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1、个人收集整理勿做商业用途2007年“专升本”试卷课程名称：大学英语考试时间：2007年月日姓名：准考证号：PartIReadingComprehension(每小题2分,共40分)Directions:Therearefourpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideo
2、nthebestchoice.文档来自于网络搜索Question1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:文档来自于网络搜索Whenamagazineforhigh-schoolstudentsaskeditsreaderswhatlifewouldbelikeintwentyyears,theysaid:Machineswouldberunbysolarpower.Buildingswouldrotatesotheycouldfollowthesuntotakemaximuma
3、dvantageofitslightandheat.Wallswould“radiatelight”and“changecolorwiththepushofabutton.”Foodwouldbereplacedbypills.Schoolwouldbetaught“byelectricalimpulsewhilewesleep.”Carswouldhaveradar.Doesthissoundliketheyear2000?Actually,thearticlewaswrittenin1958andth
4、equestionwas“Whatwilllifebelikein1978？”文档来自于网络搜索Thefutureismuchtooimportanttosimplyguessabout,thewaythehighschoolstudentsdid,soexpertsareregularlyaskedtopredictaccurately.Bycarefullystudyingthepresent,skilledbusinessmen,scientists,andpoliticiansaresuppose
5、dlyabletofigureoutinadvancewhatwillhappen.Butcanthey?Oneexpertoncitieswrote:Citiesofthefuturewouldnotbecrowded,butwouldhavespaceforfarmsandfields.Peoplewouldtraveltoworkin“airbuses”,largeall-weatherhelicopterscarryingupto200passengers.Whenapersonlefttheai
6、rbusstationhecoulddriveacoin-operatedcarequippedwithradar.Theradarequipmentofcarswouldmaketrafficaccidents“almostunheardof”.Doesthatsoundfamiliar?Iftheexperthadbeenaccurateitwould,becausehewaswritingin1957.Hissubjectwas“Thecityof1982”.文档来自于网络搜索Iftheprofes
7、sionalssometimessoundlikehigh-schoolstudents,itsprobablybecausefuturestudyisstillanewfield.Buteconomicforecasting,orpredictingwhattheeconomywilldo,hasbeenaroundforalongtime.Itshouldbeaccurate,andgenerallyitis.Buttherehavebeensomebigmistakesinthisfield,too
8、.Inearly1929,mostforecasterssawanexcellentfutureforthestockmarket.InOctoberofthatyear,thestockmarkethaditsworstlossesever,ruiningthousandsofinvestorswhohadputtheirfaithinfinancialforeseers.文档来自于网络搜索Oneforecasterknew
