英语四级考试长篇阅读试题及答案.doc

1、英语四级考试长篇阅读试题及答案英语四级长篇阅读试题原文：Into an Unknown WorldA、Brain chips mean we are struggling to distinguish our own thoughts from ideas implanted by advertisers.Self-driving cars restrt old.school human drivers to special recreation parks.And the optimal(最正确的)number offingers is 12.5.B、ConfusedIts a vision

2、 of the world in 25 years，as dreamed up by todays researchers in puter-human interaction(CHI).C、CHI normally means investigating better ways for people to interact with deves we have now,but last week attendees at the annual conference in Toront0，Canada，got ahead of themselves.They created an imanar

3、y conference agenda for 2 that predts the kinds of challenges we will face with future puters-many of whh will be implanted.D、Its meant to be sort of the fringes(边缘)of human-puter interaction research，whats really edgy or provocative，says Er Baumer of Cornell University in Ithaca，New York，who dreame

4、d up the idea of the conference.Theres a lot of retrospective thinking about the past，but theres not as much thinking about what are the futures toward whh we think were working.E、We used the abstracts to create a list of the questions weor more accurately.our cyborg descendants-might have about put

5、ers in 2.Is it weird when my organs talk to each otherF、In an abstract entitledMy liver and my kidney pared notes，IBM researcher Mhael Muller,based in Cambridge，Massachusetts，looks at what hens when the implanted monitors on peoples intemal organsa work he calls Arterio-are able to share data and po

6、ol knowledge to offer enhanced health tips.G、His conclusion：While most users were skeptal.many users proposed additional features that could lead to greater acceptance and pliance with such remendations.H、Its worth thinking about how people might deal with health tips from organ monitors.Wearable te

7、chnology that tracks your activity or your health status is slowly gaining popularity while researchers earlier this year implanted power-generating silone strips on the hearts，lungs and diaphragms(横膈膜) of live cows，pigs and sheep.Muller says the biggest challenge to creating Arterio will be figurin

8、g out how to fit the artifial intelligence in a suffiently small and safe package.Why do plants need their own ,againI、To understand this question，you need to know about Plantast，the brainchild of Bill Tomlinson and his colleagues at the University of California at Irvine.J、In their abstract，they re

9、ason that to make our food supply more sustainable，it may make sense to grow more fruits and vegetables close to home.But certain crops thrive when theyre grown in large quantities or alongside certain other plants-too tall all order for the average farmer.K、Enter Plantast，whh would advise what plan

10、ts would work best for your area and tell you what people in the neighbourhood are gro9.Nanochips on plants would feed data back to the site.That information in turn could be used to 1earn more about what grows best in whh environment.L、Assuming people will want to know whether this adds anythin9，To

11、mlinsons team created a ftional(虚构的)study that looks at l o backyard gardens over two grog seasons.It suggests that using Plantast will increase yields by 4 to 12 percent.M、Tomlinsons graduate student Juliet Norton is working on an early version of what the online system might look like.Autonomous c

12、ars have made driving so boring-what shall I do insteadN、Andreas Riener at the Institute for Pervasive puting in Linz.Austria，has written an abstract that starts with a bold view of the future：The first self-driving car cruised on our roads in 20.Now,20 years after,it is time to review how this inno

13、vation has changed our mobility behaviour.O、This vision is rooted in a real trend.Self-driving cars have been making headlines for several years now.They are legal to drive in the state of Nevada.and Googles driverless car has already racked up hundreds of thousands of practe miles.P、Reiners contrib

14、ution is to eplore how this will change us.He predts that once the robots take the wheel everywhere.many of us will lose interest in driving altogether.Fewer of us will own our own cars.Those who do wont waste as much time pimping them out or driving around iust for fun.People who still love cars mi

15、ght have to seek their thrills in specialrecreation parks.where they can drive manually in an artifial environment.If the vehles of the future are only a means to get from A to B，this car culture would get lost.he says.Did I just think up that idea or did an advertiser implant itQ、Multiple contribut

16、ors to CHl 2 ponder the future of brain implants.Whether it involves capturing input from each of our senses or recording neurons(神经元)directly in the brain，they assume that this one is a question not of if but when.And that could bring opportunities-and challenges.R、Shachar Maidenbaum of the Hebrew

17、University of Jerusalem，Israel，envisions deves that could record our day-to-day eperiences and then allow US to share our memories with one another,revolutionising courts，classrooms，and our social interactions.S、Daniel Gruen of IBM Research，meanwhile，envisions deves that could prompt your memory whe

18、n you forget something.一with some darker consequences.Imane in the future that you have systems that help you with memory,he says.At what point do you start wondering.Wait.Ive had an idea.Is that really mine or is that idea ing from somewhere elseSo，what is the ideal number of fingersT.、Ever strain

19、yourself swiping across your iPhone screenThat problem would go away if you could have an etra thumb surgally(手术地)attached to your hand.U、Thats the starting point for a ftitious study of l 24 people who have chosen to augment their hands with bion(仿生的)fingers-on average they have 13.4 dits.Johannes

20、Schfnin9，a puter scientist at Hasselt University in Belum，even es to an intriguing conclusion：The optimal finger count is l 2.5，with si normalsized fingers on each hand and the dominant hand having an etra half-sized finger that can be moved with 6 degrees of freedom.V、Its entertaining stuff but eve

21、n SchSning admits that 25 years might not be long enough for this one to ear.英语四级长篇阅读试题选项：46.In his artle.Mhael Muller investigates the consequences of Arterios being capable of sharing information to supply etra strong health adves.47.CHI refers to the eploration ofbetter means for people to intera

22、ct with todays equipments，but during last weeks yearly meetin9，partipants proposed a future vision of CHI.48.To prove if Plantast is really helpful.Tomlinson and his colleagues conducted an imanary research whh investigates l o family gardens over 2 planting seasons.49.Autonomous cars have bee a hot

23、 since many years a90.50.It deserves to be taken into account that what people will do to treat the health secrets offered by organ monitoring units.51.In the paper,Tomlinson and his partners infer that to increase the endurability of our food supply,it is necessary to plant more fruits and vegetabl

24、e near our houses.52.Bion finger is an interesting stuff but even SchSning doubt whether it can be created during the 25 years.53.At the same time.IBM research Daniel Gruen imanes some kind of equipments that Call remind you of things you forget，whh leads to bad results,54.We always think a lot abou

25、t the past，but we seldom consider the future life were trying to create.55.In 20.our roads saw in the first autonomous car.And the year 2 is the time for us to consider to what etent this creation has transformed our moving styles.英语四级长篇阅读试题答案：46.In his artle.Mhael Muller investigates the consequenc

26、es of Artefios being capable of sharing information to supply etra strong health adves.在他的文章中，迈克尔穆勒研究了Arterio内部可以共享信息并提供养生秘诀时带来的后果。47.CHI refers to the eploration ofbeRer means for people to interact with todays equipments，but during last weeks yearly meeting，partipants proposed a future vision of C

27、Hl.CHl研究的是人们与现今设备之间的交互方法，但在上周的年会上，与会者提出了CHl的将来愿景。48.To prove if Plantast is really helpful.Tomlinson and his colleagues conducted an imanary research whh investigates 10 family gardens over 2 planting seasons.为了证明Plantast是否真的有用，汤姆 林森和他的同事进展了一场虚构研究，研究了10个家庭菜园在两个生长季的情况。49.Autonomous cars have bee a hot since many years ago.自动驾驶汽车自数年前开场就已经是一个热点话题。50.It deserves to be taken into account that what people will do to treat the health secrets offered by organ monitoring units.人们会如何对待器官监控器提出的养生秘诀这个问题是值得考虑的。51.I