Question

It’s an ordinary morning，like all the others．But instead of being woken up by the buzzing of an alarm clock, you’ll be roused by the smell of freshly made coffee，light entering your room as the curtains open automatically，and a gentle back massage（按摩）provided by your high-tech bed.

This is what a typical(典型的) person's life will be like two decades from now，according to The Guardian. Want to know more?

After you get up, your apartment will be like an electronic orchestra with you as the conductor. With simple moves of your hand and spoken instructions, you’ll be able to control your apartment’s temperature, humidity, music and lighting. You’ll be able to look through the day’s news on translucent screens while your breakfast waits for you in the automatic oven.

As you move into your kitchen, you might accidentally hit your toe on a cupboard. If you do, you’ll grab your cell phone and open the diagnostics(诊断) app. Inside your phone there will be a tiny microchip(芯片) that uses X-ray waves to scan your body. The scan will tell whether your toe is bruised or broken.

After breakfast, your driverless car will take you to work. While you “drive”, your central computer system will suggest a list of chores(家务事) that your housekeeping robots can do that day and it will also remind you to buy a gift for your mother’s upcoming birthday.

As you can see, with the help of advanced technology, our lives will be more efficient(有效率的). Technology will mitigate our forgetfulness and free us of many small burdens that distract us, such as buying a ticket. Our brain will therefore be able to focus on more important things like preparing for a presentation or doing “deep thinking”.

However, the development of technology might have some disadvantages as well. By 2036, we’ll be relying heavily on the virtual(虚拟的) world, which will mean that all of our data will be stored in the cloud, a remote digital storage system with near limitless capacity(容量). That will increase the possibility of someone else accessing, sharing or manipulating(操控) our personal information.

1.What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To stress the importance of developing technology.

B. To remind people not to depend too much on computers．

C. To introduce one new invention that will benefit our future lives.

D. To describe how advanced technologies will affect our future lives.

2.According to the text, in two decades, ________.

A. you’ll be able to rely on an electronic orchestra to wake you up instead of an alarm clock

B. a tiny microchip in your phone will treat you when you are sick

C. you will be able to adjust the conditions of your apartment via oral instructions or simple hand gestures

D. technology will be smart enough to help us with important things like preparing for a presentation

3.What does the underlined word “mitigate” in Paragraph 6 mean?

A. Make up for.    B. Worsen.    C. Cure.    D. Take advantage of.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

【解析】本文是一篇未来幻想文，介绍20年后我们的生活完全智能化，会给我们的生活带来很多便利，当然也会有缺点，比如严重依赖虚拟世界、信息泄露等。

1.主旨大意题。本文主要是介绍20年后随着科技发展，我们的生活会更智能化，生活更舒适，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段的描述With simple moves of your hand and spoken instructions, you’ll be able to control your apartment’s temperature, humidity, music and lighting.可知，只需要口头指令或者简单的手势就可以轻松调整你房子的温度湿度等等情况。故选C。

3.词义猜测题。根据后一句Our brain will therefore be able to focus on more important things like可知，大脑将来只需要记住重要的事情就可以了，也就是科技会减轻人的健忘带来的负面影响，将人们从小事中解放出来。A项make up for“弥补，补偿”，代入句中意思吻合，故选A。

【名师点睛】

词义猜测题。阅读材料中的每个词与它前后的词语或句子甚至段落都有联系。我们可以利用语境（各种已知信息）推测、判断某些生词的词义。做这种类型的题，要根据词、词组、句子所在的语境来判断其意义。我们要特别注意熟词生义，切不可脱离语境想当然。在句子或段落中，我们可以利用熟悉的词语，根据语言环境所表示的关系推断生词词义。

比如第三题，要猜出单词“mitigate”的意思就需要结合前后句的意思，语境非常重要，可根据后一句Our brain will therefore be able to focus on more important things like可知，大脑将来只需要记住重要的事情就可以了，也就是科技会减轻人的健忘带来的负面影响，将人们从小事中解放出来。A项make up for“弥补，补偿”，代入句中意思吻合。