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Unit 6 Life in the future
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  略读和寻读

  在快速阅读英语短文时,同学们可采用略读和寻读两种方法。

  略读(skimming)是指快速阅读文章以了解其内容大意的阅读方法。阅读时,大家应该运用意群视读,不要在只言片语上纠缠,也不追求对所有细节都理解,只要能以最快的速度掌握文章大意即可。寻读(scanning)是指在文章中寻找特定信息,以解决某些具体的问题的阅读方法。进行寻读时,同学们的针对性一定要强,对于与问题无关的信息可不看。

  同学们在做阅读理解题时,读第一遍可采用略读,检查答案是否正确时可采用寻读。

  Passage A

  阅读理解…………………………………………………………………

  Life in 2060

  Let us suppose it is now about A.D. 2060. Lets make believe it is about sixty years from now①. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.

  Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are airconditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window. Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment (娱乐) of young and old.

  What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They havent yet started to take on heir (继承) supply of energy directly as electrical current or as nuclear power. They may some day. But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.

  Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planets surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.

  Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then②.

  People are now largely vegetarians (素食者). You see, as the number of people increases, the number of animals decreases. Therefore, the people have to be vegetarians and we are healthier both in our bodies and in our minds, and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain, and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.

  Such would be our life in 2060.

  注释

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  ① Lets make believe it is about sixty years from now. 让我们假设现在是大约60年以后。词组make believe的意思是“假装;虚构”。

  ② It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then. 只是通过不时按几个按钮来管理整个农场已成为可能。

  根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

  1. When was the passage written?

  A. In about A.D. 2060.

  B. In about 1960.

  C. In about 2000.

  D. In about 2004.

  2. According to the passage, what will be on the moon in about A.D. 2060?

  A. Many tourists.

  B. Many other animals.

  C. Many plants.

  D. A sea.

  3. What will people eat then according to the passage?

  A. Biscuits in pill form.

  B. Foods in pill form.

  C. Foods in water form.

  D. Foods in gas form.

  4. The passage tells us that in 2060, ____ on the earth than now.

  A. there are fewer population

  B. there are more pests

  C. there is less water

  D. the crops are getting better

  5. Why are people largely vegetarians in 2060?

  A. Because they dont eat meat.

  B. Because doctors advise them not to eat meat.

  C. Because the number of animals decreases.

  D. Because all the animals have died of diseases.

  Passage B

  阅读理解…………………………………………………………………

  Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men, in which he looked millions of years ahead. He told of different men and of strange civilizations (文明), broke up by long “dark ages” in between. In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men①. In 2,000 million years from now there will be the Eighteen or Last Men.

  However, most of our ideas about the future are really very shortsighted. Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years. But the next hundred? The next thousand? The next million? Thats much more difficult.

  When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life②? Yet to men to 50,000 years from now, we may seem as primitive (原始的) in our ideas as the StoneAge hunters do to us. Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels, or struggling with their ballalators though the crible. These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply cant think of.

  So why bother even to try imagining life far in future? Here are two reasons. First, unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history, we are likely to think our own interests are much more important than they really are. If we make the earth a poor place to live on because we are careless or greedy or quarrelsome, our grandchildren will not bother to think of excuses for us.

  Second, by trying to escape from present interests and imagine life far in the future, we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves. For example, if we imagine that in the future men may give up farming, we can think of trying it now. So set your imagination free when you think about the future.

  注释

  ………………………………

  ① In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men. 在他看来,所谓的当代只不过是人类历史的一瞬间,我们只是第一批人。

  ②When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? 当男人女人在五万年前靠打猎维持生活的时候,他们又怎能勾划现代的生活呢?

  根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

  1. A particular mention made of Stapledon's book in the opening paragraph ____ .

  A. serves as a description of human history

  B. serves as an introduction to the discussion

  C. shows a disagreement of views

  D. shows the popularity of the book

  2. The text discusses men and women 50,000 years ago and 50,000 years from now in order to show that ____ .

  A. human history is extremely long

  B. life has changed a great deal

  C. it is useless to plan for the next 50 years

  D. it is difficult to tell what will happen in the future

  3. Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refers to ____ .

  A. tools used in farming

  B. ideas about modern life

  C. unknown things in the future

  D. hunting skills in the Stone Age

  4. According to the writer of the text, imagining the future will ____ .

  A. serve the interests of the present and future generations

  B. enable us to better understand human history

  C. help us to improve farming

  D. make life worth living

  Passage C

  阅读理解…………………………………………………………………

  Michael, a typical (典型的) American, stays home on workdays. He plugs into his personal computer terminal (接线端) in order to connect with the office. After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer. On many days, Michael doesnt talk to any other human beings, and he doesnt see any people except the ones on television①. Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible. The inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting us off from contact with our fellow human beings.

  The world of business is one area in which technology is isolating (使隔离) us. Experts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes②. They would never have to actually see the people theyre dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers salaries will be automatically paid into their bank accounts(账户), making paper checks(支票)unnecessary. No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checks. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to put in or take out money from their accounts.

  Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for instance, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is an individual experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing, too. Movies used to be social events. Now, fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living rooms.

  注释

  ………………………………

  ① On many days, Michael doesnt talk to any other human beings, and he doesnt see any people except the ones on television. 许多日子,迈克尔都没有和任何人说过话;除了电视上的人,他没有见过任何人。

  ②With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes. 与大的中央电脑连接,办公室职员、保险代理和会计等职员就可在家里的显示器终端工作了。

  根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

  1. After work, Michael likes to ____ .

  A. listen to music at the concert hall

  B. watch a movie in his living room

  C. run a program on his computer in his office

  D. play baseball with his workmates

  2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

  A. Clerks will be able to work at home.

  B. One can play baseball on the computer.

  C. One can listen to music without disturbing others.

  D. One can borrow books from libraries at home.

  3. The sentence “Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible” means ____ .

  A .Michael is a person full of imagination and he can make his dreams come true

  B. Michael is not a real person but probably the lifestyle does exist

  C. Michael has ambitions but he cant make his dreams come true

  D. Michael is a person full of imagination and his lifestyle is common nowadays

  4. What will the author most probably discuss after the last paragraph?

  A. Games and sports.

  B. Personal banking.

  C. Music and films.

  D. International business.

  5. What is the main idea of the passage?

  A. We may no longer need to communicate with other human beings.

  B. Modern technology seems to be separating human beings.

  C. We may no longer need to work in the office.

  D. Modern technology makes it possible for us to work and entertain ourselves at home.

  Passage D

  完形填空…………………………………………………………………

  In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on①. The report was a result of a threeyear 1 .

  According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a 2 one. The world will be more 3 because the population will continue to grow. The population could be 4 6,300 million, almost 2,500 million more than in that 1985. More people would move into cities, especially cities in  5 countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would 6 have 15 million by then.

  Food production will 7 , but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985, 8 most of the increase would be in countries that 9 produce enough food for their people. Little increase is 10 in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Poor farming ways are 11 large areas of crop land, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is 12 as cities become larger and more houses are built. 13 will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the worlds 14 could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 15. They only carried out the situation that 16 today. By changing the situation, by 17 the problems, the picture can be changed. There is 18 time for the nations of the world to work 19 a plan of action. But they warned that 20 too long to make decisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.

  注释

  ………………………………

  ①In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. 在1990年,发表了一篇关于从那时起20年后的地球将如何的报道。

  根据文章内容,选择正确答案:

  1. A. learningB. projectC. noticeD. study

  2. A. pleasedB. pleasant C. safeD. blue

  3. A. dangerous B. beautiful C. crowded D. terrible

  4. A. no more than B. as many as C. as much as D. as large as

  5. A. developing B. developed C. bigD. mountainous

  6. A. noneB. eachC. allD. neither

  7. A. insistB. reduceC. increaseD. continue

  8. A. so B. butC. orD. however

  9. A. alreadyB. hardlyC. partlyD. never

  10.A. wantedB. lackedC. foundD. expected

  11.A. destroyingB. protectingC. disturbingD. interrupting

  12.A. savedB. lostC. discovered D. used

  13.A. Air pollution B. Water pollution C. Some diseases D. All farmland

  14.A. animalsB. plantsC. forestsD. people

  15.A. must be true B. will come true C. cant be true D. may be wrong

  16.A.happensB. developsC. existsD. appears

  17.A.settlingB. working out C. answering D. dealing

  18.A.no B. stillC. lessD. plenty of

  19.A.aboutB. in C. outD. for

  20.A.workingB. suggesting C. spending D. waiting

  Passage A

  作者通过对2060年人类生活的描述,为读者勾勒出一幅美好的生活图画:月宫上度假生活,用水浇灌的沙漠,没有虫害的庄稼,健康的绿色食品等等。

  1.C本题为数字计算题。由第一段第二句“Lets make believe it is about sixty years from now.”可推知本文写于大约2000年。

  2.A本题为细节考查题。由短文第二段可以知道,到2060年,月球上将会有度假的人们、旅游景点和许多宾馆。因此答案为A。

  3.B本题为细节考查题。由第三段第五句“But many foods now come in pill form, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.”可得出答案。

  4.D本题为推理判断题。由第四段可知到2060年的人口将更多,沙漠用水浇灌,庄稼不再被害虫毁坏,收成总是很好。因此答案为D。

  5.C本题为细节考查题。短文第六段第二句和第三句告诉我们2060年的人口数目大量增加,导致动物数目的下降,因此大多数人们成为素食者。

  Passage B

  作者主要讨论了将来的不可预知性,以前的人想像不到我们现在的生活,现在的人同样想像不出将来人的生活。但不管怎样,对未来的想像总是有好处的。

  1.B本题为推理判断题。从下文所谈论的话题,可以知道作者在第一段提出Stapledon的书,目的并不在于说这本书怎样,而是用来引出所要讨论的话题。

  2.D本题为推理判断题。由短文第三段第一句和第二句可以看出,作者提出五万年前的人们以及距今五万年后,意在说明未来对什么时候的人来说都是难以预料的。

  3.C本题为词义猜测题。第三段第四句话“These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply cant think of.”清楚地告诉我们这些词语是用来说明未来不可预知的事物。

  4.A本题为推理判断题。在最后一段中,“by trying to escape...we may arrive at quite fresh ideas...” 以及“so set your imagination free when...”已表明了作者的态度。从而得出答案A。

  Passage C

  本文通过对一个虚拟的典型的美国人将来生活的描述,为读者勾勒出一幅将来生活的画面,以及由此产生的问题。

  1.B本题为细节判断题。由第一段第三句“After work, he puts on his headphones, watches a movie on his home video recorder, or plays baseball on the computer.”可知,迈克尔没有去音乐厅,也不是在办公室,更没有出去和同事打棒球。他只是在自己的家里看电影、在电脑上打棒球。

  2.D本题为细节考查题。短文主要讲述了人们可以在家中工作、听音乐、看电影等活动,但没有提及可以从图书馆借书。

  3.B本题为句义理解题。imaginary意思是“假想的”,本句的意思为“迈克尔是假想的人物,但他的生活方式却是很可能存在的。”

  4.A本题为推理判断题。本文主要谈论了技术对人的生活方式的影响。谈论完经济和娱乐之后,应该会谈论这两个之外的话题,而B、C、D三项分别属于这两领域,故应选A Games and sports。

  5.B本题为主旨大意题。作者在这篇短文中主要讨论了科技的发展对人的影响。这些影响使人与人之间缺少了联系。

  Passage D

  该报道预测了2010年全球面临的问题:人口激增,食物短缺,生态环境恶化,能源短缺。

  1.Dstudy在这里的表示“研究”之意。其他三项放在句中意思不通顺。

  2.B由下文可知2010年的地球会出现一系列问题,因此C和D应排除。而pleased不用来修饰事物,只有pleasant符合题意。

  3.C由下文的人口继续增长可以推出答案crowded。

  4.Cas much as常与数字连用,表示“多达……”。

  5.A因为发展中国家的农村人口多,所以将来会有更多人涌入城市。

  6.B前面说的是开罗和雅加达两个城市,首先排除A和D,因作者想表达以后的人口多,因此B是最佳答案。

  7.C由该空后but可以推知,该句想表达的意思是“粮食产量会增加,但还是不足以养活所有的人。”从而得出答案C。

  8.B联系上下文可以看出“农民们种植的粮食将比1985年多百分之九十,但多数的增长都在本来粮食就够吃的国家里。”表达转折的意思,而however作连词时,多用逗号隔开,故答案选B。

  9.A本句表达增加的这些粮食还是在那些已经有足够粮食吃的国家里。

  10.D小幅度的增长应该是被“预计”出现在南亚、非洲和中东地区。

  11.A由下文的“changing farms into deserts”可知,落后的耕作方式应是正在毁掉大片的农田。

  12.B城市和房子的建设自然是占用了大量的农田,从而导致农田的丧失。

  13.A工业国家燃烧煤和油直接导致的应是空气污染,即答案A。

  14.C下文提到越来越多的树木被砍伐,那么这种举动造成的后果当然是更多森林的消失。

  15.D因为这一切都是专家对2010年的事情的一种推测,所以不能说一定真实,或成为现实,也不能说一定不真实。但我们可以说可能是错的或对的。因此答案为D。

  16.Cexist意思是“存在”,此处表示“现在存在的状况”。

  17.Aset the problems意思是“解决问题”。通过解决问题,来改变现有的状况。

  18.B强调希望,表明仍旧有时间让各个国家采取措施。

  19.Cwork out为一固定短语,意思是“制定出”。

  20.D等待太久再做决定,会大大降低成功的可能性。

  These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply cant think of. 我刚刚造的这些单词用来代表我们的确不能想像出的事物和思想。

  (Passage B, Para.3, Sentence 4)

  句中的which引导了一个非限制性定语从句。我们应分清限制性定语从句与非限制性定语从句的不同。

  限制性定语从句是先行词在意义上不可缺少定语,缺少了会导致这个句子意义不完整。非限制性定语从句,是对概念清楚的先行词(有时先行词是一个完整的句子)作补充说明,两者关系松散,写时要用“,”与所修饰的先行词隔开。

  修饰同一先行词时,限制性定语从句与非限制定语从句,意义上有些区别。

  His brother, who is in his twenties, is a footballer. 他的弟弟是个足球运动员,今年20多岁。(他可能只有一个弟弟)。

  His brother who is in his twenties is a footballer. 他那二十来岁的弟弟是个足球运动员。(他可能不止一个弟弟。)


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