Question

【題目】

We all know the strange feeling of watching the time change on a clock. You never really see it change because the hands move so slowly. But, of course, the time is changing all the time.

Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing. And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed. Over many thousands of years, though, huge changes are possible. For example, the human brain is three times as large as it was thousands of years ago. Our faces became fatter, and began to think more.

If our heads became larger in the past, how will things change in the future? Unlike the changes of a clock face, the changes in human faces are very difficult to predict(預(yù)測(cè)). One of the main reasons for this is the way in which we can now control parts of nature. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, all changes were natural, but now we can actively choose paths for our own evolution(進(jìn)化).

A US artist named Nickolay Lamm has recently offered an idea. It is what human faces may one day look like. The designs, inspired（受啟發(fā))by his conversations with the scientist Alan, show humans with larger heads and eyes. In particular(特別的), Lamm predicts the forehead may be larger because of increasing usage of the brain.

Just a few hundred years ago, most humans were working in the fields. However, nowadays more and more people receive education. These are just predictions, and no one can be sure how human beings will become in the future. But with such huge changes in our environments, it seems likely(很可能)that we will not look the same in the future.

Changes to human 【1】
Similarity between the changes to the clocks and human faces	※ They both keep 【2】 all the time. ※ The changes are too 【3】 to be noticed. ※ Over the time, it is 【4】 for huge changes to take place.
Examples of human faces changes in the 【5】.	※ The human brain has become lager since thousands of years ago. ※ Human faces became 【6】 and humans began to think more.
What human faces may look like in the fixture	※ It is 【7】 to predict. What human faces may look like in the future ※ A US artist, Lamn, shows humans with 【8】 heads and eyes. ※ He predicts that because humans 【9】 the brain more often.
Conclusion	※ How human beings will become is 【10】. But the huge changes in our environment are likely to make humans look very different.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】faces

【2】changing

【3】slow

【4】possible

【5】past

【6】fatter

【7】difficult / hard

【8】larger

【9】use

【10】unsure

【解析】

本文講述了人類的臉，就像鐘面一樣，也在變化。而像時(shí)鐘一樣，變化發(fā)生得太慢，以至于人們無法察覺。幾千年來，巨大的變化是可能的。例如，人類的大腦變大了一倍。我們的臉變平了，我們開始思考更多。沒有人能確定人類在未來會(huì)如何進(jìn)化，但是隨著環(huán)境的巨大變化，我們?cè)谖磥砜雌饋砜赡軙?huì)大不相同。

【1】

根據(jù)“Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing. And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed. 人類的臉，就像鐘面一樣，也在發(fā)生變化。就像時(shí)鐘一樣，變化發(fā)生得太慢而不能被注意到�！笨芍�主要講人臉的變化，故答案為faces。

【2】

根據(jù)“Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing. And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed. 人類的臉，就像鐘面一樣，也在發(fā)生變化。就像時(shí)鐘一樣，變化發(fā)生得太慢而不能被注意到�！笨芍�人類與鐘面一樣都在變化，keep doing sth一直在做某事，故答案為changing。

【3】

根據(jù)“And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed.就像時(shí)鐘一樣，變化發(fā)生得太慢而不能被注意到�！笨芍獞�(yīng)該是太慢，故答案為slow。

【4】

根據(jù)“Over many thousands of years, though, huge changes are possible.然而，在幾千年的時(shí)間里，巨大的變化是可能的�！笨芍�只要時(shí)間夠，巨大的變化是可能的，故答案為possible。

【5】

根據(jù)該空表格的后面內(nèi)容，“The human brain has become lager since thousands of years ago. 從幾千年前開始，人類的大腦就變得更大了�！�，可知這里說的是過去的時(shí)候“In the past在過去”，故答案為past。

【6】

根據(jù)“Our faces became fatter, and began to think more. 我們的臉變胖了，開始想得更多了�！惫蚀鸢笧�fatter。

【7】

根據(jù)“Unlike the changes of a clock face, the changes in human faces are very difficult to predict(預(yù)測(cè)).”可知與鐘面的變化不同，人臉的變化很難預(yù)測(cè)，故答案為difficult / hard

【8】

根據(jù)“A US artist named Nickolay Lamm has recently offered an idea. It is what human faces may one day look like. The designs, inspired（受啟發(fā))by his conversations with the scientist Alan, show humans with larger heads and eyes.”可知展示了人類更大的頭部和眼睛，故答案為larger。

【9】

根據(jù)“In particular(特別的), Lamm predicts the forehead may be larger because of increasing usage of the brain. 特別值得一提的是，拉姆預(yù)測(cè)，由于大腦使用量的增加，額頭可能會(huì)更大�！笨蓱�(yīng)該是更多的使用大腦，故答案為use。

【10】

根據(jù)“These are just predictions, and no one can be sure how human beings will become in the future. 這些只是預(yù)測(cè)，沒有人能確定人類未來會(huì)變成什么樣子。”可知將來是怎樣的是不確定的，故答案為unsure。