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课时数智作业(三十二)

选择性必修第四册UNIT1SCIENCEFICTION

Ⅰ．阅读理解(限时7分钟)

(2025·河北张家口模拟)

Alotofscientificandtechnologicalachievementswithinthelast100yearswaspredictedwithinsci-filiteraturelongbeforetheycameintophysicalexistence．Throughoutmodernhistory，therehasbeenasymbiotic(共生的)relationshipbetweenfictionandthoseinthescienceandtechnologyfields．Pioneeringsciencefictionsynthesises(综合)andpopularisesnewideasoftheimagination，whichinturncanleadtoothersestablishingthereal-worldwithsuchideas．

Thisideahighlightsthenotionthattheseso-called“fiction”writersarenotjustpredictingthefuturebutactuallyindirectlycreatingit．

Forinstance，BlackMirror：Nosedivepredictedarangeoftechnologicaldevelopments．Itimaginedapersonalityratingsystem，whichisnowstartingtobeintroducedwithinChina，asaprivatecreditandbehaviourscoringsystemcalled“Sesame(芝麻)credit”．Thissystemconductsbehaviouralanalysisdatabasedonthecitizensbillpayments，abilitiestoholdcontracts，shoppinghabits，onlinebehaviourandcharacteristicsofonlinefriendships．Verylowscorescanaffectpeoplesreal-worldlives—asdescribedintheBlackMirror，thepublicisrestrictedfrommakingreservationsathotelsorrestaurants，forexample．

Somethingassimpleasprovidinginspirationforanideathataninventorcanactuallydevelopshowstheshapingeffectthedomaincanhaveontheworld．GoogleGlass，self-drivingcars，artificialintelligence—evenhumangeneticmodification，anti-agingprocesses，andspacetravel—areallideasthatappearedinsciencefictionbeforereality．ElonMusksSpaceXplanofcolonisingMarsisanexamplethatwearegoingtoseeforourselves．

Overtime，historyshowsthatsciencefictionislessofapredictorofthefutureandmoreofanindirectcreator．Withtheinspirationofmanyaspectsofourmodernlifebasedonsci-fifilms，television，books，etc．，thegenreitselfcanbeseenaseffecti