13.In the future your automobile will run on water instead of gas!You will be able to buy a supercomputer that fits in your pocket!You might even drive a flying car!
Not all past predictions(預言) have been proven wrong.A few of them have been surprisingly accurate.Some great thinkers predicted the arrival of the credit card,the fax machine and even the internet years before they happened.But for each prediction that has come true,some others have missed by a mile.Many of these predictions didn't consider how people would want to use the technology,or if people really needed it in their lives or not.Let's look at some predictions from the not-too-distant past.
Robot Helpers
Where's the robot in my kitchen?Nowhere,of course.And he's probably not coming anytime soon.Robots do exist today,but mostly in factories and other manufacturing environments.
Back in the 1950s,however,people said that by now personal robots would be in most people's homes.
So why hasn't it happened?Maybe because robots are still too expensive and clumsy.And probably the idea of robots cooking our dinners and washing our clothes is just too weird.At home we seem to be doing fine without them.
Telephones of Tomorrow?
In 1964 an American company introduced the video telephone.They said by the year 2000 most people would have a video phone in their homes.But of course the idea hasn't caught on yet.
Why?The technology worked fine,but it overlooked something obvious:people's desire for privacy.Would you want to have a video phone conversation with someone after you just step out of the shower?
Probably not---it could be uncomfortable!Just because technology doesn't always mean people will want to use it.
And finally,how about that crazy prediction of the flying car?It's not so crazy any more!But a flying car remains one of the most wonderful technology ideas to capture our imagination.Keep watching the news---or perhaps the sky outside your window to see what the future will bring.
12.The passage mainly deals withA.
A.predictions that haven't come true
B.predictions that can catch out imagination
C.new technology that can benefit out life
D.predictions that have come true
13.Which of the following is probably NOT the author's belief?C
A.Technology doesn't always mean people will want to use it.
B.Many of the high-tech things people thought we'd be using simply haven't appeared
C.Predictions don't need to consider people's practical use of the technology
D.High-tech things are not always convenient to people's life
14.Robot Helpers haven't been used in most people's home becauseB.
A.robots can only do jobs in factories.
B.the kind of robots won't bring people practical use.
C.people find it difficult to control the kind of robots.
D.the kind of robots hasn't been developed yet
15.What can we learn about video telephones from the passage?D
A.People haven't come up with the idea to invent video telephones
B.People find video telephones bring lots of convenience
C.Video telephones are well accepted by people at home
D.Video telephones haven't been popular at home.
分析 本文是一篇廣告類閱讀,講述了一些預測在當下并沒有實現(xiàn),并分析了原因.
解答 ACBD
12.A 主旨大意題.根據(jù)第一段的介紹可知,未來你的機動車將燒水,你也可以買到適合口袋大小的電腦,甚至開著能飛的汽車,所以推測整個大意為未來還沒有實現(xiàn)的預測,故答案為A.
13.C 細節(jié)推理.根據(jù)Many of these predictions didn't consider how people would want to use the technology,or if people really needed it in their lives or not可知,很多的預測沒有考慮到人們想如何利用這些科技,或者在生活中人們是否需要,所以C項不是作者對預言的看法,故答案為C.
14.B 推理判斷題.在Robot Helpers這段介紹機器人在家里沒有得到廣泛使用,原因在于Maybe because robots are still too expensive and clumsy,機器人代價太高而且笨拙,故答案為B.
15.D 推理判斷題.文章提到They said by the year 2000 most people would have a video phone in their homes.But of course the idea hasn't caught on yet.在2000年 大部分人在家里都有可視電話,但是到現(xiàn)在也沒有流行開來,故答案為D.
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