1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 3 Life in the future . 完形填空 People have always been interested in what the future will look like. The answers are quite _1_ and here you have them for the next 50 years. To be able to understand the future, you must know the _2_： what has taken us to where we are today and what ha
2、s _3_ along the way. In general the inventions for the last 150 years have been a human _4_ for freedom and communication, to be able to _5_ time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the _6_ at least for the next 150 years. _7_ the future is important for two rea
3、sons: first we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to _8_ to the next generation, and then we need to know what _9_ we need to make today that will give the best result in the future. The flying car is an example of a scenario (设想 ) that has been _10_ for
4、 the future for a long time. It is a great and exciting concept, but is it _11_？ To start with, we must find out if theres a basic _12_ for it and what are the pros and cons. Then we have to think about the _13_ we have today cars going on the ground, and the transition to a new system. To make it _
5、14_ in this example we need two _15_ systems, with a road network for the flying cars at the same time as the _16_ road network. Even if the flying cars are _17_ to be suitable for city traffic, the investments would be huge for a city to _18_ this, as well as for households to get that extra vehicl
6、e. So _19_ all the pros are there, the practical steps for such a new route are too hard to overcome, therefore, there will be no road network _20_ flying cars in the next 50 years. 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了预测未来的重要性及其原因，并且介绍了有关未来飞行汽车的情况。 1 A.negative B. simple C. foolish D. logical 答案： B 结合空格后面的 “and he
7、re you have them for the next 50 years” 可知，接下来的 50 年是什么样子就在这里，说明答案是很简单的。 2 A.past B fact C present D knowledge 答案： A 与前面的 “understand the future”( 了解未来 )形成对比，再根据空后的“what has taken us to . the way” 可 知，这里指要想能够了解未来，你必须认清过去。 3 A.disappeared B obtained 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C changed D struggled 答案： C 由空格前面的 “w
8、hat has taken us to where we are today” 和空后的“along the way” 可知，此处表示从过去到现在发生了什么变化。 4 A.preference B response C interest D effort 答案： D 根据后面的 “for freedom an d communication” 和前面的 “inventions” 可知，这些发明是人类为了争取自由和交流而作出的努力。 5 A.control B pause C expand D save 答案： A 由空前面的 “the inventions for the last 150 y
9、ears have been a human _4_ for freedom and communication” 和后面的 “time and the world” 可推知，人类的发明是为了掌控时间和世界。 6 A.argument B focus C result D effect 答案： B 根据前面的 “Since there is still much to do in this area” 可知，在该领域还有很多的工作要做，这将是接下来至少 150 年内人们关注的焦点 (focus)。 7 A.Celebrating B Creating C Designing D Predict
10、ing 答案： D 结合本文的第一段第一句话 “People have always be en interested in what the future will look like.” 以及空后的 “we need to start to think about”可知，人们希望了解未来是什么样子的，故此处表示预测未来是重要的。 8 A.take up B take down C pass on D give in 答案： C 根据空前的 “for ourselves” 和空后的 “the next generation” 可知，此处表示传递给下一代。 pass on “ 传给 ” 符合语
11、境。 9 A.mistakes B decisions C differences D requests 答案： B 结合后面的 “we need to make” 可知，应选 decisions，表示我们需要作什么决定，与空格后面的 “that will give the best result in the future”( 将给未来带来最好的结果 )相呼应。 10 A.pictured B performed C scheduled D achieved 答案： A 由空前的 “The flying car is an example of a scenario( 设想 )” 和后面的“
12、for the future for a long time” 可知，此处是指人们已经想象飞行汽车很长时间了。picture “ 想象，设想 ” ，符合语境。 11 A.easy B realistic C interesting D empty 答案： B 根据前面的 “It is a great and exciting concept, but .” 中的 but【 精品教育资源文库 】 可知，此处表转折，表示这是一个伟大并且激动人心的想法，但是这现实吗？ realistic “ 现实的，务实的 ” 符合语境。 12 A.plan B theory C need D idea 答案：
13、C 根据空格前面的 “To start with we must find out” 和后面的 “what are the pros and cons” 可知，首先我们必须弄清楚是否有这个必要和有什么利弊。 13 A.power B method C function D system 答案： D 结合下文的 “the transition to a new system” 可知，此处表示我们必须想想我们今天拥有的系统。 14 A.work B react C transport D fly 答案 ： A 根据空格后面的 “we need two _ 15_ systems” 可知 ， 为了使
14、这个系统发挥作用 ， 我们需要两套类似的系统。 15 A.reliable B similar C useful D regular 答案： B 由空格后的 “with a road network for the flying cars at the same time as the _16_ road network” 可知，这是两套类似的系统。 16 A.complex B magical C common D secret 答案： C 与前面的 “with a road network for the flying cars” 形成对比，此处表示这套系统与前面的专门为飞行汽车设计的道路
15、系统相比，是一个普通的道路系统。 17 A.produced B repaired C driven D improved 答案： D 结合空格前面的 “Even if the flying cars” 和后面的 “to be suitable for city traffic” 可知，此处表示即使飞行汽车被改进来适应城市的交通。 18 A.achieve B consider C imagine D accept 答案 ： A 根据前面的 “the investments would be huge for a city” 可知 ， 对于一个城市来说 ， 实现这会耗资巨大。 achieve
16、“ 实现 ， (尤 指经过努力 )取得 ” 符合语境。 19 A.now that B ever since C in case D even if 答案： D 上文已经提到了 “Even if the flying cars are _ 17_ to be suitable for city traffic” 以及空后的 “the practical steps . are too hard to overcome” 可知，这里表示 “ 即使 ” 所有的益处都在那儿，故选 D。 20 A.of B with C for D off 答案： C 在未来 50 年内将没有飞行汽车的道路网，因此使
17、用 for，表示 “ 给，供 ” 。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 . 阅读理解 A 2018 浙江联考 You know how much your telephone has changed over the past 10 years? Your car will change even more than that in the next 10 years. One of the biggest changes is that cars will drive themselves. Some day you may not need to drive a car. You will ju
18、st tell the car where you want to go and it will drive itself. “We definitely have the technology for it now ， ” says Andrew Poliak of automotive technology supplier QNX. “We expect selfdriving cars to be a mainstream (主流 ) thing between 2020 and 2025.” The American company Google has been working o
19、n a selfdriving automobile for years. These cars are already on the roads in the United States, mainly in California. Google cars are truly selfdriving. These cars have no steering wheels or pedals. Last week, police ordered one of Googles cars to stop for driving too slowly on a public road. The ca
20、r was not against any law, so no one was punished. But police did speak with the operators of the vehicle. According to Google, its selfdriving cars have been driven nearly 2 million kilometers. That is equal to the distance the average person drives in 90 years. So far, no Google selfdriving car ha
21、s gotten a traffic ticket. Some of them have been in accidents when other cars hit them. Other companies are working on selfdriving cars. MercedesBenz. Audi, BMW, Volvo and Toyota all have plans for such vehicles. A company BestMile called plans to operate selfdriving buses in Switzerland next spring. The buses will hold up to nine people and will be tested for two years. MercedesBenz is developing large selfdriving trucks
