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【题目】Leading experts on the Internet, technology and policy have shared the same opinion on what we can expect in the next decade when it comes to connectivity and its effects on society.

The Pew Research Center report asked thousands of experts and members of the public for opinions on “the most significant overall influences of our uses of the Internet on humanity” — and some had a rosier outlook than others.

“The smartest person in the world nowadays could well be stuck behind a plough in India or China，” said Hal, Google's chief economist.“Enabling that person — and the millions like him or her — will have a strong effect on the development of the human race.”

Early Internet pioneer David Hughes agreed: “When every person on this planet can communicate twoway with every other person on this planet, the power of nation states to control every human inside its geographic boundaries may start to disappear.”

Wearables (electronic equipment that people can wear) could monitor more than just steps, predicted UC Berkeley's Aron Roberts — or do more than just monitor: “We may literally be able to adjust both medications and lifestyle changes on a daybyday basis or even an hourbyhour basis.”

Microsoft Research's Jonathan Grudin is more pessimistic (悲观的): “By making so much activity visible, it exposes the gap between the way people behave and the way we think they ought to behave.Adjusting to this will be an unending, difficult task.”

And the difference between the rich and the poor will have a new aspect: “Only the welloff (and welleducated) will know how to preserve their privacy，” warned one expert.“Will the Internet make it possible for our entire civilization to fall down together, in one big awful step? Possibly，” admitted Harvard's Doctor Searles.“But the Internet has already made it possible for us to use one of our unique advantages — the ability to share knowledge — to a degree higher than ever before.”

【1】According to Hal, in the future, those who will influence the development of human race are________．

A. Google's economists B. Chinese and Indians

C. the educated persons D. world leading experts

【2】People will be able to change their lifestyles at any time according to________．

A. the development of communication skills

B. the suggestions made by computer experts

C. the prediction made by the home computers

D. the data recorded by the computers worn on body

【3】The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 6 refers to________．

A. the visible activities mentioned above

B. the way we thought they ought to behave

C. the way people really behave in life

D. the rule people ought to obey in life

【4】Which of the following can best express the meaning of the last paragraph?

A. Advantages and disadvantages of the Internet.

B. Development of the Internet and human beings.

C. Knowledge and civilization of human beings.

D. Possibilities of the Internet for the future users.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】本文是一篇科普文。文章介绍了互联网专家们对于未来十年网络的连接性以及它对社会的影响所持有的观点，他们认为影响人类发展最聪明的人是尚未显现的印度人和中国人，并谈及未来互联网可能产生的有利的和不良的影响。

【1】B细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The smartest person in the world nowadays could well be stuck behind a plough in India or China”可知，答案选B。

【2】D细节理解题。根据第五段中Aron Roberts说的话可知选D。

【3】C代词指代题。根据文章第六段中画线词所在句的前一句可知，this指代的是C项。

【4】A段落大意题。根据文章最后一段中的“warned one expert”和“But the Internet has already made it possible for us to use one of our unique advantages”可知，最后一段主要讲了互联网的优缺点。故选A。