六遥考试完形填空强化练习(8) Pearson has __1__ together to work of hundreds of researchers around the world to produce a __2__ millennium technology calendar that gives the latest dates when we can expect hundreds of key __3__ and discoveries to take place. Some of the biggest developments will be in medicine, including an __4__ life expectancy and dozens of artificial organs __5__ into use between now and 2040.
Pearson also __6__ a breakthrough in computer human links. By linking __7__ to our nervous system, computers could pick up __8__ we feel and, hopefully, simulate __9__ too so that we can start to __10__ full sensory environments, rather like the holidays in Total Recall or the Star Trek holodeck, he says.
But that, Pearson points __11__, is only the start of man-machine __12__:It will be the beginning of the long process of integration that will __13__ lead to a fully electronic human before the end of the next century. __14__ his research, Pearson is able to put dates to most of the breakthroughs that can be predicted. However, there are still no __15__ for when faster-than-light travel will be __16__, or when human cloning will be perfected, or when time travel will be possible.
But he does __17__ social problems as a result of technological advances. A boom in neighborhood surveillance cameras will, for example, __18__ problems in 2010, while the arrival of synthetic __19__ robots will mean people may not be able to __20__ between their human friends and the droids. And home appliances will also become so smart that controlling and operating them will result in the breakout of a new psychological disorder-kitchen rage.
1. [A]taken [B]pieced [C]kept [D]made
2. [A]complicated [B]delicate [C]subtle [D]unique
3. [A]breakthroughs [B]findings [C]events [D]incidents
4. [A]expanded [B]extended [C]enlarged [D]enriched
5. [A]being [B]becoming [C]carrying [D]coming
6. [A]schedules [B]plans [C]predicts [D]designs
7. [A]directly [B]instantly [C]precisely [D]automatically
8. [A]that [B]how [C]what [D]all
9. [A]thinking [B]hearing [C]sight [D]feeling
10. [A]form [B]develop [C]find [D]undertake
11. [A]out [B]at [C]to [D]toward
12. [A]program [B]production [C]experiment [D]integration
13. [A]finally [B]ultimately [C]utterly [D]absolutely
14. [A]Through [B]Though [C]During [D]By
15. [A]forecasts [B]articles [C]stories [D]meetings
16. [A]advisable [B]affordable [C]available [D]valuable
17. [A]solve [B]arose [C]exercise [D]expect
18. [A]confront [B]cause [C]witness [D]collect
19. [A]lovely [B]likely [C]lifelike [D]lively
20. [A]distinguish [B]differ [C]diagnose [D]deviate 参考答案及解析:
1. B piece together拼凑,结合
2. D complicated复杂的;delicate遥的,脆弱的;subtle狡猾的,敏感的;unique遥的,遥特的
3. A breakthrough突破;finding发现;event事件;incident事件,事变
4. B expanded膨胀的,扩张的;extended伸出的,延长的;enlarged放大的,扩大的;enriched浓缩的,强化的;extend life expectance延长寿命。
5. D come into use开始投入遥
6. C schedule确定时间;plan计划;predict预测;design设计
7. A directly直接地;instantly立即;precisely遥地;automatically自动地
8. C
9. D 根据上文what we feel,以及下文full sensory environments,可知D符合文意。
10. B
11. A point to和point at都是指向的意思,point out指出,提出
12. D integration综合,集成,此处指人机一体化
13. B finally表示久等之后,有时表示在一系列因素的较后一个,eg:After putting it off three times,we finally managed to have a holiday in Greece.
utlimately指较后,终于,基本上,即达到较高界线。 eg:Ultimately people rely on science to gain an understanding of biological phenomena.
14. A through为连词,后应接句子;during表示过程;by表示方式、手段或借助某种工具。
15. A forecast先见,预测
16. C available可利用的,可行的
17. D 注意主语是人,不选arose
18. B
19. C lovely可爱的,有趣的;likely可能的;lifelike逼真的;lively活泼的
20. A distinguish between;differ from;diagnose诊断;deviate from背离