1、语 篇 提 能阅读理解AHave you ever run out of coffee or tea? Found no eggs in the fridge? No bread for the sandwich and the nearest shop is too far away? Well, all that can change in the future.If all goes well, intelligent future kitchen will soon help solve all your problems. The kitchen of the future will
2、 give wise advice on planning your menu for the day. Worried about your weight? It will tell you the right diet and what is good for your health. It will even keep in mind your likes and dislikes!Designed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this smart kitchens computer system will help kee
3、p an “eye” on the larder (食橱). If the larder is empty, it will call and place an order at the local supermarket.If you are busy in the kitchen, the computer system will spell out the ingredients needed for each dish and indicate (指示) how to mix them. The recipe (菜谱) is downloaded by the smart kitche
4、n from the Internet after checking the ingredients in the larder.After dinner, you take your plates to a box next to the sink. You dont have to clean them, your machine does. It produces new plates every time you need to eat. Later in the evening, you phone your other half. As you drink your cup of
5、hot coffee, it makes your other halfs change color on the other side of the world, another special way to keep in touch.1The author brings up several questions at the beginning of the text to _.A. ask for solutionsB. attract the readers attentionC. list disadvantages of kitchens nowadaysD. help perf
6、ect the intelligent future kitchen答案与解析B推理判断题。作者在开头先是提出了几个常见的问题，吸引读者的注意力，然后再介绍未来的智能厨房，帮我们解决这些问题。2What will the intelligent kitchen do if you run out of the food in the larder?A. It will contact the local supermarket in time.B. It will buy some by shopping on the Internet.C. It will borrow some for y
7、ou from the neighbors.D. It will remind you to buy some in the supermarket.答案与解析A细节理解题。由第三段最后一句If the larder is empty, it will call and place an order at the local supermarket.可知，当食橱空了的时候，智能厨房能够联系当地的超市送货，故A为正确答案。3Intelligent future kitchen can do all the following things EXCEPT _.A. help you eat hea
8、lthilyB. clean your larder on timeC. instruct you on how to cook a dishD. download recipe from the Internet答案与解析B细节理解题。根据文章可知，智能厨房可以帮助我们监控厨房，及时补充食材，让我们更健康，但并不会按时清理。4The purpose of this passage is to _.A. compare intelligent future kitchens and traditional kitchensB. help people solve problems in kit
9、chensC. show how to use intelligent future kitchensD. introduce intelligent future kitchens答案与解析D写作意图题。本文主要介绍了未来的智能厨房，故D项作为写作目的最合适。B“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”“I often check my email forty times a day.”“I often spend more than three hours during one time
10、on the net.”“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my reallife friends.”Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction (上瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like dr
11、ug (毒品) use. People lose control (控制) of the time they spend on the Internet.For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.Studies
12、 show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? Yo
13、u may have a problem if you have these symptoms (症状)；You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.You cant wait for your next online time.You go out with your friends less and less.You plan to spend a short time online, but
14、 then you spend several hours.5How does the writer describe the addicts use of Internet?A. It is something like keeping drugs.B. It is like taking drugs.C. It is a way of producing drugs.D. It is terrible to imagine.答案与解析B细节理解题。由文章第五段第三句可知B项正确。6Why do people worry about the teens?A. The teens are wa
15、sting too much money.B. They used to work on the Internet.C. The playing field of the teens will disappear.D. More and more of the teens will become addicted to the Internet.答案与解析D细节理解题。由文章第七段第二、三句可知D项正确。7What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?A. Do things as you have planned.B. Go to family activities more often.C. Dont be addicted to the Internet.D. Stay with your parents as often as possible.答案与解析C写作意图题。由文章最后一段可推出作者想告诉我们不要沉迷于网络。