Question

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?

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.E

3.F

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要给我们描述了未来的生活。

1.联系前文几个对于我们未来生活的提问及下文对未来生活的描述，可知选B，我们在2020年，或者三十年的时间内容能够做些什么？

2.联系前文，我们可能让人起死回生。可知选E，可能人们会遇到或者和他们死去的家人说话。

3.联系前文，因此在我们死后我们将似乎还活着。可知选F，人们可能会发现一种新方法将生命植入一个新的身体内。

4.联系前文，纳米机器人会很重要，及下文举例。可知选D，当我们生病时我们会使用它们。

5.联系前文，在未来，电脑可能拥有感情。及下文描述，可知选A，它们可能比我们更善于思考。

考点：补全短文

点评：此类文章重在把握上下文之间的逻辑关系，故动笔前一定要认真阅读短文，并理解各个选项所表达的含义。然后再读短文，选出最能使上下文语义通顺的选项，完成短文。完成后要多读几遍，看语义是否通顺，适当修改。