Question

阅读短文，从所给的选项中选择四个句子完成短文，使其文理通顺。（有一项多余）

Imagine a normal day: you go to work, return home, and maybe buy somethings on your way home.1.. For a large number of people, the answer to that question is zero.

Ever since the Industrial Revolution（工业革命）began, many changes have taken place in our world.2..

Want to buy a pair of shoes? An MP3 player? A book? It’s only a few clicks(点击) away. Need a computer? A gift? A tennis racket? Click. No need to even leave your house.3.And the quality of crops that are grown and harvested(收割) by computers is getting better.

You are probably booking (预定) your hotel room online. When can we choose our own rooms and get our keys by ourselves? We also hope that everything we want to buy at the supermarket will be ready for us when we arrive.4.Researchers have already designed a robot to correctly find your preferred beer and bring it to you.

Will human jobs be completely done by robots? We don’t know. But computers are doing more and more jobs for humans.

5.How many examples of ways of doing things does the author pick up to show the advantages of computers?

A. Five.  B. Four.  C. Six.  D. Three.

A. On the farm, machines are used, and more and more farm jobs can be done by machines.

B. In a factory, workers are busy making products.

C. Many jobs done by humans in the past are now being done by technology(技术) instead.

D. How many people do you have to talk with to do those everyday tasks?

E. In fact, a restaurant in China recently started using some robots to serve people.

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.E

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了自工业革命以来，技术进步给我们的生活带来的变化。

1.联系下文，对于许多人来说，这个问题的答案是零。可知选D，要完成这些每天的任务，你必须要和多少人说话？

2.联系上文描述，在我们的世界发生了许多变化。可知选C，许多在过去由人做的工作现在由技术代替做了。

3.联系下文，由电脑种植和收割的作物的质量变得越来越好。故选A，在农场上，应用了机器，并且越来越多的农活都被机器做了。

4.联系下文，研究人员已经设计了一种机器人用来……，可知选E，实际上，中国的一家饭店最近开始用一些机器人来为人们服务了。

5.通过阅读短文可知作者介绍了三种电脑的优势，网上购物，种植庄稼，控制机器人为人服务。故选D。

考点：关于电脑对人类生活影响的科普性阅读

点评：本文中长句较多，一时很难读懂句子含义，注意多读几遍，不要强求非得理解一词一句的含义，能把握文章大意就行。然后带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文，根据短文中心总结出正确答案。