You must have seen ads on TV about hair care products (护发用品). The models have shining hair like jewels (珠宝). But now to make hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the US turns hair into jewels.
The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making it into diamonds (钻石). The diamonds are for the families to remember the dead people.
Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology (技术). The work will take about 7 months and in the end, Beethoven's long hair will become 3 shining diamonds between 0.5 to 1 carat (克拉)in size.
Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder how they got Beethoven's hair. Actually, the hair was given by John Rezniloff, who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest and most valuable collection of celebrities' (名人) hair. His collection also includes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein,  Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total,  the collection is worth over 5 million dollars.
Though it sounds unbelievable (难以置信), to have such diamonds made with hair may be a good way to show respect (尊敬) and love to those who died.
【小题1】What does the company of LifeGem do?

A.It buys shining hair.
B.It produces hair care products.
C.It uses hair to make jewels.
D.It sells expensive diamonds to famous people.
【小题2】Why does the company decide to make diamonds out of Beethoven's hair?
A.To show the latest technology.
B.To make the biggest diamond.
C.To make the most shining diamond.
D.To help the dead people become famous.
【小题3】How long will the work take?
A.Half a month.B.One month.C.Three months.D.Seven months.
【小题4】What does the underlined word "it" refer to?
A.The collection of celebrities' hair.
B.The making of hair care products.
C.To make diamonds with hair.
D.The Guinness World Record.

What will life in the future be like?Will it be much better than it is now?1.____________  ?

Genetic engineering(基因工程)may help us make the perfect human.Babies may grow up to play basketball like Yao Ming or look like Cecilia Cheung.Also,we may be able to bring the dead back to life.2.________________________ .Over the next 20 to 50 years,it will become harder to tell the difference between humans and machines.

Perhaps we will be able to make copies of ourselves,so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead.3.________________.

Narobots(纳米机器人)will be important.4.________________.For example,when we have a stomachache,we will swallow(吞下)a narobot and it will travel through our  stomach,taking a video of what’s happening there.The video will help the doctor heal(治愈)us.

In the future,computers may have their feelings.5.____________________. We may be more and more interested in computers and the Internet,spending all our time in front of computers.Perhaps we will forget our real needs.Perhaps we will become super couch potatoes weighing 250kg!

A.They may be able to think better than us.

B.And what will we be able to do in 2020 or 30 year’s time?

C.They may be able to work for us.

D.We will use them when we are sick.

E. Maybe people will be able to meet and talk with their dead family members.

F. People may be able to find ways of putting the life of a person into a new body.

G. And will we be able to have own robots in 2020 or 30 year’s time?

 

You must have seen ads on TV about hair care products (护发用品). The models have shining hair like jewels (珠宝). But now to make hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the US turns hair into jewels.

The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making it into diamonds (钻石). The diamonds are for the families to remember the dead people.

Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology (技术). The work will take about 7 months and in the end, Beethoven's long hair will become 3 shining diamonds between 0.5 to 1 carat (克拉)in size.

Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder how they got Beethoven's hair. Actually, the hair was given by John Rezniloff, who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest and most valuable collection of celebrities' (名人) hair. His collection also includes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein,  Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total,  the collection is worth over 5 million dollars.

Though it sounds unbelievable (难以置信), to have such diamonds made with hair may be a good way to show respect (尊敬) and love to those who died.

1.What does the company of LifeGem do?

A.It buys shining hair.

B.It produces hair care products.

C.It uses hair to make jewels.

D.It sells expensive diamonds to famous people.

2.Why does the company decide to make diamonds out of Beethoven's hair?

A.To show the latest technology.

B.To make the biggest diamond.

C.To make the most shining diamond.

D.To help the dead people become famous.

3.How long will the work take?

A.Half a month.

B.One month.

C.Three months.

D.Seven months.

4.What does the underlined word "it" refer to?

A.The collection of celebrities' hair.

B.The making of hair care products.

C.To make diamonds with hair.

D.The Guinness World Record.

 

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