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1、 2022年6月英语六级阅读冲刺倒计时(倒数27天)The chip will also know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once paramedics arrive ,the chip will also be able to tell the rescue workers which drugs little Johnny or Janic is allergic(过敏的)to.At the hospital,the chip will tell doctors his or her complete medi
2、cal history.And of counse ,when you arrive to pick up your child , settling the hospital bill with your health insurance policy will be a simple matter of waving your own chip -the one embedded(坚固地,插入)in your hand .To some ,this may sound far-fetched .But the technology for such chips is no longer t
3、he stuff of science fiction,And it may soon offer many other benefits besides locating lost childen or elderly Alzheimer patients.“Down the line ,it could be used as credit cards and such ,“says Chris Hables Gray , a professor of cultural studies of science and technology at the University of Great
4、Falls in Montana,“A lot of people wont have to carry wallets anymore ,“he says,“what the implications are for this technology,in the long run,is profound.”Indeed, some are aleady wondering what this sort of technology may do to the sense of personal privacy and liberty.“Any technology of this kind i
5、s easily abusive of personal privacy.”says Lee Tien,senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.“If a kind is trackable,do you want other people to be able to track your kid?Its a double-edged sword.”Tiny Chips That Know Your NameThe research of embedding microchips isnt entirely ne
6、w.Back in 1988,Brian Warwick,a professor of cybernetics(掌握论) at Reading University in London,implanted a chip into his arm as an experiment to see if Warwicks computer could wirelessly track his whereabouts with the universitys building.But Applied Digital Solutions,Inc,in Palm Beach,Fla. is one of
7、the latest to try and push the experments beyond the realm of academic research and into the handsand bodiesof ordinary humans.The company says it has recently applied to the Food and Drug Administration for permission to begin testing its VeriChip device in humans.About the size of a grain of rice,
8、the microchip can be encoded with bits of information and implanted in humans under a layer of skin.When scanned by a nearby reader,the embedded chip yields the datasay an ID number that links to a computer database file containing more detailed information.Chipping BlocksMost embedded chips designs
9、 are so-called passive chip which yield information only when scanned by a nearby reader.But active chipssuch as the proposed Digital Angel of the futurewill need to beam out information all the time.And that means designers will have to develop some sort of power source that can provide a continuou
10、s source of energy ,yet be small enough to be embedded with the chips.Another additional barrier,developing tiny GPS receiver chips that cuold be embedded yet still be sensitive enough to receive signals from thousnads of miles out in space.In addition to technical hurdles(需要克制的困难),many suspect that
11、 all sorts of legal and privacy issues would have to be cleared as well.1. A chip is able to do the following EXCEPTA telling the location of your childB telling doctors your childs medical historyC telling whether your child needs immediate helpD telling the rescue workers which medicine your child
12、 should take at once2. The word“paramedic”refers to A one who is trained to assist a doctorB one who drives the ambulanceC an ambulanceD a disease3. The implications for chip technology are proound becauseA it can help people a lot in their daily lifeB it is easily abusive if personal privacyC it is
13、 easily abusive if personal libertyD it is a double-edged sword4. What has Applied Digital Solutions,Inc,recently done?A It has recently implanted a chip into Professor Brian Warwicks arm.B It has recently pushed the expermients into the realm of academic research.C It has recently made the research
14、 of embedding microchips.D It has recently applied to the Food and Drug Administration for permission to test its VeriChip device in humans.5. To produce active chips,the problems designers need to solve are as many as A two B threeC four D five1.D细节理解题。依据其次段第一、二句“if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once paramedics arrive ,the chip will also be able to tell the rescue workers”得出此结论。2.A猜想词义题。依据第四段第一句“To some ,this may”得出此结论。3.D推论题。依据第七段最终一句话“Its a double-edged sword.”得出此结论4.D细节理解题。依据第十一段第一句“The company says it has recently”得出此结论。5.C细节理解题。依据文章最终两段表达得出此结论。
