People have always been wondering about what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.
How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you must know the past. What has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.
What inventions have really made a difference in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have affected most people around the world for everyday living are the telephone, electricity, radio, television, computer, the car and the ability to communicate through the Internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports etc. In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.
Why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: first we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation, and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.
1.What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph?
A. Our basic needs will not change in the future.
B. The world is quite different from what it was.
C. Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future.
D. The world will be completely changed tomorrow.
2.Our past inventions have made .
A. our daily life more stressful
B. it easy for us to live
C. our work easily done
D. us work less time
3.What will humans do in order to keep the world under control?
A. To produce more cars for transportation.
B. To spend more time working on the Internet.
C. To work much harder to achieve their goals.
D. To focus on making more inventions.
4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. What result we’ll receive in the future.
B. The two reasons of predicting the future.
C. The importance of predicting the future.
D. The decisions we make for our future.
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People have always been wondering about what our future will look like. Go on reading this text, and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.
How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you must know the past. What has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.
What inventions have really made a difference in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have affected most people around the world for everyday living are the telephone, electricity, radio, television, computer, the car and the ability to communicate through the Internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports etc. In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.
Why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: first we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation, and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.
1.What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph?
A. Our basic needs will not change in the future.
B. The world is quite different from what it was.
C. Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future.
D. The world will be completely changed tomorrow.
2.Our past inventions have made .
A. our daily life more stressful
B. it easy for us to live
C. our work easily done
D. us work less time
3.What will humans do in order to keep the world under control?
A. To produce more cars for transportation.
B. To spend more time working on the Internet.
C. To work much harder to achieve their goals.
D. To focus on making more inventions.
4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. What result we’ll receive in the future.
B. The two reasons of predicting the future.
C. The importance of predicting the future.
D. The decisions we make for our future.
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No decision____ about any future appointment until all the candidates have been interviewed.
| A． will be made | B．is made | C．is being made | D．has been made |
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No decision __about any future appointment until all the candidates have been interviewed.
| A．will be made | B．is made | C．is being made | D．had been made |
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Humans have always been curious about what Earth was like thousands of years ago. To learn more about the plants and animals that lived during that time, scientists examine their fossils or other remains. In recent years, genetics, and in particular the the study of DNA, has become an important tool for these scientists. Some people even dream of bringing ancient creatures such as dinosaurs back to life. Although no animals have been brought back yet, scientists have managed to grow a number of ancient plants from seeds. By far theoldest of these plants is a 32,000-year-old plant that has been grown again by Russian scientists.
The plant is a flower called Silenestenophylla, which used to grow in Siberia in eastern Russia. The scientists discovered seeds and fruits of the plant buried deep below the ground. They believe the seeds and fruits were put there by an ancient animal which stored them to eat during the winter. The seeds that scientists found failed to grow because they were damaged. However, the scientists were able to take genetic material from the fruit to grow a new plant. Then, this plant produced new seeds which the scientists were able to use to grow more plants.
A modern relative of the original flower still grows in Siberia, but when the ancient flower was grown, it had some important differences from the modern flower. The petals on the ancient flower were much longer and also spaced further apart. Studying the ancient flower will allow the scientists to learn more about how plants have evolved.
Before this, the oldest seed to have been grown was from a 2,000-year-year-old tree in Israel. The Russian scientists believe the reason why the Siberian seeds were preserved for so long is that they were buried in permanently frozen earth, which protected the genetic information in the seeds. The scientists believe that the permanently frozen soil in Siberia contains many other ancient seeds, so they may be able to bring back even older plants. This will help them better understand the history of plants and how they have changed over time.
1.Recently, scientist have ________.
A.been able to bring a number of ancient animals back to life
B.begun using genetics to learn more about ancient plants and animals
C.started to create a dinosaur that could live on Earth today
D.tried to create new types of fossils to study how animals used to live
2.How were Russian scientists able to grow Silenestenophylla?
A.They used genetic material from an ancient fruit they discovered.
B.They used ancient seeds that they had found deep below the ground.
C.They planted the seeds deep in the ground to protect them during the cold winter.
D.They planted fruit in a new kind of container that they had specially designed.
3.What is one thing the Russian scientists learned by comparing the ancient plant with its modern relative?
A.The plant used to produce fewer flowers than it produces now.
B.The plant has evolved to have shorter petals on its flowers.
C.The ancient plant was a different color from its modern relative.
D.The modern plant is found across a wider area of Russia than the ancient one.
4.The Russian scientists believe that ________.
A.it is unlikely that they can grow plants from seeds that are over 2,000 years old
B.ancient seeds that were kept in Israel will be easier to grow than Russian seeds
C.they will be able to grow plants in areas where the earth is permanently frozen
D.the frozen soil in Siberia is able to keep the DNA of plants safe for a long time
5.Which of the following statements is true?
A.Russian scientists would like to use frozen earth to protect seeds.
B.Human DNA can be used to help scientists learn more about the genetic history of plants.
C.The fruit and seeds of Silenestenophylla may have been buried by an ancient animal.
D.The first plant that had flowers grew in Siberia over 32,000 years ago.
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What is a dream?
For centuries, people have wondered about the strange places that they seem to visit in their sleep. ________1________However, they have been valued as necessary to a person's health and happiness.
Historically people thought dreams contained messages from God. It was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams scientifically believing that they tell about a person's character.________2________He believed that dreams allow a person to express fantasies or fears, which would be socially unacceptable in real life.
The second theory to become popular was Carl Jung's compensation theory. Jung, a former student of Freud, said that the purpose of a dream is not to hide something, but rather to communicate it to the dreamer. ________3________Thus, people who think too highly of themselves may dream about falling; those who think too little of themselves dream of being heroes.
Using more recent research, William Domhoff from the University of California found that dreaming is a mental skill that needs time to develop in humans. ,________4________ Until they reach age five, they can not express very well what their dreams are about. Once people become adults, there is little or no change in their dreams. The dreams of men and women differ. For instance,
The characters that appear in the dreams of men are often other men, and often involve physical aggression.
The meaning of dreams continues to be difficult to understand. ________5________ If you dream that a loved one is going to die, do not panic. The dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that your loved one is going to die.
A．Dreams make up for what is lacking in waking life.
B．However, people should not take their dreams as reality.
C．They have been considered as meaningless nighttime journeys.
D．It gives scientists chances to better understand human mind.
E．Children do not dream as much as adults.
F．They think their mind is trying to tell them something.
G．First, there was Sigmund Freud’s theory.
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Winter begins in the north on December 22nd. People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months. Squirrels (松鼠), for example, have been busy gathering nuts from trees. Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.
They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana. The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut (黑胡桃) trees. The black walnut is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels. The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests.
Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico. The two researchers estimate that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way. Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places. But they seldom remember where they buried every nut. So some nuts remain in the ground. Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring. Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground. Professor Swihart calls “death traps for seeds”.
Gray squirrels are native to Indiana. But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture. Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century.
The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.
1.The study done by Rob Swihart and Jake Goheen is to ________.
A.find out the living conditions for squirrels
B.learn squirrels’ influence on black walnut trees
C.do something to get rid of squirrels
D.save the forests in the American state of Indiana
2.The difference between gray squirrels and red squirrels mainly lies in ________.
A.the way they gather the walnut
B.the time they have winter sleep
C.the place they have winter sleep
D.the place they store the walnuts
3.When Professor Swihart says “death traps for seeds”, he actually means that ________.
A.red squirrels eat more nuts than gray squirrels
B.gray squirrels and red squirrels will have severe fights
C.nuts above the ground will not develop into plants
D.seeds can be traps for other animals in the forest
4.According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A.The black walnut is equally attractive to both gray and red squirrels.
B.Gray squirrels do more harm to the forest than red squirrels.
C.Red squirrels and gray squirrels have helped the spread of walnut trees.
D.The cleaning of forest land benefits red squirrels directly.
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Winter begins in the north on December 22nd. People and animals have been doing what they always do to prepare for the colder months. Squirrels(松鼠), for example, have been busy gathering nuts from trees. Well, scientists have been busy gathering information about what the squirrels do with the food they collect.
They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American state of Indiana. The scientists wanted to show how these differences could affect the growth of black walnut(黑胡桃)trees. The black walnuts is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels. The black walnut tree is also a central part of some hardwood forests.
Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico. The two researches estimate(估计)that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way. Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places. But they seldom remember where they buried every nut. So some nuts remain in the ground. Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring. Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground. Professor Swihart calls "death traps for seeds".
Gray squirrels are native to Indiana. But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture. Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century.
The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.
1.The study done by Rob Swihart and Jake Goheen is to ____ .
A. Find out how squirrels collect walnuts
B. Learn squirrels' influence on black walnut trees
C. Do something to get rid of squirrels
D. Save the forests in the American state of Indiana
2.The difference between gray squirrels and red squirrels lies in ____.
A. The way they gather the walnut B. The time they have winter sleep
C. The place they have winter sleep D. The place they store the walnuts
3.What could be inferred from this text?
A. Agricultural in Indiana has been well developed
B. Gray squirrels will be replaced by red squirrels in Indiana.
C. The spread of red squirrels will do harm to walnuts trees in Indiana
D. The government will take some measures to protect black walnut trees.
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What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question，you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology（生物技术）. With the help of new medicine，the human body will last a very long time. Death will come mainly from accidents，murder and war. Today’s leading killers，such as heart disease，cancer，and aging itself，will become distant memories.
In discussion of technological changes，the Internet gets most of the attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells（细胞） are the basic units of all living things，and until recently，scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells，such as those of brain cells，would not last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100，medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so，people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs（器官）. The medicine，made up of the basic building materials of life，will build new brain cells，heart cells，and so on－in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.
It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence，but many technical problems still must be cleared up on the way to this wonderful future.
1.According to the passage，human death is now mainly caused by ________.
A．diseases and aging B．accidents and war
C．accidents and aging D．heart disease and war
2.In the author’s opinion，today’s most important advance in technology lies in（在于） ________.
A. the Internet B．medicine
C．brain cells D．human organs
3.Humans may live longer in the future because ________.
A．heart disease will be far away from us
B．human brains can decide the final death
C．the basic materials of cells will last forever
D．human organs can be repaired by new medicine
4.How long can humans live in the future according to the passage?
A．Over 100 years.
B．More than 120 years.
C．About 150 years.
D．The passage doesn’t tell us.
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Surely many questions will ____ about Haiti’s future after the big earthquake, which has been the strongest in Haiti in the past 200 years.
A．rise B．arise C．raise D．announce
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Can you imagine ________ in the future.
A. how will our life like B. what will our life like
C. what will our life be like D. what our life will be like
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