3．What will the future be like？
Answers can be very varied．According to popular science fiction，though，the future is not rosy．From The Hunger Games to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes，Hollywood has presented us a rather bleak picture of the future，where human beings have to either fight against oppression and poverty，or battle super apes for world domination．
The dark settings can create heroic stories．Their negative visions of the future，however，"are limiting people's abilities to dream big or think outside the box，"according to Ed Finn，founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University（ASU）．Science fiction，he told the BBC，should do more．
"A good science fiction story can be very powerful，"Finn explained．"It can inspire hundreds，thousands，millions of people to get together to do something that they want to do．"
In fact，it is not hard to spot once-imagined technology that has come true in our everyday lives．French writer Jules Verne（1828-1905），widely considered the father of science fiction，imagined many fascinating items in his work，such as submarines，air conditioning，helicopters，and missiles．
Indeed，you can already see the influence of science fiction in modern research，Braden Allenby，professor of engineering，ethics and law at ASU，told the BBC．
"Why do we end up with the technologies we do？Why are，people working on，for example，invisibility cloaks（隱身斗篷）？Well，it's Harry Potter，right？That's where they saw it，"he said．
Science fiction is not just creating interesting ideas and innovations（革新）．Srikanth Saripalli，an ASU roboticist，believes that this writing can help to shape the future．"If the government has to decide what to fund and what not to fund，they are going to get their ideas and decisions mostly from science fiction…rather than what's being published 1n technical papers，"he said．
Finn told the BBC that he has already changed how he sees what's next for society．
"I do feel more positive about our future，"Finn said．"We desperately need better stories．If we want to have better futures，we need to have better dreams．"
However，it's not only the job of science fiction writers to create a blueprint for the future．
Writers should work together"with the reader to think about how people working together might overcome problems，"Finn said．
59．According to Para.2，the future presented by Hollywood isC．
A．inspiring B．promising
C．discouraging D．confusing
60．In Ed Finn's opinion，a good science fiction story canA．
A．unite people to work together
B．inspire people to create heroic stories
C．encourage people to predict the future
D．motivate people to imagine the impossible
61．The author mentions Jules Verne，the father of science fiction toC．
A．introduce his works to readers
B．criticize his absurd imagination
C．prove the impact of science fiction on modern research
D．explain the reasons for the popularity of science fiction
62．The passage is probably taken fromA．
A．a(chǎn) popular magazine B．a(chǎn) science report
C．a(chǎn) news page D．a(chǎn) movie brochure．
分析 文章大意：本文主要講述了好的科幻小說、電影對(duì)科技發(fā)展和現(xiàn)代研究都產(chǎn)生積極的影響，并激勵(lì)人們攜手共同創(chuàng)造美好未來．
解答 59．C 推理判斷．根據(jù)where human beings have to either fight against oppression and poverty，or battle super apes for world domination可知好萊塢影片所展示的未來是"令人氣餒的，令人泄氣的"．另外還有not rosy，bleak這樣的提示詞．
60．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解．根據(jù)第四段的"It can inspire hundreds，thousands，millions of people to get together to do something that they want to do"可知 好的科幻小說可以讓人們團(tuán)結(jié)在一起． 所以答案為A．
61．C 推理判斷．根據(jù)第五段第一句可知提及Jules Verne（凡爾納）是來"證明科幻小說的影響"．故選擇C．
62．A 推理判斷．本文的主題為好的科幻小說、電影對(duì)科技發(fā)展和現(xiàn)代研究都產(chǎn)生積極的影響，并激勵(lì)人們攜手共同創(chuàng)造美好未來．因此可能選自"大眾雜志，流行雜志"．a(chǎn) science report為科學(xué)報(bào)告，其學(xué)術(shù)性更強(qiáng)．a(chǎn) news page為新聞版，本篇文章缺少時(shí)效性．a(chǎn) movie brochure電影宣傳冊(cè)．所以選擇A
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