2019版高考英语一轮复习 第一部分 教材重点全程攻略 Unit 3 Life in the future限时规范特训 新人教版必修.docVIP

Unit 3 Life in the future Ⅰ.完形填空 People have always been interested in what the future will look like. The answers are quite __1__ and here you have them for the next 50 years. To be able to understand the future, you must know the __2__： what has taken us to where we are today and what has __3__ along the way. In general the inventions for the last 150 years have been a human __4__ for freedom and communication, to be able to __5__ time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the __6__ at least for the next 150 years. __7__ the future is important for two reasons: first we need to start to think about what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to __8__ to the next generation, and then we need to know what __9__ we need to make today that will give the best result in the future. The flying car is an example of a scenario (设想) that has been __10__ for the future for a long time. It is a great and exciting concept, but is it __11__？ To start with, we must find out if theres a basic __12__ for it and what are the pros and cons. Then we have to think about the __13__ we have today—cars going on the ground, and the transition to a new system. To make it __14__ in this example we need two __15__ systems, with a road network for the flying cars at the same time as the __16__ road network. Even if the flying cars are __17__ to be suitable for city traffic, the investments would be huge for a city to __18__ this, as well as for households to get that extra vehicle. So __19__ all the pros are there, the practical steps for such a new route are too hard to overcome, therefore, there will be no road network __20__ flying cars in the next 50 years. 篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了预测未来的重要性及其原因，并且介绍了有关未来飞行汽车的情况。 1．A.negative B. simple C. foolish D. logical 答案：B　结合空格后面的“and here you have them for the next 50 years”可知，接下来的50年是什么样子就在这里，说明答案是很简单的。 2．A.past B．fact C．present D．knowledge 答案：A　与前面的“understand the future”(了解未来)形