My Uncle Dave posed an interesting question to my wife and me when he came to visit us the other day. He asked: “What do you think the world will be like in 50 or 100 years, in terms of technology and society and so on?”
He says he asks many of the people he meets this question to see what their thoughts are. His point is that no one really knows. I mean, in 1945, could people have even imagined surfing the net or sending e-mails as we do? No way. And the pace of technological innovation(创新) is incredible (难以置信的). We’re on a more different curve than we used to be.
One thing I’m looking forward to is real software agents. There is so much information out there, but I want something that can help me find what I really want. For instance, in about ten years, I think, there will be no longer recorded music, and there will be some big databases from which you can download music onto your hard drive or whatever. At that point, there will be so much music to choose from and you’ll be able to sample things before you buy them. But the question will be how I find what I’m looking for and how I do find the music that might interest me. Or more generally, how do I find information that I want without spending all the time myself surfing the net? How do I find people who are like-minded (具有相似目的), with whom I might really want to communicate? I want to find those people but it’s hard to do. In the future I think that one will be able to build a community of like-minded people who live all over the globe. It’s going to be very interesting, I think.
1.No one really knows what the future will be like because _____.
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A．there is too much information for us to choose from |
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B．technological development is too fast |
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C．people live in different countries |
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D．no one is intelligent enough to answer such a question |
2.The function of the first paragraph is to _____.
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A．explain the question given in this paragraph |
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B．put forward the topic in this passage |
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C．show Dave is a foolish man to ask such a question |
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D．describe a picture about what the future will be like |
3.The writer is looking forward to some real software agents so as to _____.
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A．earn a lot of money |
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B．communicate with some like-minded people |
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C．help find the correct information needed |
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D．spare some time for surfing the Internet |
4.The best title of this passage should be _____.
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A．What the Future Will Be Like |
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B．Listen to Music Through the Internet |
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C．Music and Software Development |
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D．How to Live a Happy Life in the Future |
Butch O’Hare was a fighter pilot. One day his entire squadron（中队）was sent on a mission. In the air after taking off, he realized that someone had 36 to fill up the tank. He would not have enough 37 to complete his flight and get back to his ship. His flight 38 told him to return to the carrier (航空母舰).
As he was returning to the mother 39 , he saw something that turned his blood 40 . A squadron of Japanese planes was speeding their way toward the 41 fleet（舰队）.The fleet was defenseless. He couldn’t 42 his squadron and brings them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he 43 the fleet of the coming danger.
There was only one thing to do. He 44 force the Japanese away from the fleet. Laying aside all the thoughts of personal 45 , he dove his plane into the formation of Japanese 46 . His plane fired hard as he charged in, attacking one 47 enemy plane and then another. Butch fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition（弹药） 48 . Bravely he continued the fighting. He dove at the planes, 49 to hit the enemy planes in hopes of 50 as many enemy planes as possible. 51, the angry Japanese squadron flew away in another 52 . With a great weight taken off his 53 Butch O’Hare and his damaged fighter came back to the carrier.
The film from the camera on his plane told the 54 . It showed Butch’s daring action to 55 his fleet. He had in fact destroyed five enemy aircraft. He became an American hero.
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— I hope you won’t mind my pointing out your mistake.
— _______.
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A．Of course |
B．Yes, I don’t |
C．You’re welcome |
D．Certainly not |
— Has he finished his report yet?
— I’m not sure. He _______ the report these days.
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A．has been writing |
B．is writing |
C．wrote |
D．has written |
— When will the new bridge be completed?
— It is said that it _______ by the end of this year.
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A．will be completed |
B．will have been completed |
C．is completed |
D．will be completing |
_____ in prison for ten years, he seems to be unaware of what has happened outside.
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A．Having kept |
B．Having been kept |
C．Kept |
D．Keeping |
