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1、SectionⅢ GrammarⅠ.阅读理解AWhatwillmanbelikeinthefuture—in5,000oreven50,000yearsfromnow?Wecanonlymakeguesses,ofcourse,butwecanbesurethathewillbedifferentfromwhatheistoday,formanisslowlychangingallthetime.Letustakeanobviousexample.Man,evenfivehundredyearsago,wasshorte
2、rthanheistoday.Now,onaverage,menareaboutthreeinchestaller.Fivehundredyearsisrelativelyashortperiodoftime,sowemayassumethatmanwillcontinuetogrowtaller.Again,inthemodernworldweuseourbrainsagreatdeal.Evenso,westillmakeuseofonlyabout20%ofthebrain'scapacity.Astimegoes
3、on,however,weshallhavetouseourbrainsmoreandmore,andeventuallyweshallneedlargerones!Thisislikelytobringaboutaphysicalchangetothehead,inparticular,theforeheadwillgrowlarger.Nowadaysoureyesareinconstantuse.Infact,weusethemsomuchthatveryoftentheybecomeweakerandwehave
4、towearglasses.Butoveraverylongperiodoftimeitislikelythatman'seyeswillgrowstronger.Ontheotherhand,wetendtomakelessuseofourarmsandlegs.These,asaresult,arelikelytogrowweaker.Atthesametime,however,ourfingerswillgrowmoresensitivebecausetheyareusedagreatdealinmodernlif
5、e.Butwhatabouthair?Thiswillprobablydisappearfromthebodyaltogetherincourseoftimebecauseitdoesnotserveausefulpurposeanylonger.Inthefuture,then,bothsexesarelikelytobebald.Perhapsallthisgivestheimpressionthatfuturemanwillnotbeaveryattractivecreaturetolookat!Thismaywe
6、llbetrue.Allthesame,inspiteofallthesechanges,futuremanwillstillhavealotincommonwithus.Hewillstillbeahumanbeing,withthoughtsandemotionssimilartoourown.【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了未来人类的外貌可能会出现的变化。1.Thepassagemainlytellsusthat________.A.man'slifewillbedifferentinthefutureB.future
7、manwilllookquitedifferentfromusC.manisgrowingtalleranduglierastimepasses5D.man'sorgans'functionswillbeonthewane解析:选B 主旨大意题。从文章第一段可知,本文主要介绍未来人类的外貌可能会出现的变化。C项只是其中一个方面。2.Whatservesastheevidencethatmanischanging?A.Manhasgotstrongereyesnowthanheeverhad.B.Man'shairisge
8、ttingthinnerandthinner.C.Man'sarmsandlegshavebecomelighterandweaker.D.Manhasbeengrowingtalleroverthepast500years.解析:选D 细节理解题。从第二段第二句可知,人类身高已经改变。A、B、C三项均为人类未来的变