What will man be like in the future—in 5000 or even 50, 000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’ s capacity. As time goes on , however , we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger. Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man’ s eyes will grow stronger. On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.
Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.
1.The passage mainly tells us that _______.
A. man’s life will be different in the future.
B. future man will look quite different from us.
C. man is growing taller and uglier as time passes.
D. human’s organs’ functions will become weak
2.What will be true about a human being in the future?
A. He will be hairless because hair is no longer useful.
B. He will have smaller eyes and will wear better glasses.
C. His fingers will grow weaker because he won’t have to make use of them.
D. He will think and feel in a different way.
3.It is implied that ________.
A. human beings will become more attractive in the future
B. less use of a bodily organ may lead to its degeneration (退化).
C. human beings hope for a change in the future life
D. future life is always predictable
The following is the story of a SARS patient named Wang and his fight with the disease.
I woke up around 6 : 30 this morning, on my ninth day in hospital since I caught SARS. Glancing over at my roommate, Xiao Huang, a 27-year-old employee of a Beijing software company, I saw he was also awake.
After a light breakfast, a nurse came in and took my temperature. It was 36.6 centigrade. We’re at Changxindian Hospital in southwestern Beijing, a newly named SARS patient hospital. It seems I am now recovering as my fever has gone down in recent days. When I first got the disease , I spent four days with a temperature above 39.5 centigrade—at one point it reached 40. 1 centigrade.
At 8 : 30 am, a nurse took a blood sample and X-ray of my chest. Then my daily treatment began with the help of the experts from Guangdong and WHO.
Before the first bottle finished, my wife rang me. I talked with her on my mobile phone. It has become a major connection with the outside world. Several friends also called me in the morning.
I am feeling great these days—no fever, no headache and no pain in the chest, which are all symptoms(症状)of SARS. My slight cough is gone since I began taking a new round of medicines yesterday. The doctor told me that I may be set free from hospital in two weeks and a half.
1.Where is the hospital the writer stays at?
A. In the south of Beijing.
B. To the east of Beijing.
C. In the southwest of Changxindian.
D. In the southwest of Beijing.
2.How long does the writer have to stay altogether in the hospital before he is sent home?
A. Seventeen days.
B. Nine days
C. More than thirty days.
D. More than twenty-five days.
3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. When he first got the disease, his temperature once reached1 41.5 centigrade.
B. His medical treatment came after he had breakfast.
C. He lived in a room of the hospital alone.
D. He talked with his wife by fax.
4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the symptoms of SARS?
A. Having a high fever.
B. Having a headache.
C. Feeling pain in the chest.
D. Feeling cold all day.
People like different kinds of vacations. Some go camping. They swim, fish, cook over a fire and sleep outside. Others like to stay at a hotel in an exciting city. They go shopping all day and go dancing all night. Or maybe they go sightseeing to places such as Disneyland, the Tai Mahal or the Louvre.
Some people are bored with sightseeing trips. They don’t want to be “tourists”. They want to have an adventure— a surprising and exciting trip. They want to learn something and maybe help people too. How can they do this ? Some travel companies and environmental groups are planning special adventures. Sometimes these trips are difficult and full of the world. Some volunteers spend two weeks and study the environment. Others work with animals. Others learn about people of the past.
Would you like an adventure in the Far North ? A team of volunteers is leaving from Murmansk, Russia. The leader of this trip is a professor from Alaska. He’s worried about chemicals from factories. He and the volunteers will study this pollution in the environment. If you like exercise and cold weather, this is a good trip for you. Volunteers need ski sixteen kilometers every day.
Do you enjoy ocean animals ? You can spend two to four weeks in Hawaii. There, you can teach language to dolphins. Dolphins can follow orders such as “Bring me the large ball”. They also understand opposites. How much more can they understand ? It will be exciting to learn about these intelligent animals. Another study trip goes to Washington State and follows orcas. We call orcas “Killer Whale” , but they’ re really dolphins—the largest kind of dolphin. These beautiful animals travel together in family groups. They move through the ocean with their mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Ocean pollution is chasing their lives. Earthwatch is studying how this happens.
Are you interested in history ? Then Greece is the place for your adventure. Thirty-five hundred years ago a volcano exploded there, on Santorini. This explosion was more terrible than Krakatoa or Mount Saint Helens. But today we know a lot about the way of life of the people from that time. There are houses, kitchens, and paintings as interesting as those in Pompei. Today teams of volunteers are learning more about people from the past.
Do you want a very different vacation ? Do you want to travel far, work hard and learn a lot? Then an Earthwatch vacation is for you.
1.According to the passage, on an adventure trip, people ______________.
A. may not spend much time on sightseeing
B. won’ t meet some difficulties or hardships
C. can’t enjoy themselves .
D. can’t learn anything
2.If you want to learn something about people of the past, you can ___________
A. join the team to Hawaii
B. join the team to the Far North
C. join the team to Washington
D. join the team to Greece
3.The word “intelligent” in paragraph 4 means __________________.
A. exciting B. beautiful C. large D. clever
4.Which of the following is false ?
A. Some people find sightseeing trips boring.
B. Earthwatch is planning various special adventures
C. The life of orcas is under threat.
D. Many volcano explosions broke out 3, 500 years ago in Greece.
The Attack on September 11th
New York: When the first jet struck Tower 1 at World Trade Center at 8: 48 am on Tuesday, the people in Tower 2 at World Trade Center with a view of the instant damage across the divide had the clearest sense of what they too must do : get out fast.
Katherine Ilachinski, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast of heat exploding from the neighboring tower, was one of those. Despite her 70 years of age, Ms Ilachinski, an architect working on the 91st floor of Tower 2 at World Trade Center, the south tower, went for the stairs. Twelve floors above her, Judy Wein, a manager, screamed and set off too.
But others up and down the 110 floors, many without clear views of the damage across the way and thus unclear about what was happening, were not so sure. And the 18 minutes before the next plane would hit were ticking off.
Among the uncertainty about what was the best thing to do, formal announcements inside the south tower instructed people to stay put, assuring them that the building was sound and the threat was limited to the other tower.
Some left, others stayed, some began to climb down and, when met with more announcements and other warning to stop or return, went back up. The decisions made in those instants proved to be of great importance, because many who chose to stay, were doomed (注定) when the second jet crashed into the south tower killing many and stranding (使…某物留在) many more in the floors above where the jet hit.
One of those caught in indecision(犹豫不决) was the manager at Fuji Bank USA. Richard Jacobs of Fuji Bank left the 79th floor with the other office workers, but on the 48th floor they heard the announcement that the situation was under control. Several got in the lifts and went back up two minutes or so before the plane crashed into their floor.
1.From the passage , we know that the south tower was hit by the plane __________
A. at 8: 30
B. 18 minutes earlier than the north tower
C. at around 9: 06
D. at 8: 48
2.The underlined words “stay put” mean _________
A. stay in the building B. leave at once
C. put everything back and then leave D. keep silent
3.Which floor was hit by the second jet?
A. The 91st floor. B. The 71st floor.
C. The 60th floor. D. The 79th floor.
4.Few people would have died if __________
A. more announcements had been made
B. people hadn’t used the lifts
C. the incident had happened on a weekend
D. people chose to stay
书面表达
假设你是李华，上周你班就中学生是否应该用互联网学习英语进行了讨论。请你给二十一世纪英语报写一封信，介绍不同观点，并发表自己的看法。
要点包括：
1.赞成:下载资料、分享经验、听歌、看电影
2.反对:浪费时间精力、沉迷游戏、聊天
3.你的观点
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信的开头结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：沉迷：be addicted to
Dear Editor，
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Yours，
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阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示,在空格上填入恰当的词，使句子完整。
1.不管发生什么事，不要泄气。
No matter what happens, please don’t ________ _______.
2.众所周知，橄榄枝象征和平。
As we all know, an olive wreath _______ __________ peace.
3.一听到这个滑稽的故事，他们都放声大笑。
On hearing the funny story, they all _______ _______ __________.
4.《谁动了我的奶酪》这本书非常值得读。
The book, Who Moved My Cheese, is _______ _______ __________.
5.领导们对汤姆为公司所做的贡献进行了高度评价。
The leaders _______ _______ __________ what Tom had done for the company.
6.在邻居的帮助下，我们很快适应了这儿的生活。
_______ _______ __________ ________ our neighb our, we have quickly got used
to the life here.
7.如果我们什么都不做，将会有更多的物种处于灭绝的危险。
If we don’t do anything, there will be more species which are _______ _______ __________ ________ _______
8.我考试又没及格，只有在那时我才意识到我浪费了多少时间。
I failed again in the exam and only then _______ _______ __________ how much time had been wasted.
9.只有达到他们各自项目统一标准的运动员才会被接受成为参赛者。
Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event __________ _______ __________as competitors.
10.随着时间的推移，我的记忆力发展得如此之快，就像一头大象一样，我从来不会忘记我被告知的那些事情。
Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never
forget anything_______ _______ __________ ________.
