The future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions 52 never came true.Before 1929, there was no sound in movies. The head of one of the 53 movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors 54 . Of couse,he was wrong! In 1979,the head of the largest computer company in the United States said,“No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He thought that computer would never 55 by most people.
小题1:A.Predict B.Predicting C.Predicted
小题2:A.who B.what C.that
小题3:A.big B.bigger C.biggest
小题4:A.talk B.talked C.to talk
小题5:A.use B.be used C.are used |
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:B |
小题1:考查动名词作主语。句意“预测未来是很困难的”，predicting是predict的动名词形式，动词原形不能单独作主语，动名词可以作主语。故选B。
小题1:考查定语从句。先行词predictions指物，引导词用that。故选C。
小题1:考查固定句型。one of the +最高级+复数名词意为“最......之一”。故选C。
小题1:考查使役动词的用法。see sb. do sth.“看见某人做某事”。故选A。
小题1:考查语态。computer和use之间是被动关系，应该用被动语态。would后用动词原形。故选B。 |
核心考点
试题【The future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions 52 never cam】；主要考察你对
社会现象类等知识点的理解。
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What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.
The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源).
Schools will go electronic(电子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.
小题1: More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during .| A．Christmas Day | B．National Day | | C．the Spring Festival | D．the Mid-autumn Festival |
小题2:The newspapers will disappear .| A．in 28 years | B．by 2020 | C．by 2053 | D．in 33 years |
小题3: is not mentioned in the passage as sources of energy.| A．Coal | B．Wind | C．Nuclear power | D．Water |
小题4:From the passage we can know in the future.| A．the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem | | B．90% of the population will live in the city | | C．robot teachers will check homework | | D．readers can discuss topics with each other through Internet |
小题5:What’s the main idea of the last paragraph? .| A．Schools will go electronic | B．Computers will be important | | C．There will be robot teachers | D．School buses will be like spaceships |
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China is the home of tea, 36 has more than 4,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily. 37 the three major drinks ----tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by 38 people in the world. Tea from China, along 39 silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export 40 .
Tea leaves 41 mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild 42 and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all 43 kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people 44 their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is 45 a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.
| 小题1: | | A．who | B．which | C．where | D．when |
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| 小题3: | | A．the number of | B．a number of | C．a large number of | D．the largest number of |
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| 小题4: | | A．between | B．with | C．except | D．besides |
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| 小题5: | | A．at that time | B．from now on | C．since then | D．since now |
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| 小题6: | | A．produce | B．are produced | C．make | D．are made |
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| 小题7: | | A．climate | B．weather | C．condition | D．environment |
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| 小题8: | | A．interesting | B．important | C．famous | D．normal |
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| 小题9: | | A．had developed | B．have developed | C．developed | D．are developing |
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| 小题10: | | A．too | B．as well | C．either | D．also |
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These days，cars are designed using computers．Let’s look at how a new car is created．
First，several 16 talk about the new car and any good ideas that they have．Then they sit down at their computers and 17 many sketches．The best two or three drawings are chosen and then more detailed drawings of 18 are developed on the computer．You can change the size，shape or color of any part on the computer to see 19 the car would look and then you can choose the best design．
Both the inside and the outside of the car have to be designed．Part of the inside of the car is 20 so that the designers can sit in it．They can feel if there is enough 21 inside and if they can reach 22 ．Then some cars are built-there are more than 15，000 parts of a car to 23 ．
When everything is known to be 24 ，the cars are made in the factory．Again，computers are used to make sure that all the parts are 25 as they are needed．The factory
usually stays open all through the night so that the car production never stops．
| 小题1: | | A．drivers | B．designers | C．workers | D．salesmen |
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| 小题2: | | A．draw | B．order | C．type | D．enjoy |
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| 小题3: | | A．bicycles | B．trains | C．cars | D．buses |
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| 小题5: | | A．covered | B．painted | C．locked | D．built |
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| 小题6: | | A．metal | B．glass | C．leather | D．room |
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| 小题7: | | A．nothing | B．somebody | C．everything | D．nobody |
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| 小题8: | | A．choose | B．test | C．show | D．repair |
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| 小题9: | | A．safe | B．easy | C．cheap | D．fast |
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| 小题10: | | A．rare | B．electronic | C．comfortable | D．ready |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Have you ever heard of Agatha Christie, an excellent writer? Agatha Christie is, without a doubt, 16 mystery writer in the world. Her books have been translated into more than 100 languages. All 77 novels and story collections she wrote are still on the market 25 years after her 17 .
Agatha Christie was born in 1890 in a southwest England seaside town. She enjoyed a very comfortable childhood in a big house with 18 servants(仆人). Agatha was known 19 an imaginative child. With her sister and brother away at school, she often played alone. She passed the time by making up stories which she told to 20 .
Agatha Christie’s first novel was published in 1920. In it, she 21 one of her most popular characters, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. He went on to appear in 33 of her novels, and in several movies 22 . Although Poirot appears again and again in her novels, Christie certainly could not be considered as repeating her ideas. Her powers of invention and her ability to surprise continue to attract 23 readers around the world.
Christie also wrote several 24 . One of these, “The Mousetrap”, became the longest-running play in the history of theater. It is about a murder mystery that 25 in a country house. All these mysterious stories earned her the title “Queen of Crime”.
小题1:| A．more practical | B．more famous | | C．the most famous | D．the most practical |
小题2:| A．loss | B．birth | C．death | D．arrival |
小题3:| A．much | B．plenty of | C．lots | D．a lot |
小题4:小题5:| A．her brother | B．her | C．herself | D．her sister |
小题6:| A．created | B．produced | C．built | D．continued |
小题7:| A．also | B．besides | C．as well | D．either |
小题8:| A．million | B．millions | C．millions of | D．million of |
小题9:| A．stories | B．plays | C．movies | D．comedies |
小题10:| A．takes place | B．takes in | C．takes off | D．takes down |
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任务型完形填空
用横线上所给单词的适当形式填空，每个单词限用一次，使短文通顺正确连贯，将答案填写在题后的横线上。
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American summers are filled with outdoor picnics, baseball games and swimming pools. Summer in America is a time 小题1:________ the outdoors, no matter how hot it might be. Let’s take a look at some of the popular drinks.
Lemonade is 小题2:________ of all American summer drinks. It 小题3:________ by mixing lemon juice, water and sugar. It is usually served very cold, with ice.
Ice tea is 小题4:________ popular summer drink in America. Ice tea is usually 小题5:________ in a tall glass of ice. Many Americans 小题6:________ to add sugar to sweeten the drink. This drink is often drunk in the afternoon 小题7:________ relaxing in the shade. Ice tea is now also sold by the bottle , at almost any store in America.
The Slurpee, a famous American drink in recent years, is a great 小题8:________to cool off in the summer heat. It is a mix of ice, sugar and fruit juices. However, the drink is mostly made of ice. They can小题9:________ at most small convenient stores. Slurpees are popular with young Americans.
Milkshakes have a long 小题10:________ in America . It is made of a mix of ice cream , milk and flavoring. |
