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1、推测单词与短语题专项练习（1）OlafStapledonwroteabookcalledFirstandLastMen,inwhichhelookedmillionsofyearsahead.Hetoldofdifferentmenandofstrangecivilizations（文明）,brokenupbylong‘darkages’inbetween.Inhisview,whatiscalledthepresenttimeisnomorethanamomentinhumanhistoryandwear
2、ejusttheFirstMen.In2,000millionyearsfromnowtherewillbetheEighteenthorLastMen.However,mostofourideasaboutthefuturearereallyveryshort-sighted.Perhapswecanseesomepossibilitiesforthenextfiftyyears.Butthenexthundred?Thenextthousand?Thenextmillion?That’smuchmore
3、difficult.Whenmenandwomenlivedbyhunting50,000yearsago,howcouldtheyevenbegintopicturemodernlife?Yettomenof50,000yearsfromnow,wemayseemasprimitive（原始的）inourideasastheStone-Agehuntersdotous.Perhapstheywillspendtheirdaysgollockingtomakenewspundels,orstruggling
4、withtheirballalatorsthroughthecribe.Thesewords,whichIhavejustmadeup,havetostandforthingsandideasthatwesimplycan’tthinkof.Sowhybothereventotryimagininglifefarinthefuture?Herearetworeasons.First,unlesswerememberhowshortourownlivesarecomparedwiththewholehuman
5、history,wearelikelytothinkourowninterestsaremuchmoreimportantthantheyreallyare.Ifwemaketheearthapoorplacetoliveonbecausewearecarelessorgreedy（贪婪）orquarrelsome,ourgrandchildrenwillnotbothertothinkofexcusesforus.Second,bytryingtoescapefrompresentinterestsand
6、imaginelifefarinthefuture,wemayarriveatquitefreshideasthatwecanuseourselves.Forexample,ifweimaginethatinthefuturemenmaygiveupfarming,wecanthinkoftryingitnow.Sosetyourimaginationfreewhenyouthinkaboutthefuture.1.Spundelsandballalatorsareusedinthetexttorefert
7、o_______.A.toolsusedinfarmingB.ideasaboutmodernlifeC.unknownthingsinthefutureD.huntingskillsintheStoneAge2.AparticularmentionmadeofStapledon’sbookintheopeningparagraph_______.A.servesasadescriptionofhumanhistoryB.servesasanintroductiontothediscussionC.show
8、sadisagreementofviewsD.showsthepopularityofthebook(2)BeijingplanstosendupmannedspaceshipZHUHAI－Chinawillsoonputapersonintospaceandbecomethethirdnationintheworldtoownmannedspaceflight,atopChineseaerospaceoffic
