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1、科普知识类六 sometime in the next century, the familiar early-newspaper on the front porch (门廊) will disappear. and instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you. you'll get up and turn on the computer newspaper just like switching on the tv an electronic voice will distribute stories about t

2、he latest events, guided by a program that selects the type of news you want. you'll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear. want more information on this brief story? a simple touch makes the entire text appear. save it in your own personal computer if you like. these are among t

3、he predictions from communication experts working on the newspapers of the future. pictured as part of broader home-based media and entertainment systems, computer newspapers will unite print and broadcast reporting, and offer news and analysis with video images of news events. most of the technolog

4、y is available now, but convincing more people that they don't need to read a newspaper is the next step. but resistance to computer newspapers may be stronger from within journalism. since it is such a cultural change, it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will hav

5、e to die off before the next generation realizes that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. technology is making the end of ' traditional newspapers unavoidable. despite technological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computer screens. it might take 30

6、 t0 40 years to complete the changeover because people need to buy computers and because newspapers have established financial interests in the paper industry. 46. which of the following is not an advantage of computer newspapers? a. they are cheaper than traditional newspapers. b. they are more con

7、venient to read. c. you can choose the kind of voice you want to hear. d. you can easily save information for future use.47. which of the following is a reason why it will take a long time to complete the changeover? a. the technology is impossible now. b. computer newspaper s are too expensive. c .

8、 the popularization of computers needs a long time. d. traditional newspapers are easier to read.48. it can be inferred that journalists are against computer newspapers because _ . a.they don't know how to use computers b. they think computer newspapers take too much time to read c. they think t

9、he new technology is bad d. they have been trained to write for traditional newspapers49. we can infer from the passage that a. all technological changes are good b. new technologies don't always replace old ones c. new technologies will eventually replace old ones d. traditional newspapers are

10、here to stay for another century50. what is the best title of the passage? a. computer newspapers are well liked. b. newspapers of the future will be on the computer. c. newspapers are out of fashion. d. new communications technology.【考点】考察科普知识类阅读 【文章大意】本文主要叙述的是下个世纪的报纸的变化，由现在的纸质变成了未来的电脑屏幕。以及人们对于这一技术

11、的态度。46. 【答案】a 【试题解析】细节题。根据文章第二句and instead of reading your newspaper, it will read to you.可知未来的电脑报纸很方便。所以b正确。根据第4行you'll even get to choose the kind of voice you want to hear.可知c正确；根据5,6行save it in your own personal computer if you like.可知d项正确。只有a项在文章里没有提及。47. 【答案】c 【试题解析】推理题。根据文章最后一段despite tec

12、hnological advances, it could take decades to replace newsprint with computer screens. 和because people need to buy computers and because newspapers have established financial interests in the paper industry.可知完成这个转变的主要困难是电脑的流行需要较长的时间。故c正确。48. 【答案】d 【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第二段since it is such a cultural change

13、, it may be that the present generation of journalists and publishers will have to die off before the next generation realizes that the newspaper industry is no longer a newspaper industry. technology is making the end of ' traditional newspapers unavoidable可知来自记者的抵制是因为现在的记者习惯于传统的报纸，对于新技术有抵触。故d正

14、确。49. 【答案】c 【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第二段最后一句technology is making the end of ' traditional newspapers unavoidable可知技术的革命是无法避免的。也就是说新技术最终将取代就技术。故c正确。50. 【答案】b 【试题解析】主旨大意题。本文主要叙述的是下个世纪的报纸的变化，由现在的纸质变成了未来的电脑屏幕。以及人们对于这一技术的态度。故b正确。【长难句解析】pictured as part of broader home-based media and entertainment systems, comp

15、uter newspapers will unite print and broadcast reporting, and offer news and analysis with video images of news events.【翻译】作为家庭媒体娱乐系统的一部分，计算机报纸将把印刷和广播结合在一起使用视频图像来显示新闻和分析。【分析】本句中的动词picture与主句主语computer newspapers构成逻辑上的被动关系，所以使用过去分词短语作定语。如果动词和名词构成主动关系就使用现在分词做定语。七scientists have long puzzled over how i

16、guanas, a group of lizards(蜥蜴) mostly found in the americas, came to live in the isolated pacific islands of fiji and tonga. some scientists used to suppose that they must have traveled there on a raft, a journey of around 5,000 miles from south america to the islands. there are documented cases of

17、iguanas reaching remote caribbean islands and the galapagos islands on floating logs. but new research in january by brice noonan and jack sites suggested that iguanas may have simply walked to fiji and tonga when the islands were still a part of an ancient southern supercontinent. the ancient super

18、continent was made up of present-day africa, australia, antarctica and parts of asia. if thats the case, the island species would need to be very old. using “molecular (分子) clock” analysis of living iguanas dna, noonan and sites found that, sure enough, the lineage of iguanas has been around for mor

19、e than 60 million yearseasily old enough to have been in the area when the islands were still connected by land bridges to asia or australia. fossils (化石) uncovered in mongolia suggest that iguanid ancestors did once live in asia. though theres currently no fossil evidence of iguanas in australia, t

20、hat doesnt necessarily mean they were never there. “the fossil record of this continent is surprisingly poor and cannot be taken as evidence of true absence,” the authors write. so if the iguanas simply walked to fiji and tonga from asia or possibly australia, why are they not also found on the rest

21、 of the pacific islands? noonan and sites say fossil evidence suggests that iguana species did once inhabit other islands, but went extinct right around the time when humans settled in those islands. but fiji and tonga have a much shorter history of human presence, which may have helped the iguanas

22、living there to escape extinction. the researchers say that their study cant completely rule out the rafting theory, but it does make the land bridge theory “far more reasonable than previously thought.”48. what did some scientists previously believe about the iguanas?   a. they were

23、once discovered in america.      b. they traveled by raft to fiji and tonga.   c.  they could survive in poor living conditions.d. they moved to fiji and tonga from australia.49. according to noonan and sites, 60 million years ago _.   a. the la

24、nd of the world was a supercontinent   b. fiji and tonga were connected to asia or australia c. africa, australia and america were a continent   d. iguanas walked to fiji and tonga from africa50. the underline word “lineage” in paragraph 2 probably refers to _.   a.

25、0;conditions in which creatures can surviveb. the change in ancient plants and animals.c. the line of generations of an ancestor d. the habitat of a type of an ancient animal 51. what is the main topic of this passage?   a. the life span of animals living on the ancient supercontinent. b.

26、the two islands being home to several iguana species in the pacific region.c. the fossil evidence suggesting iguanas ancestors swimming to fiji and tonga d. by raft or by land how did iguanas reach the tiny pacific islands?【考点】考察科普知识类阅读【文章大意】本文主要讲述了lizards在世界上很多地方都可以找到。尤其是在一些与世隔绝的太平洋里的岛屿之上。文章中对于这个现象

27、进行了研究，分析了多种可能性。48. 【答案】b 【试题解析】细节题。根据第一段2,3,4行some scientists used to suppose that they must have traveled there on a raft, a journey of around 5,000 miles from south america to the islands.可知以前科学家认为蜥蜴是通过筏子等工具到达斐济和汤加的。故b正确。49. 【答案】b 【试题解析】推理题。根据第二段最后2行more than 60 million yearseasily old enough to have been in the area when the islands were still connected by land bridges to asia or australia.可知他们认为在6千万年前，蜥蜴居住的地方通过大