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【题目】 Imagine having a printer that could make anything. Need new shoes? Just choose a style and size and then print some.

No machine can make all of these things, but 3-D printers are getting very close. Traditional printers put ink on paper. But 3-D printers work with plastic, metal or other materials, including food. Invented in the mid-1980s, 3-D printing is a new technology (技术).

In the past, 3-D printers were so expensive that only large companies could afford them. In the last one or two years, their cost has dropped greatly. Today, you can buy a 3-D printer for as little as $300. The technology offers the potential (可能性) to print anything at home. When you want something, you needn’t buy it in a store or order it from a factory.

3-D printing can be fun too. For the Valentine’s Day (情人节) last year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to make chocolate copies of people’s faces. At the Fashion Week in Paris, 3-D printing made an appearance too. The clothes were made for show, not for everyday use. But that could soon change. A designer says, “It will only be a matter of time before we see the clothing we wear today produced with this technology.”

3-D printers
【1】	◆ It is a new technology that started in the【2】. Traditional printers 【3】 by putting ink on paper. ◆ It uses plastic, metal, food and other things as【4】.
Potential	◆ People can now afford 3-D【5】, because they’re much【6】. ◆ People can print anything at home instead of buying it in a store or【7】 it from a factory.
Example	◆ Valentine’s Day in Japan: Chocolate copies of people’s faces 【8】 by a 3-D printer; ◆ The Fashion Week in Paris: 【9】 for show made by a 3-D printer.
【10】 a designer say	It will only be a matter of time before we see the clothing we wear today produced with this technology.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Introduction

【2】Mid-1980s

【3】worked

【4】materials

【5】printers

【6】cheaper

【7】ordering

【8】made

【9】clothes

【10】What

【解析】

本篇介绍3-D打印机的发展。文章介绍了3-D打印机与传统打印机的不同；随着近几年价格随着下降，人们可以购买3-D打印机在家里打印任何东西而不用在商店里买或者从工厂订购。

【1】空格1对应的表格内容是介绍“3-D打印机出现的时间，3-D打印机与传统打印机的不同”，由此推断空格意为“说明、介绍”；故答案为 Introduction。

【2】根据第二段“Invented in the mid-1980s, 3-D printing is a new technology”，可知“这是一项始于20世纪80年代中期的新技术”，故答案为 Mid-1980s。

【3】根据第二段“Traditional printers put ink on paper.”，可知“传统的打印机是通过把墨水涂在纸上工作的。”，推断空格指“工作”，且用一般过去时；故答案为 worked。

【4】根据第二段“But 3-D printers work with plastic, metal or other materials, including food.”，可知“它使用塑料、金属、食物和其他东西作为材料”，推断空格意为“材料”；故答案为 materials。

【5】根据第三段“In the last one or two years, their cost has dropped greatly. Today, you can buy a 3-D printer for as little as $300.”，可知“现在人们买得起3D打印机，因为它们比以前便宜得多”，由此推断空格意为“3-D打印机”；故答案为printers。

【6】根据第三段“In the last one or two years, their cost has dropped greatly. Today, you can buy a 3-D printer for as little as $300.”，可知“现在人们买得起3D打印机，因为它们比以前便宜得多”，由此推断空格指“便宜多了”；故答案为cheaper。

【7】根据第三段“When you want something, you needn’t buy it in a store or order it from a factory. ”，可知“人们可以在家里打印任何东西而不用在商店里买或者从工厂订购。”，由此推断空格意为“订购”；空格与“buying it in a store”并列当介词宾语，所以填动名词；故答案为ordering。

【8】根据第四段“…a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to make chocolate copies of people’s faces.”，可知“在情人节日本一家公司用三维打印机复制巧克力的人脸。”，推断空格意为“制作”； Chocolate copies of people’s faces是动作的承受者（被制作），判断空格填过去分词；故答案为made。

【9】根据第四段“The clothes were made for show, not for everyday use. … the clothing we wear today produced with this technology.””，可知“以前用来展览的衣服现在也可以用3-D打印机制作出来”，推断空格的意为“衣服”；故答案为clothes。

【10】根据第四段“A designer says, “It will only be a matter of time before we see the clothing we wear today produced with this technology.”，可知“这是一位设计师所说的话”，故答案为What。