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【題目】（題文）

We all know the strange feeling of watching the time change on a o’clock.

You never really see it change because the hands move so slowly. But, of course, the time is changing all the time.

Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing. And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed. Over many thousands of years, though, huge changes are possible. For example, the human brain tripled (三倍的) in size. Our faces became flatter, and we began to think more.

If our heads became larger in the past, how will things change in the future? Unlike the changes of a clock face, the changes in human faces are not easy to predict (預(yù)測). It is mainly because of the way in which we can now control parts of nature. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, all changes were natural, but now we can actively choose paths for our own evolution(進(jìn)化).

A US artist named Nickolay Lamm has recently offered an idea at what human faces may one day look like. The designs, inspired (受啟發(fā)) by his conversations with scientist Alan Kwan, show humans with larger heads and eyes. In particular, Lamm predicts the forehead may be larger because of increasing usage of the brain.

Just a few hundred years ago, most humans were working in the fields, while nowadays more and more people get education. These are just predictions, and no one can be sure how human beings will evolve(進(jìn)化) in the future. But with such huge changes in our environment, it seems likely that we will look very different one day.

Changes to human faces
Similarity between the changes to the（小題1） and ones to human faces	They both keep changing all the time. But these changes are too （小題2） to be noticed. Over the time, it is （小題3） for huge changes to take place.

（小題4） of human faces changes in the past	The human （小題5） is three times as large as it was thousands of years ago. Human faces became flatter and humans began to think more.
Possible changes in the （小題6）	It is hard to predict. One of the main（小題7） can be the way in which humans can control parts of the nature. A US（小題8）, Lamn, shows humans with larger heads and eyes. Lamn predicts that because humans（小題9） the brain more often, the forehead may be larger.
Conclusion	How human beings will evolve is （小題10） . But the huge changes in our environment are likely to make humans look very different.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】【1】clocks

【2】【2】slow

【3】【3】possible

【4】【4】Examples

【5】【5】brain

【6】【6】future

【7】【7】reasons

【8】【8】artist

【9】【9】use

【10】【10】unsure

【解析】

本文簡述了人類的面部會如何變化，介紹了過去以來的變化，展望了對未來面部變化的預(yù)測。

【1】【1】句意：鐘表的變化和人們面部變化的相似性。原文“Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing.”（人臉，如鐘面，也在變化。），所以這里的主題就在討論兩者變化的相似性，故填clocks。

【2】【2】句意：但這些變化太慢而無法被注意到。原文“And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed.”（和時鐘一樣，變化發(fā)生的速度太慢而無法被注意到），故填 slow。

【3】【3】句意：隨著時間的推移，可能會發(fā)生巨大的變化。原文“Over many thousands of years, though, huge changes are possible.”（然而，數(shù)千年來，巨大的變化是可能的。），故填possible

【4】【4】句意：在過去人們面部變化的案例。表格右側(cè)兩句陳述均是人類面部變化的案例（example），故填Examples

【5】【5】句意：人類的大腦是幾千年前的三倍。原文“the human brain tripled (三倍的) in size”（人類大腦的大小增加了三倍），故填brain。

【6】【6】句意：未來可能的變化。表格右側(cè)的這些陳述均指向未來，描述的未來的可能的變化，故填future

【7】【7】句意：其中一個主要原因可能是人類可以控制自然界的部分的方式。原文“It is mainly because of the way in which we can now control parts of nature.”（這主要是因為我們現(xiàn)在可以控制自然的部分的方式。），所以這里是在講原因，故填reasons。

【8】【8】句意：一個美國畫家，Lamn，展示了有著更大的頭和眼睛的人類。原文“A US artist named Nickolay Lamm”說明Lamn是一個畫家，故填artist

【9】【9】句意：Lamn預(yù)測，由于人類更頻繁地使用大腦，前額可能更大。原文“Lamm predicts the forehead may be larger because of increasing usage of the brain.”（拉姆預(yù)測，由于大腦的使用增加，前額可能會更大。），故填use。

【10】【10】句意：人類將如何進(jìn)化是不確定的。原文“and no one can be sure how human beings will evolve(進(jìn)化) in the future.”（并且沒有人能夠確定未來人類將如何進(jìn)化），所以這是不確定的，故填 unsure