【正文】 be using exactly the same strategy by displaying avatars changed with your facial features. 44. Where is the passage probably taken from? A. Entertainment. B. Advertisement. C. Science fiction. D. Travel. 45. Which is not the three developments that contribute to the avatar conferences? A. The Microsoft Kinect tracking system for the Xbox. B. The triumph on the “ Jeopardy!” TV game show of IBM’ s Watson puter. C. The Nintendo 3DS gaming device. D. Threedimensional. 46. Thanks to the “ auto stereo” display on the new Nintendo 3DS, you control your avatar _________. A. by moving around the living room B. with special suits C. with elaborate sensors D. with special glasses 47. The underlined word “ predicted” can be replaced by _________. A. protected B. foresaw C. prepared D. suggested (D) Should we try to contact and make friends with other beings in the universe? Certainly not, says British physicist Stephen Hawking. “ If aliens (creatures from other plas) ever visit us, I think the oute would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’ t turn out very well for the Native Americans,” said the 68yearold disabled scientist in a new Discovery channel documentary (紀(jì)實(shí)性電視節(jié)目 ) on April 25. The program depicits an imagined universe where other life forms in huge spaceships hunt for resources after using up all those on their home plas. “ Such advanced aliens would perhaps bee nomads (游牧民 ) , looking to conquer and colonize whatever plas they can reach,”warned Hawking. On the probability of other life forms existing, he says,“ To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly reasonable.” Hawking’ s concerns have frightened some people and been met with disagreement from other researchers. Paul Davies, author of the book Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence, thinks Hawking’ s reasoning is wrong. He argues that since Earth is about billion years old, if intelligent life is likely, munities with other beings may have been there for a very long time. “ If resources are the factor, then at least one group of aliens would surely have visited Earth as a desirable destination millions of years ago.” Even if other life forms do e to Earth in the near future, Davies believes parisons with columbus are wide of the mark (離譜的 ). 48. What is the article mainly about? A. Other life forms ing to our pla. B. Scientific evidence of other life forms. C. Earth as the only place where human beings can survive. D. Hawking’ s belief that other life forms may exist in the universe. 49. Which of the following ideas is opposed to Hawking’ s view? A. Other life forms exist in the universe. B. Other life forms may be more intelligent than human beings. C. We should try to contact other life forms from other plas. D. Other life forms may exist in more than one part of the universe. 50. Hawking referred to Christopher Columbus as an example to __________. A. inspire interest in the universe B. draw attention to other plas in the universe C. warn people to watch out for other life forms D. urge further exploration of the universe Ⅳ. 任務(wù)型閱讀 請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。該活動(dòng)得到了全國(guó)人民的支持，提高了人們節(jié)約能源與保護(hù)環(huán)境的意識(shí)，活動(dòng)很成功。 ：無(wú)車(chē)日 Carfree Day；開(kāi) 展launch ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 答案與解析 1. C 考查冠詞。add up把??加起來(lái)； add to 增加； add up to加起來(lái)，總共； add加，補(bǔ)充說(shuō)。 4. D 考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。 5. A 考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)和語(yǔ)態(tài)。答句句意：由他定吧，當(dāng)他方便的時(shí)候我們就去看他。 7. C 考查 There seems to be句型。句意：一些消費(fèi)者控告豐田對(duì)問(wèn)題汽車(chē)的修理反應(yīng)很慢，這讓他們很失望。escape 逃跑，符合句意。 unique獨(dú)特的，獨(dú)一無(wú)二的，符合句意。 need 后用doing 主動(dòng)形式表被動(dòng)，且句子主語(yǔ)為 two thirds of the buildings,故謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用 need的原形。根據(jù)句意可知，應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。 make a deep impression on 。 passive被動(dòng)的；worn破舊的； curious好奇的。 in turn 意為“依次”，不合題意；but 作連詞后邊一般不用逗號(hào)；故答案選 A，意為“事實(shí)上，實(shí)際上”，符合句意。國(guó)與國(guó)之間為爭(zhēng)奪糧食而進(jìn)行戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。 18. D 彗星碎塊進(jìn)入“大氣層”。只能說(shuō) the rest of sth.。 22. C 好幾百萬(wàn)人丟了命。 set sth. off 意為“引發(fā)某事劇烈發(fā)生”。 26. C 這三座城市完全被毀滅（ ruined）。 hide隱藏； shut關(guān)閉。 32. D 地球上僅僅存留著一千萬(wàn)人。 live through活過(guò)。由第三段 I’ m looking forward to the day when more technology will e to my life? 一句可知， John Searle對(duì)于未來(lái)的生活很樂(lè)觀。從文章第二段起，作者開(kāi)始羅列一些科學(xué)家的觀點(diǎn)，自己并沒(méi)有發(fā)表個(gè)人觀點(diǎn)。 41. A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 43. D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 文章 主 要 介 紹了 3D conferences with avatars 這一現(xiàn)實(shí)發(fā)生的可能性，幻想虛擬交流形式，故 C 項(xiàng)合適。 46. A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段Virtual reality scientists have been waiting for these events for decades and faster than most of us predicted? 可知，發(fā)展速度超出了我們的預(yù)測(cè)，故 B項(xiàng)合適。由文中第四段 Such advanced aliens would perhaps bee nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever plas they can reach? 一句可知，霍金應(yīng)該反對(duì)與外星物