip（芯片）in his arm. This contains information about him: his name, age, and I.D number. He exits the airport, and a car door opens when it “sees” him. The car takes him to his hotel. His room “knows” he has entered the building and it “reads” his body. He is cold, so the room becomes warmer. William then watches a business presentation on a video wall. When he takes a bath, the presentation “follows him and continues on the bathroom wall. Finally, the room plays music to help him sleep. It turns off the music when it “sees” him sleeping.

William doesn’t exist, and none of this is real. But it might be soon. “In five to ten years, computing and communications are going to be free and everywhere, in your walls, in your car, on your body,’ says Victor Zue, leader of Project Oxygen.

Project Oxygen has one big idea: to create better relationships between machines and people. The dream is that computer will learn to understand what people want.

So, what changes will there be at work? Firstly, the building will know where everyone is, all the time. You want to talk to someone? Type the person’s name on the nearest computer. It will show you a map of the building and exactly where this person is. You then call this person, who picks up the nearest telephone, also shown on the computer. If he or she is busy with a client（客户）or in a meeting, the computer will tell you.

Is all this really possible? Visit the Siebel Center, Illinois and see for yourself: computers in the doors and walls, cameras everywhere, the technology of the future, but here today.

【1】William doesn’t’ show his passport because__________.

A. he is not required to show his passport

B. he doesn’t need a passport in that airport

C. his information can be read by a machine

D. only a man from foreign country needs to show his passport

【2】The computer chip in William’s arm contains his information except_______.

A. his name B. his age

C. his I.D. number D. his job

【3】The dream of Project Oxygen is that computers will ________

A. show you where the person is you are calling

B. let you pick up the nearest telephone

C. learn to understand what people want

D. show you a map of every building

【4】In the Siebel Center, Illinois, ________.

A. computers are everywhere

B. the technology of the future is there today

C. there are cameras in the doors and walls

D. the future technology will be there in 5-10 years

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于科普说明文阅读，介绍了人们梦想中的未来科技的发展以及一些其他的具体信息。

【1】C 细节理解题。根据第一段三、四句Instead, a machine in the wall reads the computer chip（芯片）in his arm. This contains information about him: his name, age, and I.D number.可知墙上的一个机器已经读出了他的信息，所以他不要出示他的护照。故C正确。

【2】D 细节理解题。根据第一段第四句This contains information about him: his name, age, and I.D number.可知他手臂里的芯片中的信息包括他的名字、年龄以及ID号码。但是并没有提到由关于他工作的信息。所以D项符合题目要求。

【3】C 细节理解题。根据第三段第二句The dream is that computer will learn to understand what people want.可知Project Oxygen项目的梦想就是计算机能读懂人的想法。故C项正确。

【B】B 细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句Visit the Siebel Center, Illinois and see for yourself: computers in the doors and walls, cameras everywhere, the technology of the future, but here today.可知在the Siebel Center, Illinois写作就已经有了这样的未来技术存在那里了。故B项正确。