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3.Directions: The following is a summary of the text.Fill in the blanks with the missing-|||-words.-|||-What will man be like in the future?Firstly,an(1) __ example shows that man-|||-will continue to grow taller as he did in the past five hundred years.Secondly,man`s-|||-increasing use of the brain will (2) __ a larger brain and thus a larger-|||-forehead. Thirdly,it is(3) __ that man`s eyes will grow stronger because they-|||-are in(4) __-|||-___use. Fourthly,people`s arms and legs may grow weaker as a-|||-result of less use,while their fingers will become more(5) __-|||-____as a result of-|||-more use. Lastly,both sexes may be bald because hair doesn`t(6) )______a useful-|||-__-|||-purpose.All in all,it seems that future man will appear unattractive.(7)_,as-|||-__-|||-a human being,future man will still have similar thoughts and (8) __ to the-|||-ones we are having now.

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答案

1obvious一个“”明显的”例子表明 2grow人类对于大脑增长的使用会“”成长”为一个更大的大脑 3likely人类的眼睛“”很可能”会变得更顽强 4constant因为它们“”不断地”被使用 5sensitive然而他们的手指会由于更多使用变得更“”敏感” 6serve因为头发不再为有用的目的“”服务” 7However“”然而,”作为人类 8motions未来的人类和现在的我们仍旧有相同的思想和“”举动”

解析

本题主要考查对文章内容的理解以及词汇的运用。解题的关键在于结合上下文语境，分析每个空格处所需词汇的词性、语义和搭配。

  1. 对于第一个空格，根据句子“an(1) __ example shows that man will continue to grow taller as he did in the past five hundred years”，这里需要一个形容词来修饰“example”，且结合语境，这个例子是很明显能说明人类会继续长高的，所以应填入“obvious”，表示“明显的”。
  2. 第二个空格所在句子“Secondly,man's increasing use of the brain will (2) __ a larger brain and thus a larger forehead”，这里需要一个动词，根据语义，人类对大脑使用的增加会促使大脑“成长”为更大的，所以用“grow”。
  3. 第三个空格“Thirdly,it is(3) __ that man's eyes will grow stronger”，“it is + 形容词 + that从句”是常见的句型，结合语境，这里表示人类的眼睛很可能会变得更强壮，所以用“likely”，意为“很可能的”。
  4. 第四个空格“because they are in(4) __ use”，“in constant use”是固定短语，意思是“不断地被使用”，符合眼睛因为经常使用而变得更强壮的语境，所以填“constant”。
  5. 第五个空格“while their fingers will become more(5) __ as a result of more use”，根据“more use”可知手指会因为更多使用而变得更“敏感”，“sensitive”有“敏感的”意思，故填“sensitive”。
  6. 第六个空格“because hair doesn't(6) ____a useful __ purpose”，“serve a purpose”是固定搭配，意为“有某种用途，起某种作用”，所以这里填“serve”。
  7. 第七个空格“(7)__ ,as __ a human being”，前文说未来人类看起来不吸引人，后文说作为人类未来人类仍有和现在相似的思想和举动，前后是转折关系，所以用“However”，表示“然而”。
  8. 第八个空格“future man will still have similar thoughts and (8) __ to the ones we are having now”，“thoughts”是思想，与之并列且符合语境的应该是“举动”，“motions”有“举动，动作”的意思，所以填“motions”。