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【題目】What will man be like in____—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now on? We can only make a____， of course, but we can be sure that he will be____what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious____. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now on____， men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is relatively a short period of time, so we may imagine that man will continue to grow____.

Again, in the modern world we use our____a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity(容量). As time____on, however, we shall have to use our brains____—and eventually we shall need____ones! This is____to bring about a physical change too：the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in____use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow____.

On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs, These, as____， are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, ____， our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great____in modern life.

But what about hair? This will probably____from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes(性別)are likely to be bald(光禿的)!

Perhaps all this gives the____that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, ____all these changes, future man will still have a lot in____with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

【1】A. future B．the future

C．appearance D．figure

【2】A. guess B．game

C．idea D．picture

【3】A. the same as B．similar to

C．different from D．pleased to look at

【4】A. sample B．model

C．example D．fact

【5】A. common B．general

C．usual D．average

【6】A. cleverer B．taller

C．fatter D．thinner

【7】A. arms B．legs

C．brains D．muscles

【8】A. goes B．went

C．comes D．came

【9】A.less and less B．more and less

C．more or less D．more and more

【10】A. smaller B．thinner

C．better D．larger

【11】A. unlike B．unlikely

C．like D．likely

【12】A. big B．constant

C．perfect D．enough

【13】A. nearsighted B．farsighted

C．weaker D．stronger

【14】A. a matter of fact B．a surprise

C．a result D．focus

【15】A. but B．though

C．whenever D．however

【16】A. lot B．many

C．quantity D．deal

【17】A.emerge B．appear

C．disappear D．remove

【18】A.impact B．impression

C．expression D．idea

【19】A. despite of B．in spite of

C．because D．owing to

【20】A. touch B．connection

association D．common

【1】

Answer 1

【答案】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】D

【11】D

【12】B

【13】D

【14】C

【15】D

【16】D

【17】C

【18】B

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】【1】in the future意為“在將來(lái)”。

【2】make a guess意為“猜測(cè)”。由后面的but可知表示轉(zhuǎn)折，轉(zhuǎn)折后表示有把握的事情，轉(zhuǎn)折前明顯應(yīng)為沒(méi)有把握、猜測(cè)性的事情。

【3】根據(jù)“For man is slowly changing all the time.”可知，未來(lái)人與現(xiàn)代人肯定會(huì)有所不同，而且后面也舉例說(shuō)明了有哪些不同。

【4】上面提出了觀點(diǎn)，下面是舉例說(shuō)明。take an obvious example意為“舉一個(gè)明顯的例子”。

【5】on average意為“平均來(lái)說(shuō)”。

【6】根據(jù)“Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today.”可知，人的身高呈變高趨勢(shì)，因此可猜想人會(huì)繼續(xù)“長(zhǎng)高”。

【7】由下文中brain's capacity可知。

【8】As time goes on為固定結(jié)構(gòu)，意為“隨著時(shí)間的推移”。

【9】在現(xiàn)代社會(huì)用腦量才占用了其容量的20%，隨著時(shí)間的推移，社會(huì)的發(fā)展，用腦量肯定會(huì)“越來(lái)越大”。

【10】用腦量越來(lái)越大，最終自然會(huì)需要“更大的”腦袋。

【11】用腦量的增多可能會(huì)帶來(lái)身體的變化，比如頭，特別是前額變大。

【12】in constant use意為“不斷地使用”。

【13】but起轉(zhuǎn)折作用，其前面為weaker，后面自然應(yīng)為stronger。

【14】arms和legs用得少，“結(jié)果”就會(huì)變?nèi)酢?/span>

【15】根據(jù)上下文應(yīng)選一個(gè)表示轉(zhuǎn)折的詞，but不能單獨(dú)使用，因此應(yīng)選however。

【16】a great deal在此相當(dāng)于一個(gè)副詞。

【17】由“...does not serve a useful purpose.”及bald可以判斷出用disappear。

【18】人類的諸多變化會(huì)給人一種“印象”，將來(lái)人類不會(huì)太好看。

【19】in spite of“盡管”。

【20】由“He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.”可知，未來(lái)人與現(xiàn)代人應(yīng)仍有許多共同之處。have...in common表示“與……有共同之處”。