大學英語四級完形填空強化練習（八）
According to BTs futurologist, Ian Pearson, these are among the developments scheduled for the first few decades of the new millennium, when supercomputers will dramatically accelerate progress in all areas of life.
Pearson has __1__ together to work of hundreds of researchers around the world to produce a __2__ millennium technology calendar that gives the latest dates when we can expect hundreds of key __3__ and discoveries to take place. Some of the biggest developments will be in medicine, including an __4__ life expectancy and dozens of artificial organs __5__ into use between now and 2040.
Pearson also __6__ a breakthrough in computer human links. By linking __7__ to our nervous system, computers could pick up __8__ we feel and, hopefully, simulate __9__ too so that we can start to __10__ full sensory environments, rather like the holidays in Total Recall or the Star Trek holodeck, he says.
But that, Pearson points __11__, is only the start of man-machine __12__:It will be the beginning of the long process of integration that will __13__ lead to a fully electronic human before the end of the next century.__14__ his research, Pearson is able to put dates to most of the breakthroughs that can be predicted. However, there are still no __15__ for when faster-than-light travel will be __16__, or when human cloning will be perfected, or when time travel will be possible.
But he does __17__ social problems as a result of technological advances. A boom in neighborhood surveillance cameras will, for example, __18__ problems in 2010, while the arrival of synthetic __19__ robots will mean people may not be able to __20__ between their human friends and the droids. And home appliances will also become so smart that controlling and operating them will result in the breakout of a new psychological disorder-kitchen rage.
1.taken pieced kept made
2.complicated delicate subtle unique
3.breakthroughs findings events incidents
4.expanded extended enlarged enriched
5.being becoming carrying coming
6.schedules plans predicts designs
7.directly instantly precisely automatically
8.that how what all
9.thinking hearing sight feeling
10.form develop find undertake
11.out at to toward
12.program production experiment integration
13.finally ultimately utterly absolutely
14.Through Though During By
15.forecasts articles stories meetings
16.advisable affordable available valuable
17.solve arose exercise expect
18.confront cause witness collect
19.lovely likely lifelike lively
20.distinguish differ diagnose deviate
參考答案及解析：
1.B piece together拼湊，結(jié)合
2.D complicated復(fù)雜的;delicate精致的，脆弱的;subtle狡猾的，敏感的;unique唯一的，獨特的
3.A breakthrough突破;finding發(fā)現(xiàn);event事件;incident事件，事變
4.B expanded膨脹的，擴張的;extended伸出的，延長的;enlarged放大的，擴大的;enriched濃縮的，強化的;extend life expectance延長壽命。
5.D come into use開始投入使用
6.C schedule確定時間;plan計劃;predict預(yù)測;design設(shè)計
7.A directly直接地;instantly立即;precisely精確地;automatically自動地
8.C
9.D 根據(jù)上文what we feel,以及下文full sensory environments，可知D符合文意。
10.B
11.A point to和point at都是指向的意思，point out指出，提出
12.D integration綜合，集成，此處指人機一體化
13.B finally表示久等之后，有時表示在一系列因素的最后一個，eg:After putting it off three times,we finally managed to have a holiday in Greece.
utlimately指最后，終于，基本上，即達到最高界線。eg:Ultimately people rely on science to gain an understanding of biological phenomena.
14.A through為連詞，后應(yīng)接句子;during表示過程;by表示方式、手段或借助某種工具。
15.A forecast先見，預(yù)測
16.C available可利用的，可行的
17.D 注意主語是人，不選arose
18.B
19.C lovely可愛的，有趣的;likely可能的;lifelike逼真的;lively活潑的
20.A distinguish between;differ from;diagnose診斷;deviate from背離
According to BTs futurologist, Ian Pearson, these are among the developments scheduled for the first few decades of the new millennium, when supercomputers will dramatically accelerate progress in all areas of life.
Pearson has __1__ together to work of hundreds of researchers around the world to produce a __2__ millennium technology calendar that gives the latest dates when we can expect hundreds of key __3__ and discoveries to take place. Some of the biggest developments will be in medicine, including an __4__ life expectancy and dozens of artificial organs __5__ into use between now and 2040.
Pearson also __6__ a breakthrough in computer human links. By linking __7__ to our nervous system, computers could pick up __8__ we feel and, hopefully, simulate __9__ too so that we can start to __10__ full sensory environments, rather like the holidays in Total Recall or the Star Trek holodeck, he says.
But that, Pearson points __11__, is only the start of man-machine __12__:It will be the beginning of the long process of integration that will __13__ lead to a fully electronic human before the end of the next century.__14__ his research, Pearson is able to put dates to most of the breakthroughs that can be predicted. However, there are still no __15__ for when faster-than-light travel will be __16__, or when human cloning will be perfected, or when time travel will be possible.
But he does __17__ social problems as a result of technological advances. A boom in neighborhood surveillance cameras will, for example, __18__ problems in 2010, while the arrival of synthetic __19__ robots will mean people may not be able to __20__ between their human friends and the droids. And home appliances will also become so smart that controlling and operating them will result in the breakout of a new psychological disorder-kitchen rage.
1.taken pieced kept made
2.complicated delicate subtle unique
3.breakthroughs findings events incidents
4.expanded extended enlarged enriched
5.being becoming carrying coming
6.schedules plans predicts designs
7.directly instantly precisely automatically
8.that how what all
9.thinking hearing sight feeling
10.form develop find undertake
11.out at to toward
12.program production experiment integration
13.finally ultimately utterly absolutely
14.Through Though During By
15.forecasts articles stories meetings
16.advisable affordable available valuable
17.solve arose exercise expect
18.confront cause witness collect
19.lovely likely lifelike lively
20.distinguish differ diagnose deviate
參考答案及解析：
1.B piece together拼湊，結(jié)合
2.D complicated復(fù)雜的;delicate精致的，脆弱的;subtle狡猾的，敏感的;unique唯一的，獨特的
3.A breakthrough突破;finding發(fā)現(xiàn);event事件;incident事件，事變
4.B expanded膨脹的，擴張的;extended伸出的，延長的;enlarged放大的，擴大的;enriched濃縮的，強化的;extend life expectance延長壽命。
5.D come into use開始投入使用
6.C schedule確定時間;plan計劃;predict預(yù)測;design設(shè)計
7.A directly直接地;instantly立即;precisely精確地;automatically自動地
8.C
9.D 根據(jù)上文what we feel,以及下文full sensory environments，可知D符合文意。
10.B
11.A point to和point at都是指向的意思，point out指出，提出
12.D integration綜合，集成，此處指人機一體化
13.B finally表示久等之后，有時表示在一系列因素的最后一個，eg:After putting it off three times,we finally managed to have a holiday in Greece.
utlimately指最后，終于，基本上，即達到最高界線。eg:Ultimately people rely on science to gain an understanding of biological phenomena.
14.A through為連詞，后應(yīng)接句子;during表示過程;by表示方式、手段或借助某種工具。
15.A forecast先見，預(yù)測
16.C available可利用的，可行的
17.D 注意主語是人，不選arose
18.B
19.C lovely可愛的，有趣的;likely可能的;lifelike逼真的;lively活潑的
20.A distinguish between;differ from;diagnose診斷;deviate from背離
