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What will man be like in the future—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller, so we may assume (假定) that man will continue to grow taller. Again, as time goes on, we shall have to use our brains more and more. This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular, the forehead will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.

On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs, which, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.

But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer.

Perhaps all these give the impression that in the future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us.

【1】What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Man’s life will be different in the future.

B. Future man will look quite different from us.

C. Man is growing taller and uglier as time passes.

D. Man’s organs’ functions will be weaker.

【2】What serves as the evidence that man is changing?

A. Man’s hair is getting thinner and thinner.

B. Man has got stronger eyes now than he ever had.

C. Man’s arms and legs have become lighter and weaker.

D. Man has been growing taller over the past 500 years.

【3】What can learn about a human being in the future?

A. He thinks and feels in different ways.

B. He has smaller eyes and wears better glasses.

C. He is hairless because hair is no longer useful.

D. His fingers grow weaker because he doesn’t use them.

【4】According to the passage, we can learn that ________.

A. human beings will become less attractive in the future

B. less use of a part of the body will become weaker

C. human beings hope for a change in the future life

D. future life is always predictable

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹未來人類的外貌可能會出現的變化。

【1】B 主旨大意題。由文章第一段可知，本文主要介紹未來人類的外貌可能會出現的變化。C項只是其中一個方面。

【2】D 細節理解題。由第二段內容可知，過去五百年來人類在慢慢長高，這足以證明人類是不斷改變的，故選D項。A、B、C均為人類未來的變化趨勢而不是人類變化的證據。

【3】C 細節理解題。根據第五段的內容可知，頭發由于已經失去作用未來可能會消失。

【4】B 推理判斷題。從人類身體變化可以看出，經常使用的器官部位，如大腦、手指將變得發達，而不常用的器官如頭發、四肢會退化。

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