“Hethoughtthedeadinthedisastercouldhavebeenidentifiediftheirnamesandotherimportantinformationhadbeenchipped.”可知答案，故选B。 3．Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat.
A．thechiphasbeenproventobeverysuccessful B．theuseofthischipwillbefavoredbyeverybody C．doctorswillmakealotofmoneybyusingchips D．therewillbeagreatmarketforchipplantinginhumans 答案 D
解析 推理判断题。从文中第四段最后三句话可推断，这种新产品的市场很大，应用范围很广，故选D。
4．Whatproblemmaybecausedbyplantingchipsinthehumanbodies? A．Personalinformationmaybeusedimproperly. B．Chipscanbethecausesofvariousdiseases. C．Computerscouldsendoutwronginformation. D．Sickpeoplewillbecontrolledbycomputers. 答案 A 解
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B
Ilogontoacomputeratthedoctor’sofficetosayIhavearrivedandthenwaituntilavoicecallsmeintotheexaminationroom. There
，
aroboticnursedirectsmeontoadeviceandthentakesmybloodpressure.Sometimelater
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，
Iamthrilled.AndwhenIseetheintroductionofyetmoreself-servicecheckoutstationsatthegrocerystore，Ifeellikeshouting，“Whenitcomestocashiers，makeminehuman，please！” Afterall
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real-lifecashiersoftentakeaninterestinparticularlycutechildren
whichcanbrightenayoungmother’sday.Acashiermayalsoshowcompassion(foranelderlypersonstrugglingtogetthatlastpennyoutofherpurse. Whattechnologicaldevicewoulddoanyofthis
？
Idon’twanttogobacktotheStoneAge
，
butI’malsoworriedaboutaworldrunbymachines.Sometimeswhenyou’rechattingwithsomeoneersoncanofferabitofencouragementtoacustomerwhoisfeelingtired.
，
youdiscoverthingsyouneedtoknow.Maybeareceptionistneedsprayerssaidforasickchild.MaybeasalespMachinescanbeefficientandcost-effectiveandtheyoftengetthejobdonejustfine.Buttheylackanelementsoimportanttoeverydaylife. Callitthespirit
，
thesoulortheheart.Itissomethingnomachinewilleverhave.Itisbeinghumanthatpromptsustosmileatothers，whichmaybewhattheyneedatthatmoment.
5．What’stheauthor’spurposeinwritingthefirsttwoparagraphs? A．Toindicatehightechnologycanmakeourfuturelifeveryeasy. B．Todescribeapossiblefuturescenewhererobotstakecontrolofourlife. C．Towarnreadersofthepossibledangersofroboticnursesanddoctors. D．Topredicthowtechnologycanaffectthewayweseeadoctoringthefuture. 答案 B
解析 推理判断题。前两段主要描述了未来生活可能会出现的场景——去医院看病，护士、医生等等都是机器人，即：机器人控制了我们的生活。故选B。 6．Whydoestheauthorpreferbeingservedbyhumansratherthanbyrobots? A．Robotsareindifferentandemotionless. B．Robotscan’tprovideefficientservices. C．Robotsdon’toffertogivestorecoupons. D．Robotsareunabletodoajobaswellashumans. 答案 A
解析 推理判断题。根据第四、五段内容可知，作者喜欢人来服务，是因为人有情感，对小孩子有爱心，对老人同情。由此可推断出，机器人没有情感，对工作外的事物漠不关心。 7．What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardsmachines? A．Hewishesonedaytheywouldcometolife. B．Heisabsolutelyagainsttheirexistenceinhislife. C．Hedoesn’tliketheygetinvolvedinhislifetoomuch. D．Heisafraidtheywouldtaketheplaceofhumanbeings. 答案 C
解析 观点态度题。根据最后两段可知作者既肯定了机器人的优点，又指出它们的缺点。由此可推断出，作者认为我们的生活中需要机器，但是在生活中不能过多使用。故选C。 Ⅱ.七选五
WrongReasonsforGoingtoCollege
Acollegeeducationcanbepriceless.8Ifanyofthesefollowingfactorshadabiginfluenceonyourdecision，
you’reprobablyrighttosecond-guessyourself. Becauseallyourfriendsaregoing. Inonlyafewweeks’timegowillsetyourselfapart.9 Becausesomeoneelseexpectsitfromyou.
Perhapsyoucomefromafamilywhereeveryonegoestocollege
，，
thewholefriendgroupwillbescatteredtoahalfdozendifferentcollegesinahalfdozendifferentplaces.Notto
ormaybeyou’rethekidthateveryoneisproudtobelievewillbethefirsttogetthere.10It’sbecomesomuchapartoftheairyoubreathethatyou’veneverstoppedtoconsiderwhetheryouwanttogoorwhetheryou’rereadytogo. 11 It’sbeentoughtofindevenasummerjob.Youdon’thaveanalternativeplan.Everyoneelseisdoingit (seeabove)．Youthinkyoumightaswellgotoschool.Thatisthelamest(无说服力的)ofreasonstospend20,000ormoreinthenextyear.
Becauseyouareafraidyou’llregretitifyoudon’tgo.
Youruncletellsyouthatheregretsthathedidn’tgotocollege.Otherstellyoutheycouldhavegonesomuchfurtherintheircareerifonlytheyhadacollegeeducation.12Sothisisnotapersuasivereasonforyoutogotocollege.
A．Becauseyoudon’twanttowork.
B．Friendswillwonderwhat’swrongwithyou. C．Becauseyoudon’tknowwhatelsetodo. D．Everyoneseemsmoreexcitedthanyouare.
E．Itseemsthatforyearseveryonehasjustthoughtthatofcourseyou’llgo.
F．Whateverthestoryis，therearealwayspeoplewhoregretdecisionsthey’vemade. G．Butmaybeinyourheartyouknowthatyouaregoingforthewrongreasons. 答案 8.G 9.B 10.E 11.C 12.F Ⅲ.短文改错
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