福建省福州市2015高考英语阅读理解、书面表达四月自练（2）.doc

福州市2015高考英语阅读理解、书面表达四月自练（2）阅读理解We don’t know how different our future will be in the year 2050. We can only try to imagine it. At first we think about human relationship. In the year 2050, we will use computers almost every day. We will be making new friends through the Internet—even our husbands or wives will be met in this way. It will be much faster and easier for us. On the other hand, our relationships with people won’t be as important as they are today—we will feel a little lonely. Computers will also help us in many other activities in 2050. For example, they will be used by the children at school to make their learning easier. In addition, there will be much more other machines which will play a similar role as computers, like robots which will do the housework for us. Spending holiday will also be completely different. Travelling to other planets or to the moon will be available for everyone. Means of transport will, of course, change, too. We will be using solar-powered cars, which will be much more environmentally friendly. We could expect that the faster technological progress would lead to a more polluted environment. But it isn’t true. We will pay more attention to protecting the environment. And, scientists will probably find cures for many dangerous diseases, like cancer or AIDS. Therefore, our surroundings as well as health will be in better condition. Although we can’t predict the exact changes which will be made in the world, we often think about them. We worry about our and our children’s future; we have expectations, hopes as well as fears. But I think we should be rather sanguine about our future. We should be happy and believe good things will happen. 【文章大意】本文主要预测2050年的生活将会是怎样的。

1. Why will people probably feel a little lonely in 2050? A. Because the number of people will become much smaller. B. Because there will be less face-to-face communication. C. Because people won’t like making friends with each other. D. Because people won’t communicate with each other much often. 【解析】选B细节理解题根据第二段的内容可知, 在2050年, 人们主要通过电脑进行交流, 而很少进行面对面的交流, 人与人之间的关系也就淡薄了, 因此那时的人们会感到有点孤独2. The third paragraph mainly tells us　　　. A. that computers will do all the things for human beingsB. how people will use computers to communicate with each otherC. that machines like computers and robots will help people a lotD. how people will use robots to do the housework【解析】选C。

段落大意题根据第三段的内容可知, 计算机和机器人等机器会给人类很大的帮助, 故选C项3. The underlined word“sanguine”in the last paragraph most probably means　　　. A. disappointed　　　　　　 B. surprisedC. curious D. optimistic【解析】选D词义猜测题根据文章最后一句可以猜测出作者认为我们对未来应该持积极乐观的态度, 故选D项4. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. How people will communicate in the year 2050. B. What our life will be like in the year 2050. C. How people will travel and spend their holidays in the year 2050. D. What high technology will appear in the year 2050. 【解析】选B。

主旨大意题文章的第一段就是本文的中心, 即设想2050年的生活是什么样子的, 故选B项阅读理解 Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he was in computers, she was in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose. Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder." Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series. Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .” The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”16.What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?A. His health problem. B .His love for teaching.C. The influence of his wife. 。