Question

【題目】 Imagine having a printer that could make anything. Need new shoes? Just choose a style and size and then print some.

No machine can make all of these things, but 3-D printers are getting very close. Traditional printers put ink on paper. But 3-D printers work with plastic, metal or other materials, including food. Invented in the mid-1980s, 3-D printing is a new technology (技術(shù)).

In the past, 3-D printers were so expensive that only large companies could afford them. In the last one or two years, their cost has dropped greatly. Today, you can buy a 3-D printer for as little as $300. The technology offers the potential (可能性) to print anything at home. When you want something, you needn’t buy it in a store or order it from a factory.

3-D printing can be fun too. For the Valentine’s Day (情人節(jié)) last year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to make chocolate copies of people’s faces. At the Fashion Week in Paris, 3-D printing made an appearance too. The clothes were made for show, not for everyday use. But that could soon change. A designer says, “It will only be a matter of time before we see the clothing we wear today produced with this technology.”

3-D printers
【1】	◆ It is a new technology that started in the【2】. Traditional printers 【3】 by putting ink on paper. ◆ It uses plastic, metal, food and other things as【4】.
Potential	◆ People can now afford 3-D【5】, because they’re much【6】. ◆ People can print anything at home instead of buying it in a store or【7】 it from a factory.
Example	◆ Valentine’s Day in Japan: Chocolate copies of people’s faces 【8】 by a 3-D printer; ◆ The Fashion Week in Paris: 【9】 for show made by a 3-D printer.
【10】 a designer say	It will only be a matter of time before we see the clothing we wear today produced with this technology.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Introduction

【2】Mid-1980s

【3】worked

【4】materials

【5】printers

【6】cheaper

【7】ordering

【8】made

【9】clothes

【10】What

【解析】

本篇介紹3-D打印機(jī)的發(fā)展。文章介紹了3-D打印機(jī)與傳統(tǒng)打印機(jī)的不同；隨著近幾年價格隨著下降，人們可以購買3-D打印機(jī)在家里打印任何東西而不用在商店里買或者從工廠訂購。

【1】空格1對應(yīng)的表格內(nèi)容是介紹“3-D打印機(jī)出現(xiàn)的時間，3-D打印機(jī)與傳統(tǒng)打印機(jī)的不同”，由此推斷空格意為“說明、介紹”；故答案為 Introduction。

【2】根據(jù)第二段“Invented in the mid-1980s, 3-D printing is a new technology”，可知“這是一項始于20世紀(jì)80年代中期的新技術(shù)”，故答案為 Mid-1980s。

【3】根據(jù)第二段“Traditional printers put ink on paper.”，可知“傳統(tǒng)的打印機(jī)是通過把墨水涂在紙上工作的。”，推斷空格指“工作”，且用一般過去時；故答案為 worked。

【4】根據(jù)第二段“But 3-D printers work with plastic, metal or other materials, including food.”，可知“它使用塑料、金屬、食物和其他東西作為材料”，推斷空格意為“材料”；故答案為 materials。

【5】根據(jù)第三段“In the last one or two years, their cost has dropped greatly. Today, you can buy a 3-D printer for as little as $300.”，可知“現(xiàn)在人們買得起3D打印機(jī)，因為它們比以前便宜得多”，由此推斷空格意為“3-D打印機(jī)”；故答案為printers。

【6】根據(jù)第三段“In the last one or two years, their cost has dropped greatly. Today, you can buy a 3-D printer for as little as $300.”，可知“現(xiàn)在人們買得起3D打印機(jī)，因為它們比以前便宜得多”，由此推斷空格指“便宜多了”；故答案為cheaper。

【7】根據(jù)第三段“When you want something, you needn’t buy it in a store or order it from a factory. ”，可知“人們可以在家里打印任何東西而不用在商店里買或者從工廠訂購。”，由此推斷空格意為“訂購”；空格與“buying it in a store”并列當(dāng)介詞賓語，所以填動名詞；故答案為ordering。

【8】根據(jù)第四段“…a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to make chocolate copies of people’s faces.”，可知“在情人節(jié)日本一家公司用三維打印機(jī)復(fù)制巧克力的人臉。”，推斷空格意為“制作”； Chocolate copies of people’s faces是動作的承受者（被制作），判斷空格填過去分詞；故答案為made。

【9】根據(jù)第四段“The clothes were made for show, not for everyday use. … the clothing we wear today produced with this technology.””，可知“以前用來展覽的衣服現(xiàn)在也可以用3-D打印機(jī)制作出來”，推斷空格的意為“衣服”；故答案為clothes。

【10】根據(jù)第四段“A designer says, “It will only be a matter of time before we see the clothing we wear today produced with this technology.”，可知“這是一位設(shè)計師所說的話”，故答案為What。