Ⅴ. 短文填空
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个恰当的单词,或括号内所给单词的正确形式。
What will people look like in the future? Someone made a 25.
prediction
(predict). In the future, people will have larger heads and bigger eyes. The larger heads will be able 26.
to keep
(keep) larger brains (大脑). People will become much 27.
smarter
(smart).
Why will people have bigger eyes? That's because people may go and live on other 28.
planets
(planet). They may be farther from 29.
the
sun than the earth is. Then people will need bigger eyes to see 30.
clearly
(clear) in the darker environment. Because UV radiation (紫外线) is stronger on other planets than on the earth, 31.
people’s
(people) skin (皮肤) won't be so white 32.
as
it was before.
What's more, people will not need to open their mouths to speak. They 33.
will talk
(talk) by chips (芯片) in their heads.
What? You don't want a face like this? Don't worry. People will look like this in 34.
at
least 20,000 years.
答案：Ⅴ.[语篇解读] 本文主要预测了未来人们会是什么样子的。 25.prediction 根据 a 可知,设空处用可数名词单数形式。predict“预测”为动词,其名词形式为 prediction。故填 prediction。 26.to keep be able to do sth.意为“能够做某事”,是固定用法。故填 to keep。 27.smarter 根据“People will become much...”可知，much 修饰形容词比较级,smart 的比较级为 smarter。故填 smarter。 28.planets 根据 other“其他的”可知,设空处用可数名词复数形式。故填 planets。 29.the 句中 sun 是独一无二的事物,设空处要用定冠词 the。故填 the。 30.clearly 分析句子结构可知,设空处要用副词修饰动词 see,clear“清楚的”的副词形式为 clearly。故填 clearly。 31.people’s 分析句子结构可知,设空处要用名词所有格修饰名词 skin。故填 people’s。 32.as not so...as...意为“不如……”，是固定用法。故填 as。 33.will talk 根据“people will not need to open their mouths to speak”可知,设空处描述的也是将来的情况,故时态为一般将来时,结构为“will+动词原形”。故填 will talk。 34.at at least 意为“至少”,是固定短语。故填 at。
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### Ⅴ. 短文填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个恰当的单词，或括号内所给单词的正确形式。
未来的人会是什么样子的呢？有人做了一个预测。在未来，人们会有更大的头和更大的眼睛。更大的头能够容纳更大的大脑。人们会变得聪明得多。
为什么人们会有更大的眼睛呢？那是因为人们可能会去其他行星上生活。那些行星可能比地球离太阳更远。那么，在更昏暗的环境中，人们将需要更大的眼睛来看得清楚。因为其他行星上的紫外线辐射比地球上的更强，人们的皮肤不会像以前那么白了。
而且，人们将不需要张开嘴说话。他们将通过脑袋里的芯片交流。
什么？你不想长这样的脸？别担心。至少在2万年后，人们才会变成这样。
