– What will motoring be like in the future?– ...

– What will motoring be like in the future?

– Most probably it will be ________ electric car, powered by ________ battery

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Ask most people anywhere in the world what they want out of life and the reply will probably be: “to be happy.” Ed Deiner, an American psychology professor, has spent his whole professional life studying what makes people happy, comparing levels of happiness between cultures and trying to find out exactly why we enjoy ourselves.

Many people would say that this question does not need an answer. But Professor Deiner has one anyway. “If you’re a cheerful, happy person, your marriage is more likely to last, and you’re more likely to make money and be successful at your job. On average, happy people have stronger immune systems, and there is some evidence that they live longer.”

So who are the world’s happiest people? It depends on how the word is defined. There is individual happiness, the sense of joy we get when we do something we like. But there is also the feeling of satisfaction we get when we know that others respect us and approve of how we behave. According to Professor Deiner, the Western world pursues individual happiness while Asia prefers mutual satisfaction.

“In the West, the individualistic culture means that your mood matters much more than it does in the East. People ask themselves if they are doing what is fun or interesting. They become unhappy when they can’t do any of these things. If you ask people from Japan or China if they are happy, they tend to look at what has gone wrong in their lives. If not much has gone wrong, then they are satisfied.”

People from Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries had the happiest culture, Professor Deiner found. “The biggest cultural difference is to do with pride and shame. Hispanic (西班牙语言的) cultures report much more pride and much less shame than others.”

Income also made a big difference to people’s happiness, but only at the lowest levels. Average income earners in the US were much happier than people in poverty. But millionaires were only a little bit happier than people on average incomes. It seems that money makes us happy when we have enough to feel secure.

1.According to the passage, happy people enjoy the following benefits EXCEPT ______.

A. a long marriage

B. better health

C. profession success

D. respect from others

2.In Professor Deiner’s opinion, ______.

A. Asians focus more on others’ respect and approval than westerners

B. Westerners care more about mutual satisfaction than Asians

C. Asians have a culture to enjoy individual happiness

D. Westerners value individual happiness as much as mutual satisfaction

3.What can be inferred from the fifth paragraph?

A. Hispanic cultures lay stress on pride and shame.

B. Spanish people take too much pride in themselves.

C. Attitude towards pride and shame results in Spanish happiness.

D. If you are from Spain, you are the happiest.

4.In the last paragraph, the author seems to tell us ______.

A. poor people enjoy the same happiness as millionaires.

B. the higher income one gets, the happier life he lives

C. enough money can make us feel safe and happy

D. average income earners live the happiest life

5.The passage mainly discusses______.

A. Hispanic cultures

B. reasons for happiness

C. the happiest culture

D. benefits of happiness

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What will man be like in the future — in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity (容量). As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.

On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.

But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.

Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

56. The size of man’s forehead will probably grow bigger because _______.

A. he will use his brain more and more as time goes on

B. he makes use only 20% of the brain’s capacity

C. his brain has grown larger over the past centuries

D. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time

57. What serves as the evidence that man is changing?

A. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.

B. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.

C. Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner.

D. Man’s arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.

58. What will be true about a human being in the future?

A. He will be hairless because hair is no longer useful.

B. He will have smaller eyes and will wear better glasses.

C. His fingers will grow weaker because he won’t have to make use of them.

D. He will think and feel in a different way.

59. It is implied that __________________.

A. human beings will become more attractive in the future

B. body organs will become poorer if they are not used often

C. human beings hope for a change in the future life

D. future life is always predictable

60. The passage mainly tells us that _______________.

A. man’s life will be different in the future  B. man is growing taller and uglier as time passes

C. future man will look quite different from us

D. human beings’ organs will function weaker

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_____ the right decision _____ the future is probably the most important thing we will ever do in our lives．

A．Making; concerned                      B．Make; concerning

C．To make; concerned                     D．Making; concerning

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What will the weather be probably like the next day

A. Fine B. Rainy C. Windy

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What will the future be like? Good or bad? A lot of science-fiction writing imagines a world which is dark and scary. In Blade Runner, Harrison Ford hunts robots in a chaotic (混乱的) Los Angeles. Planet of the Apes shows a hopeless future for humankind.

There's a word to describe the kind of future world which often appears in science fiction: dystopia. It means an imagined place where things are unpleasant or bad. The opposite is utopia. But does tomorrow's world have to be so disappointing?

No. A new project wants to use the power of science fiction to inspire people to create a better future. Project Hieroglyph brings together writers, scientists, engineers and artists to create optimistic stories about things which really could happen in the next 50 years.

It's just a matter of making an effort. Experts say it's easier to create a dystopia than write a feel-good story. There's more conflict in a world full of problems, and stories are interesting when there are a lot of problems to solve. No challenge, no story!

But the project produced a book with some promising plots. One of them is about environmentalists who fight to stop entrepreneurs (创业者) from building the first hotel in Antarctica. Well, there's conflict there and it seems reasonable, so it could be a good story.

But will these stories actually change anything or just keep us entertained? Ed Finn, the book's editor, thinks the former. He says: "A good science-fiction story can be very powerful. It can inspire hundreds, thousands, millions of people to do something that they want to do."

The influence of science fiction can already be seen in modern research, says Professor Braden Allenby. He asks: "Why are people working on, for example, invisibility cloaks (斗篷)? Well, it's Harry Potter, right?"

Time will tell how far we can go. Let's dream big and think outside the box. Who knows the wonderful things we can come up with?

1.The underlined word “utopia” in paragraph 2 most probably means “______’.

A. a real world where people can do anything they like

B. an imagined place where things are unpleasant or bad

C. an imaginary perfect world where everyone is happy

D. a wild and terrible place where no one can live happily

2.Experts say it’s easier to create a dystopia than a feel-good story because ______.

A. a dystopia needs less imagination

B. a feel-good story is more interesting

C. there is no conflict in a feel-good story

D. there are more problems to solve in a dystopia

3.Professor Braden Allenby takes “invisibility cloaks” as an example ______.

A. to cause readers’ attention

B. to amuse science fiction readers

C. to introduce a science fiction story

D. to show the influence of science fiction

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. What is science fiction?

B. Can science fiction help us?

C. What will man do in the future?

D. Shall we live a better life in the future?

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You’d better not leave the football club. If you do, most probably you will not be ____ back in.

A. turned        B. received             C. admitted       D. abstracted

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基础写作（共1小题，满分15分)

最近，你班举行了一个“What will the future be like？”的专题讨论会，请你写一篇短文来反映讨论结果。

[写作要求]

1.只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容；2.将5个句子组织成连贯的短文；3.可适当增加情节，使表达连贯。

[评分标准]   句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

第二节读写任务 (共1小题,满分25分)

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Advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology make it likely __humans will live in the future beyond ____has been possible in the past.

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In the future we might live somewhere other than Earth, like Mars. Some people ask how this will be possible. Well, Mars is in fact a lot the same as the earth. The days are almost the same as those on the earth. However, the two planets vary in temperature.

Since there is mostly carbon dioxide on Mars, it would be quite difficult for a human to just land on it. So, special types of homes and space suits have to be designed. The space suits should be almost like the ones astronauts use now, and except that they have to be warmer so that the astronauts can survive the cold temperatures. The space suits must also be able to withstand (承受) high pressure and potentially dangerous radiation that can kill.

The houses should be similar to our homes today with a slight difference. All of the houses and other buildings should be built inside a large dome (圆顶状物) or bubble. The domes should be made out of glass, and would also be able to prevent radiation from affecting the people inside. The domes will be connected to a machine (like plants which turn carbon dioxide into oxygen).

With Mars’ population growing, how would the people on its surface get fresh food and water? Just like humans use domes, they can also use domes to grow plants. However, the domes where the plants are grown must be built to expand. Once we upgrade the domes to a larger size then we can grow more food by cultivating (种植) more plants. To get the food or come in connect with other domes, there will be long narrow tunnels like roads that connect to each dome separating them by several doors so that the pressure in each dome can remain the same.

On Mars, so many other things are available to us. As humans, we can have access to rare and fairly expensive metals that aren’t very easy to get hold of on Earth, and a colony on Mars enhances (提高) our chances of finding these metals. So when someone here on Earth says that going to Mars is impossible, please tell them that they’ll never know it until they try and they may try very soon. After all it’s our future. Why not make it on Mars?

1.It is difficult for humans to live on Mars because of all the following EXCEPT _________.

A. too much radiation　　 B. cold temperature

C. lack of enough oxygen　　 D. lack of houses

2.One of the reasons why we are eager to explore Mars may be that _________.

A. we can find rare and expensive metals there easily

B. we’ll get too bored to live on the earth in the future

C. our technology will become much advanced

D. we want to know more about the unknown world

3.What is the author’s attitude towards living on Mars? _________.

A. Pessimistic　　 B. Uncertain　　 C. Optimistic　　 D. Opposed

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