【课堂新坐标】2016年秋高中英语 单元质量评估（三）新人教版必修5.docVIP

单元质量评估(三)时间：100分钟　分数：120分第一部分　阅读理解(共两节满分40分)第一节(共15小题每小题2分满分30分)阅读下列短文从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中选出最佳选A What picture do you have of the future？Will life in the future be better What do you hope about the future? Futurologists(未来学家)predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields of activityertainment to technology.First of all，it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050.Instead，people will choose a programme from a “menu” and a computer will send the programme directly to the television.By 2050，music，films，programmes，newspapers and books will come to us by computer. In what concerns the environment，water will have become one of our most serious problems.Demand for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there could be serious shortages.Some futurologists predict that water could be the cause of war if we dont act now. In transport，cars will run on new，clean fuels and they will go very fast.Cars will have computers to control the speed of the car and there wont be any accidents.Today，many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are.By 2050，the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. In the domain of technology，robots will have replaced people in factories.Many factories already use robots.Big companies prefer robots－they do not ask for pay rises or go on strike－in factoriesscovered how to control genes.They have already produced clones of animals.By 2050，scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look，how they behave and how much intelligence they have.Scientists will be able to do these things，but should they? 1．Whats the purpose of the first paragraph? A．To arouse the interest of the readers. B．To tell the background of the passage. C．To introduce the topic of the passage. D．To describe the pictures of the future. 解析：写作意图题。开篇接连几个问句的出现目的在于吸引读者的兴趣让读者充满期待继续读完文章。答案：A________．n factories C．computers will tell drivers exactly where they are in the future D．i