It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 old. Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror, “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle-aged.
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear: “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appear on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for your trip to space. You ask your son and daughter.” In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space — and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacation. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, your add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advices, vaccination shots are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it.
小題1:What changes the color of your shirt?
A．The mirror.B．The counter.C．The shirt itself.D．The medicine.
小題2:How do the shoes know that your shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?
A．By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.
B．By listening to the doctor’s advice.
C．By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D．By checking the nutrition details of the food.
小題3:The strawberries the children eat serve as         .
A．lunchB．vaccinesC．breakfastD．nutrition
小題4:How is the text organized?
A．In order of time.B．In order of frequency.
C．In order of preference.D．In order of importance.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：本文講述了在2035年的生活，具體說明了在未來我們生活中的很多巨大的變化。
小題1:C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段第3行Tiny preprogrammed electronics are rearranged in your shirt to change its color.可知襯衫里面的裝置讓襯衫自己變化顏色。故C正確。
小題2:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段2,3行They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details.可知D項描述正確。
小題3:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段最后3行Thanks to medical advices, vaccination shots are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.可知孩子吃的草莓是一種疫苗。故B正確。
小題4:A 推理題。作者以自己早早晨起床以后的時間為順序來組織全文，從穿衣服，吃早飯等著手。故A正確。
點評：本文講述了在2035年的生活，具體說明了在未來我們生活中的很多巨大的變化。本文考查細節(jié)題為主，細節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子，再對相關(guān)部分進行分析對比，找出答案。
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HIGHFIELD COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL
SCHOOL REPORT
Form Teacher: G. Baker            Pupil’s Name:  Simon Watkins
Term:        Summer 2010            Form:        Ⅳ B
Subject
Exam
Class work
Comments
English
59
61
Simon has reached a satisfactory standard but now needs to apply himself with more determination.
Mathematics
77
85
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History
46
53
A disappointing exam result. He is unable to give attention to this subject for long.
Chemistry
78
85
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Physics
86
94
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Biology
57
60
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French
41
46
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Physical
Education
/
31
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