Question

【题目】 What will we be able to do in 10, 20 or 30 years' time? What will the life be like in the future? 【1】

Genetic engineering (基因工程) may help us make the perfect humans. Babies may grow up to play basketball like Yi Jianlian or look nice like Zhang Ziyi. 【2】 Maybe people will be able to meet and talk with their dead family members.

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】

Nanobots(纳米机器人) will be important.【4】 For example, we will swallow (吞下) a nanobot and it will travel through our body, taking a video of what's happening there. The video will help the doctor save us.

【5】 They may be able to think better than us. We may be more and more interested in computers. We may spend all our time in front of computers. Maybe we will forget our real needs. Maybe we will become super couch potatoes weighing 250kg!

A. Robots can help us feel better

B. We will use them when we are ill

C. Will it be much better than it is now?

D. In the future, computers may have their feelings.

E. Also, we may be able to bring the dead back to life.

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】F

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

文章主要是对未来生活的畅想。

【1】句意：会比现在好多了吗？

根据前句What will the life be like in the future?未来的生活会是怎样的？可知，这里表达的应该也是对未来生活的预测，是对未来生活与现在的比较，综合选项之后，故选C。

【2】句意：而且，我们也许能让死者复活。

根据后句Maybe people will be able to meet and talk with their dead family members.也许人们可以和死去的家人见面聊天。可知这里应该是与死人有关的，综合所给的选项之后，E项比较符合，故选E。

【3】句意：人们也许能找到将一个人的生活融入一个新身体的方法。

根据上文Perhaps we will be able to make copies of ourselves, so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead.也许我们可以复制自己，所以我们死后很长一段时间都会显得还活着。可知，这里说的内容与前句意思比较接近，综合所给选项可知，F项比符合，故选F。

【4】句意：我们生病时会使用它们。

根据后文For example, we will swallow (吞下) a nanobot and it will travel through our body, taking a video of what’s happening there. The video will help the doctor save us.例如，我们将吞下一个纳米机器人，它将穿过我们的身体，拍摄那里发生的事情的视频。录像会帮助医生救我们。可知上面应该说的是我们会使用纳米机器人，故选B。

【5】句意：在未来，计算机可能会有自己的情感。

根据后文They may be able to think better than us.他们可能比我们想得好。可知，这里应该表达他们会有自己的情感，故选D。