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1AccordingtoBT'sfuturologist,IanPearson,theseareamongthedevelopmentsscheduledforthefirstfewdecadesofthenewmillennium(aperiodof1，000years),whensupercomputerswilldramaticallyaccelerateprogressinallareasoflife.Pearsonhas__1__togethertheworkofhundredsofresearchersaroundtheworldtoproducea__2__millenniumtechnologycalendarthatgivesthelatestdateswhenwecanexpecthundredsofkey__3__anddiscoveriestotakeplace.Someofthebiggestdevelopmentswillbeinmedicine,includingan__4__lifeexpectancyanddozensofartificialorgans__5__intousebetweennowand2040.Pearsonalso__6__abreakthroughincomputerhumanlinks.Bylinking__7__toournervoussystem,computerscouldpickup__8__wefeeland,hopefully,simulate__9__toosothatwecanstartto__10__fullsensoryenvironments,ratherliketheholidaysinTotalRecallortheStarTrekholodeck,hesays.Butthat,Pearsonpoints__11__,isonlythestartofman-machine__12__:Itwillbethebeginningofthelongprocessofintegrationthatwill__13__leadtoafullyelectronichumanbeforetheendofthenextcentury.__14__hisresearch,Pearsonisabletoputdatestomostofthebreakthroughsthatcanbepredicted.However,therearestillno__15__forwhenfaster-than-lighttravelwillbe__16__,orwhenhumancloningwillbeperfected,orwhentimetravelwillbepossible.Buthedoes__17__socialproblemsasaresultoftechnologicaladvances.Aboominneighborhoodsurveillancecameraswill,forexample,__18__problemsin2010,whilethearrivalofsynthetic__19__robotswillmeanpeoplemaynotbeableto__20__betweentheirhumanfriendsandthedroids.Andhomeapplianceswillalsobecomesosmartthatcontrollingandoperatingthemwillresultinthebreakoutofanewpsychologicaldisorder-kitchenrage.1.[A]taken[B]pieced[C]kept[D]made2.[A]complicated[B]delicate[C]subtle[D]unique3.[A]breakthroughs[B]findings[C]events[D]incidents4.[A]expanded[B]extended[C]enlarged[D]enriched5.[A]being[B]becoming[C]carrying[D]coming6.[A]schedules[B]plans[C]predicts[D]designs7.[A]directly[B]instantly[C]precisely[D]automatically8.[A]that[B]how[C]what[D]all9.[A]thinking[B]hearing[C]sight[D]feeling10.[A]form[B]develop[C]find[D]undertake11.[A]out[B]at[C]to[D]toward12.[A]program[B]production[C]experiment[D]integration13.[A]finally[B]ultimately[C]utterly[D]absolutely14.[A]Through[B]Though[C]During[D]By15.[A]forecasts[B]articles[C]stories[D]meetings16.[A]advisable[B]affordable[C]available[D]valuable17.[A]solve[B]arose[C]exercise[D]expect18.[A]confront[B]cause[C]witness[D]collect19.[A]lovely[B]likely[C]lifelike[D]lively20.[A]distinguish[B]differ[C]diagnose[D]deviate参考答案及解析：1.Bpiecetogether拼凑，结合2.Dcomplicated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.Abreakthrough突破；finding发现；event事件；incident事件，事变4.Bexpanded膨胀的，扩张的；extended伸出的，延长的；enlarged放大的，扩大的；enriched浓缩的，强化的；extendlifeexpectance延长寿命。5.Dcomeintouse开始投入使用6.Cschedule确定时间；plan计划；predict预测；design设计7.Adirectly直接地；instantly立即；precisely精确地；automatically自动地8.C9.D根据上文whatwefeel,以及下文fullsensoryenvironments，可知D符合文意。10.B11.Apointto和pointat都是“指向”的意思，pointout指出，提出12.Dintegration综合，集成，此处指人机一体化13.Bfinally表示久等之后，有时表示在一系列因素的最后一个，e.g.:Afterputtingitoffthreetimes,wefinallymanagedtohaveaholidayinGreece.ultimately指最后，终于，基本上，即达到最高界线。e.g.:Ultimatelypeoplerelyonsciencetogainanunderstandingofbiologicalphenomena.14.Athrough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.Aforecast先见，预测16.Cavailable可利用的，可行的17.D注意主语是人，不选arose18.B19.Clovely可爱的，有趣的；likely可能的；lifelike逼真的；lively活泼的20.Adistinguishbetween;differfrom;diagnose诊断；deviatefrom背离2Haveyoueverwonderedwhatourfutureislike?Practicallyallpeople_1_adesiretopredicttheirfuture_2_.Mostpeopleseeminclinedto_3_thistaskusingcausalreasoning.Firstwe_4_recognizethatfuturecircumstancesare_5_causedorconditionedbypresentones.Welearnthatgettinganeducationwill_6_howmuchmoneyweearnlaterandthatswimmingbeyondthereefmaybringanunhappy_7_withashark.Second,peoplealsolearnthatsuch_8_ofcauseandeffectareprobabilistic(可能的)innature.Thatis,theeffectsoccurmoreoftenwhenthecausesoccurthanwhenthecausesare_9_,butnotalways.Thus,studentslearnthatstudyinghard_10_goodgradesinmostinstances,butnoteverytime.Sciencemakestheseconceptsofcausalityandprobabilitymore_11_andprovidestechniquesfordealing_12_thenmoreaccuratelythandoescausalhumaninquiry.Inlookingatordinaryhumaninquiry,weneedto_13_betweenpredictionandunderstanding.Often,evenifwedon'tunderstandwhy,wearewillingtoact_14_thebasisofademonstratedpredictiveability.Whatevertheprimitivedrives_15_motivatehumanbeings,satisfyingthemdependsheavilyontheabilityto_16_futurecircumstances.Theattempttopredictisoftenplayedina_17_ofknowledgeandunderstanding.Ifyoucanunderstandwhycertainregularpatterns_18_,youcanpredictbetterthanifyousimplyobservethosepatterns.Thus,humaninquiryaims_19_answeringbothwhatandwhyquestion,andwepursuethese_20_byobservingandfiguringout.1.[A]exhibit[B]exaggerate[C]examine[D]exceed2.[A]contexts[B]circumstances[C]inspections[D]intuitions3.[A]underestimate[B]undermine[C]undertake[D]undergo4.[A]specially[B]particularly[C]always[D]generally5.[A]somehow[B]somebody[C]someone[D]something6.[A]enact[B]affect[C]reflect[D]inflect7.[A]meeting[B]occurrence[C]encounter[D]contact8.[A]patterns[B]designs[C]arrangements[D]pictur