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  By 2050……

  Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050.

  TV channels will have disappeared.Instead, people will choose a program from a“menu”and a computer will send the program directly to the television.Today, we can use the World Wide Web to read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away.By 2050,music, films, programs, newspapers, and books will come to us by computer.

  Cars will run on new, clean fuels and they will go very fast.Cars will have computers to control the speed and there won’t be any accidents.Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are.By 2050,the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination.Space planes will take people halfway around the world in 2 hours.Today, the United States Space Shuttle can go into space and land on Earth again.By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.

  Robots will have replaced people in factories.Many factories already use robots.Big companies prefer robots-they don’ t ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day.By 2050, we will see robots everywhere-in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.

  Medical technology will have conquered many diseases.Today, there arc electronic devices that connect directly to the brain to help people hear.By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people to see and hear again.

  Scientists will have discovered how to control genes.Scientists have already produced clones of animals.By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people, and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have.Scientists will be able to do these things but should they?

(1)

Which of the following cannot be realized today?

[  ]

A.

Reading newspapers on a computer.

B.

Making a space shuttle go into space and land on Earth again.

C.

Creating cloned animals.

D.

Choose TV program freely from a“menu”.

(2)

According to the text, some big companies prefer robots to human workers because human workers ________.

[  ]

A.

can work 24 hours a day

B.

often ask for more pay

C.

are not clever enough

D.

are often late for work

(3)

From the 6th paragraph we can infer that ________.

[  ]

A.

there will be no blind and deaf people by 2050

B.

few diseases will attack people

C.

electronic devices will be connected directly to the brain to help people hear

D.

medical technology will be more effective by 2050.

(4)

What’s the author’s attitude towards the cloning technology?

[  ]

A.

The author does not agree on the use of cloning technology.

B.

The author thinks human cloning is impossible.

C.

The author does not really support the idea of human cloning.

D.

The author is quite excited about human cloning.

答案:1.D;2.B;3.D;4.C;
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