【正文】 chnology succeeds in creating emotionally intelligent digital humans, experts say, it may forever change the way living people cooperate with puters and experience loss. AndyBot may bee one of the world39。Kaplan is eager to bee one of the world39。For decades, Silicon Valley futurists have sought to free humanity from the life cycle. Today, a new generation of panies is selling some approximation(近似) of virtual immortality, which gives people the opportunity to preserve one39。Someday, Kaplan, who playfully refers to himself as a pig, may be remembered as one of the world39。If all goes according to plan future generations will be able to interact with him using voice puting platforms of mobile devices, asking him questions, letting him tell stories and drawing upon a lifetime39。 When Andrew Kaplan recalls, his stories leave the impression that he has managed to pack multiple lives into a single existence: A war reporter in his 20s. an army member, a successful businessman and later. the author of numerous spy novels and Hollywood scripts. 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查， 是一篇夾敘夾議的文章，閱讀時(shí)在首段可以確定文章的主題句，答題時(shí)通過(guò)題干中的關(guān)鍵詞在文章中定位，然后分析相關(guān)信息，從而確定與題干相符的選項(xiàng)?！贝搜圆惶摚@輩子所有的路不管怎樣迂回曲折，最終都會(huì)引導(dǎo)著我們回家，有的是回到這里，回到我們物質(zhì)層面的家，有的是回到我們心靈的家園。 （4）推理判斷題。我的心跳了起來(lái)!我跳上跳下，放聲大笑。 （3）推理判斷題。答案定位在第二段It was full of holes and muddy tracks and deep woods bordered it on both sides, but exploring it still seemed like a fine adventure.（它到處都是洞和泥濘的小路，兩邊都是茂密的樹林，但探索它仍然像是一場(chǎng)美妙的冒險(xiǎn)。答案定位在第一段Still, I was never bored. The fields, hills, and woodlands around my house were the nature readymade ，故選D。文章通過(guò)自己的親身經(jīng)歷，說(shuō)明了所有的路，最終都是回家的路。 I was almost in tears when I turned one last curve(彎曲處) and saw something in the distance. It was a house that I recognized. My heart leapt up! I jumped up and down and laughed out loud. I knew the way home! It was still over a mile away but my legs felt like feathers and I hurried back to my house in no time. I walked in with a big smile on my face just in time for dinner. The dirt road give way to a rock one and then a paved one, yet there was still neither a car nor a house in sight. My legs were getting tired. I noticed that the sun was starting to go down and I grew scared. I didn39。 I can remember once hiking to a nearby lake and slowly walking around it. At the backside of it I was amazed to find an old, onelane, dirt road that I had never seen before. I immediately set out to travel it. It was full of holes and muddy tracks and deep woods bordered it on both sides, but exploring it still seemed like a fine adventure.4．閱讀理解 通讀全文，特別是根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，作者結(jié)合自己的切身經(jīng)歷談?wù)摿巳帐降恼勗捄臀魇降恼勗挼牟煌帲纱烁嬖V我們與來(lái)自另一個(gè)國(guó)家的人交談是困難的，故選C。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，作者結(jié)合自己的切身經(jīng)歷告訴我們?nèi)帐降恼勗捄臀魇降恼勗挼牟煌?，由此可知，作者寫這篇文章的目的就是為了給大家一些指導(dǎo)，注意與來(lái)自另一個(gè)國(guó)家的人交談時(shí)談話方式的差異，故選A。s like bowling. You wait for your turn.”可知，日式的談話不像打網(wǎng)球或排球，而像打保齡球，你需要等著輪到你，由此可知，日式的談話比西式的時(shí)間要長(zhǎng)，故選D。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。it39。s important to take part in conversationsC.people talk differently in Japan than in the WestB.D.jokeB.instructwesternstyle conversations are longer than Japanesestyle conversations（2）The author39。westernstyle conversations are like tennis or volleyballC. If you have been trained all your life to play one game, it is no simple matter to switch to another, even if you know the rules. Knowing the rules is not at all the same thing as playing the game.（1）The author makes all of the following arguments EXCEPT that _____. A. Then, after everyone is sure that you have pletely finished your turn, the next person in line steps up to the same starting line, with a different ball. He doesn39。s like bowling. You wait for your turn. And you always know your place in line. It depends on such things as whether you are older or younger, a close friend or a relative stranger to the previous speaker, in a senior or junior position, and so on.t expect you always to agree. I am just as happy if you question me, or challenge me, or pletely disagree with me. Whether you agree or disagree, your response will return the ball to me. A Westernstyle conversation between two people is like a game of tennis. If I introduce a topic, a conversational ball, I expect you to hit it back. If you agree with me, I don39。t know what it was.3．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and plex. 可知作者在討論完Ceely這起事故后，在最后兩段將討論延伸到了人與科技的關(guān)系上，因此作者實(shí)際關(guān)心的內(nèi)容是人與科技的關(guān)系，故選D。s not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. 可知作者認(rèn)為Stevenson只關(guān)注到了片面的，故選A。 （4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查詞義猜測(cè)。s near miss made the news because she blamed it on he GPS(導(dǎo)航儀). 可知Ceely認(rèn)為事故發(fā)生的原因是GPS沒有指出那個(gè)路口。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。The relationship between humans and technology.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B（4）A（5）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，作者講述了一起交通事故，司機(jī)沒有看到火車路口導(dǎo)致了一起事故，司機(jī)卻將責(zé)任歸咎到自己的導(dǎo)航儀沒有路口提示上。The human unawareness of technical problems.C.wellbased（5）What is the real concern of the writer of this article? A.puzzlingreasonableonesideds opinion, Stevenson39。GPS error is not the only cause for Ceely39。Digtal technology often falls short of our expectation.C.Modern technology is what we can39。D.C.B.t tell her about the crossing.（2）The phrase near miss (Paragraph 2) can best be replaced by ________. A.The railway workers failed to give the signal.D.She was not familiar with the road.B. The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and plex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technology. both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once again not all new locks have proved reliable, Perhaps, but maybe it39。 It39。s not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. A mapmaker might have left the