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1、Unit 3 Life in the future.阅读理解(建议用时16)A2017浙江联考You know how much your telephone has changed over the past 10 years? Your car will change even more than that in the next 10 years.One of the biggest changes is that cars will drive themselves. Some day you may not need to drive a car. You will just tel
2、l the car where you want to go and it will drive itself.“We definitely have the technology for it now，” says Andrew Poliak of automotive technology supplier QNX. “We expect selfdriving cars to be a mainstream(主流) thing between 2020 and 2025.”The American company Google has been working on a selfdriv
3、ing automobile for years. These cars are already on the roads in the United States, mainly in California. Google cars are truly selfdriving. These cars have no steering wheels or pedals.Last week, police ordered one of Googles cars to stop for driving too slowly on a public road. The car was not dis
4、obeying any law, so no one was punished. But police did speak with the operators of the vehicle.According to Google, its selfdriving cars have been driven nearly 2 million kilometers. That is equal to the distance the average person drives in 90 years. So far, no Google selfdriving car has gotten a
5、traffic ticket. Some of them have been in accidents when other cars hit them.Other companies are working on selfdriving cars. MercedesBenz. Audi, BMW, Volvo and Toyota all have plans far such vehicles.A company BestMile called plans to operate selfdriving buses in Switzerland next spring. The buses
6、will hold up to nine people and will be tested for two years. MercedesBenz is developing large selfdriving trucks for long trips. These trucks use drivers to control them.A company called Royal will have selfdriving trucks at construction sites in Florida by the end of this year. No drivers are need
7、ed in these vehicles.篇章导读：本文为说明文。随着科技的发展，无人驾驶技术更加成熟，越来越多的公司投入无人驾驶汽车的开发，不久的将来，对我们来说，拥有一辆无人驾驶汽车将成为可能。1What Andrew Poliak said suggests that _.Ahe took pride in their technology oneselfdriving carsBhe is eager to sell their technology on selldriving carsChe is optimistic about the development of selfdr
8、iving carsDhe feels certain that most people can own selfdriving cars答案：C推理判断题。根据第三段Andrew Poliak所说的话“我们现在已经掌握了这项技术，我们希望在2020年到2025年间自驾车成为主流”可知，他对于自驾车的发展很乐观。故选C项。2Why did the police order one of Googles cars to stop last week?ABecause its speed was too low.BBecause it disobeyed local laws.CBecause t
9、he operators behaved badly.DBecause there existed technology problems.答案：A细节理解题。根据第五段中的第一句“Last week, police ordered one of Googles cars to stop for driving too slowly on a public road.”可知，警察让谷歌的一辆汽车停下来，是因为它的速度太慢。故选A项。3What caused some of Googles selfdriving cars to have accidents?ALack of experienc
10、e.BHigh speed.COther cars faults.DToo much confidence.答案：C细节理解题。根据第六段中的最后两句“So far, no Google selfdriving car has gotten a traffic ticket. Some of them have been in accidents when other cars hit them.”可知，是其他车辆的过错导致谷歌的一些自驾车出车祸。故选C项。4Which company will start the test of selfdriving buses for 2 years?A
11、MercedesBen.BBestMile.CBMW.DRoyal.答案：B细节理解题。根据第八段中的前两句“A company BestMile called plans to operate selfdriving buses in Switzerland next spring. The buses will hold up to nine people and will be tested for two years. ”可知，BestMile将对自动驾驶公共汽车做为期两年的试验。故选B项。1definitely adv. 确切地；确定地2disobey vt. 不服从；不顺从3pun
12、ish vt. 惩罚；处罚4operator n. 操作人员；技工5construction n. 建筑；建造1be equal to 与相当；等同于2up to 达到BWhat will humans look like in 1,000 years? Video suggests we could develop red eyes, have darker skin and be betterlooking. Climate change, artificial intelligence and genetic mutations(基因突变) are all set to transfor
13、m our bodies.In the future tiny robots will be suddenly put into our own bodies, improving our abilities. Meanwhile, designer babies will cause future generations to grow into increasingly intelligent and attractive people. But while that will make us smarter, stronger and betterlooking, such geneti
14、c similarity, or lack of human diversity, leaves room for a single new disease of the future to wipe out the entire human race. As global warming takes hold， humans will also be skinnier and taller, as this body shape is better able to dissipate heat.Our faces may also change greatly, according to D
15、r Alan Kwan, who holds a PhD in computational genomics from Washington University in St Louis. Dr Kwan has created a shocking series of images which show one possible evolution for the human race over the next 100,000 years.As genetic engineering becomes normal, “the fate of the human face will be i
16、ncreasingly determined by human tastes，” writes Dr Kwan, while foreheads will continue to expand as our brains continue to grow larger. As man achieves total control over genetics, the human face will become heavily biased(有偏见的) towards features that humans find fundamentally appealing： strong lines, straight nose and
