According to BT's futurologist, Ian Pearson, the are among the developments scheduled for the first few decades of the new millennium(a period of 1，000 years), when supercomputers will dramatically accelerate progress in all areas of life.
Pearson has __1__ together to work of hundreds of rearchers 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 u 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 nsory environments, rather like the holidays in Total Recall or the Star Trek holodeck," he says.
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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 rearch, 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.[A]taken [B]pieced [C]kept [D]made
2.[A]complicated [B]delicate [C]subtle [D]unique
3.[A]breakthroughs [B]findings [C]events [D]incidents
4.[A]expanded [B]extended [C]enlarged [D]enriched
5.[A]being [B]becoming [C]carrying [D]coming
6.[A]schedules [B]plans [C]predicts [D]designs
7.[A]directly [B]instantly [C]precily [D]automatically
8.[A]that [B]how [C]what [D]all
9.[A]thinking [B]hearing [C]sight [D]feeling
10.[A]form [B]develop [C]find [D]undertake
11.[A]out [B]at [C]to [D]toward
12.[A]program [B]production [C]experiment [D]integration
减肥午餐13.[A]finally [B]ultimately [C]utterly [D]absolutely
14.[A]Through [B]Though [C]During [D]By
15.[A]forecasts [B]articles [C]stories [D]meetings
16.[A]advisable [B]affordable [C]available [D]valuable
17.[A]solve [B]aro [C]exerci [D]expect
18.[A]confront [B]cau [C]witness [D]collect
19.[A]lovely [B]likely [C]lifelike [D]lively
20.[A]distinguish [B]differ [C]diagno [D]deviate
参考答案及解析：
1.B piece together拼凑，结合
2.D complicated复杂的；delicate精致的，脆弱的；subtle狡猾的，敏感的；unique唯一的，独特的
3.A breakthrough突破；渔人甚异之finding发现；event事件；incident事件，事变
4.B expanded膨胀的，扩张的；extended伸出的，延长的；enlarged放大的，扩大的；enriched桂花糖怎么做浓缩的，强化的；extend life expectance延长寿命。
5.D come into u开始投入使用
6.C schedule确定时间；plan计划；predict预测；design设计
7.A directly直接地；instantly立即；precily精确地；automatically自动地
8.C
9.D 根据上文what we feel,以及下文东北风景full nsory 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综合，集成，此处指人机一体化
13.B finally表示久等之后，有时表示在一系列因素的最后一个，e.g.: After putting it off thr
ee times, we finally managed to have a holiday in Greece.
ultimately指最后，终于，基本上，即达到最高界线。e.g.: Ultimately people rely on science to gain an understanding of biological phenomena.
14.A through为连词，后应接句子；during表示过程；by表示方式、手段或借助某种工具。
15.A forecast先见，预测
16.C available可利用的，可行的旅游法律法规
17.D 注意主语是人，不选aro
18.B
保育工作总结19.C lovely可爱的，有趣的；个人销售经验分享likely可能的；lifelike逼真的；lively活泼的
20.A distinguish between; differ from; diagno诊断；deviate from背离
Have you ever wondered what our future is like?Practically all people _1_ a desire to pre
dict their future _2_.Most people em inclined to _3_ this task using causal reasoning.First we _4_ recognize that future circumstances are _5_ caud or conditioned by prent ones.We learn that getting an education will _6_ how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy _7_ with a shark.Second,people also learn that such _8_ of cau and effect are probabilistic(可能的) in nature.That is,the effects occur more often when the caus occur than when the caus are _9_, but not always.Thus,students learn that studying hard _10_ good grades in most instances,but not every time.Science makes the concepts of causality and probability more _11_ and provides techniques for dealing _12_ then more accurately than does causal human inquiry.In looking at ordinary human inquiry,we need to _13_ between prediction and understanding.Often,even if we don't understand why,we are willing to act _14_ the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.Whatever the primitive drives _15_ motivate human beings,satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to_16_future circumstances.The attempt to predict is often played in a _17_ of knowledge and understanding.If you can understand why certain regular patterns _18_,you can predi
ct better than if you simply obrve tho patterns.Thus,human inquiry aims _19_ answering both "what" and "why" question,and we pursue the _20_ by obrving and figuring out.
