Question

We all know the strange feeling of watching the time change on a clock. You never really see it change because the hands move so slowly. But, of course, the time is changing all the time.

Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing. And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed. Over many thousands of years, though, huge changes are possible. For example, the human brain is three times as large as it was thousands of years ago. Our faces became fatter, and began to think more.

If our heads became larger in the past, how will things change in the future? Unlike the changes of a clock face, the changes in human faces are very difficult to predict(预测). One of the main reasons for this is the way in which we can now control parts of nature. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, all changes were natural, but now we can actively choose paths for our own evolution(进化).

A US artist named Nickolay Lamm has recently offered an idea. It is what human faces may one day look like. The designs, inspired（受启发)by his conversations with the scientist Alan, show humans with larger heads and eyes. In particular(特别的), Lamm predicts the forehead may be larger because of increasing usage of the brain.

Just a few hundred years ago, most humans were working in the fields. However, nowadays more and more people receive education. These are just predictions, and no one can be sure how human beings will become in the future. But with such huge changes in our environments, it seems likely(很可能)that we will not look the same in the future.

Changes to human 1.
Similarity between the changes to the clocks and human faces	※ They both keep 2. all the time. ※ The changes are too 3. to be noticed. ※ Over the time, it is 4. for huge changes to take place.
Examples of human faces changes in the 5..	※ The human brain has become lager since thousands of years ago. ※ Human faces became 6. and humans began to think more.
What human faces may look like in the fixture	※ It is 7. to predict. What human faces may look like in the future ※ A US artist, Lamn, shows humans with 8. heads and eyes. ※ He predicts that because humans 9. the brain more often.
Conclusion	※ How human beings will become is 10.. But the huge changes in our environment are likely to make humans look very different.

Answer

1.faces

2.changing

3.slow

4.possible

5.past

6.fatter

7.difficult / hard

8.larger

9.use

10.unsure

【解析】

本文讲述了人类的脸，就像钟面一样，也在变化。而像时钟一样，变化发生得太慢，以至于人们无法察觉。几千年来，巨大的变化是可能的。例如，人类的大脑变大了一倍。我们的脸变平了，我们开始思考更多。没有人能确定人类在未来会如何进化，但是随着环境的巨大变化，我们在未来看起来可能会大不相同。

1.

根据“Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing. And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed. 人类的脸，就像钟面一样，也在发生变化。就像时钟一样，变化发生得太慢而不能被注意到。”可知主要讲人脸的变化，故答案为faces。

2.

根据“Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing. And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed. 人类的脸，就像钟面一样，也在发生变化。就像时钟一样，变化发生得太慢而不能被注意到。”可知人类与钟面一样都在变化，keep doing sth一直在做某事，故答案为changing。

3.

根据“And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed.就像时钟一样，变化发生得太慢而不能被注意到。”可知应该是太慢，故答案为slow。

4.

根据“Over many thousands of years, though, huge changes are possible.然而，在几千年的时间里，巨大的变化是可能的。”可知只要时间够，巨大的变化是可能的，故答案为possible。

5.

根据该空表格的后面内容，“The human brain has become lager since thousands of years ago. 从几千年前开始，人类的大脑就变得更大了。”，可知这里说的是过去的时候“In the past在过去”，故答案为past。

6.

根据“Our faces became fatter, and began to think more. 我们的脸变胖了，开始想得更多了。”故答案为fatter。

7.

根据“Unlike the changes of a clock face, the changes in human faces are very difficult to predict(预测).”可知与钟面的变化不同，人脸的变化很难预测，故答案为difficult / hard

8.

根据“A US artist named Nickolay Lamm has recently offered an idea. It is what human faces may one day look like. The designs, inspired（受启发)by his conversations with the scientist Alan, show humans with larger heads and eyes.”可知展示了人类更大的头部和眼睛，故答案为larger。

9.

根据“In particular(特别的), Lamm predicts the forehead may be larger because of increasing usage of the brain. 特别值得一提的是，拉姆预测，由于大脑使用量的增加，额头可能会更大。”可应该是更多的使用大脑，故答案为use。

10.

根据“These are just predictions, and no one can be sure how human beings will become in the future. 这些只是预测，没有人能确定人类未来会变成什么样子。”可知将来是怎样的是不确定的，故答案为unsure。