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     According to BT's futurologist, Ian Pearson, these are among the developments scheduled for the first few decades of the new millennium(a period of 1，000 years), when supercomputers will dramatically accelerate progress in all areas of life.

   Pearson has __1__ together to work of hundreds of researchers around the world to produce a __2__ millennium technology calendar that gives the latest dates when we can expect hundreds of key __3__ and discoveries to take place. Some of the biggest developments will be in medicine, including an __4__ life expectancy and dozens of artificial organs __5__ into use between now and 2040.

    Pearson also __6__ a breakthrough in computer human links. "By linking __7__ to our nervous system, computers could pick up __8__ we feel and, hopefully, simulate __9__ too so that we can start to __10__ full sensory environments, rather like the holidays in Total Recall or the Star Trek holodeck," he says.

    But that, Pearson points __11__, is only the start of man-machine __12__:"It will be the beginning of the long process of integration that will __13__ lead to a fully electronic human before the end of the next century."__14__ his research, Pearson is able to put dates to most of the breakthroughs that can be predicted. However, there are still no __15__ for when faster-than-light travel will be __16__, or when human cloning will be perfected, or when time travel will be possible.

     But he does __17__ social problems as a result of technological advances. A boom in neighborhood surveillance cameras will, for example, __18__ problems in 2010, while the arrival of synthetic __19__ robots will mean people may not be able to __20__ between their human friends and the droids. And home appliances will also become so smart that controlling and operating them will result in the breakout of a new psychological disorder-kitchen rage.

1.[A]taken [B]pieced [C]kept [D]made
2.[A]complicated [B]delicate [C]subtle [D]unique
3.[A]breakthroughs [B]findings [C]events [D]incidents
4.[A]expanded [B]extended [C]enlarged [D]enriched
5.[A]being [B]becoming [C]carrying [D]coming
6.[A]schedules [B]plans [C]predicts [D]designs
7.[A]directly [B]instantly [C]precisely [D]automatically
8.[A]that [B]how [C]what [D]all
9.[A]thinking [B]hearing [C]sight [D]feeling
10.[A]form [B]develop [C]find [D]undertake
11.[A]out [B]at [C]to [D]toward
12.[A]program [B]production [C]experiment [D]integration
13.[A]finally [B]ultimately [C]utterly [D]absolutely
14.[A]Through [B]Though [C]During [D]By
15.[A]forecasts [B]articles [C]stories [D]meetings
16.[A]advisable [B]affordable [C]available [D]valuable
17.[A]solve [B]arose [C]exercise [D]expect
18.[A]confront [B]cause [C]witness [D]collect
19.[A]lovely [B]likely [C]lifelike [D]lively
20.[A]distinguish [B]differ [C]diagnose [D]deviate

Historically, humans get serious about avoiding disasters only after one has just struck them. __62__ that logic, 2006 should have been a breakthrough year for rational behavior. With the memory of 9/11 still __63__ in their minds, Americans watched hurricane Katrina, the most expensive disaster in U.S. history, on __64__ TV. Anyone who didn't know it before should have learned that bad things can happen. And they are made __65__ worse by our willful blindness to risk as much as our __66__ to work together before everything goes to hell.

　　Granted, some amount of delusion(错觉)is probably part of the __67__ condition. In A.D. 63, Pompeii was seriously damaged by an earthquake, and the locals immediately went to work __68__, in the same spot-until they were buried altogether by a volcano eruption 16 years later. But a __69__ of the past year in disaster history suggests that modern Americans are particularly bad at __70__ themselves from guaranteed threats. We know more than we __71__ did about the dangers we face. But it turns __72__ that in times of crisis, our greatest enemy is __73__ the storm, the quake or the __74__ itself. More often it is ourselves.
So what has happened in the year that __75__ the disaster on the Gulf Coast?In New Orleans,the Army Corps of Engineers has worked day and night to rebuild the flood walls.They have got the walls to __76__ they were before Katrina,more or less.That's not __77__,we can now say with confidence.But it may be all __78__ can be expected from one year of hustle(忙碌).
Meanwhile,New Orleans offcials have crafted a plan to use buses and trains to __79__ the sick and the disabled.The city estimates that 15,000 people will need a __80__ out.However,state officials have not yet determined where these people will be taken.The __81__ with neighboring communities are on going and difficult.
(本篇为07.6真题)

__62__ 62 A) To B) By C) On D) For
__63__ 63 A) fresh B) obvious C) apparent D) evident
__64__ 64 A) visual B) vivid C) live D) lively
__65__ 65 A) little B) less C) more D) much
__66__ 66 A) reluctance B) rejection C) denial D) decline
__67__ 67 A) natural B) world C) social D) human
__68__ 68 A) revising B) refining C) rebuilding D) retrieving
__69__ 69 A) review B) reminder C) concept D) prospect
__70__ 70 A) preparing B) protesting C) protecting D) prevailing
__71__ 71 A) never B) ever C) then D) before
__72__ 72 A) up B) down C) over D) out
__73__ 73 A) merely B) rarely C) incidentally D) accidentally
__74__ 74 A) surge B) spur C) surf D) splash
__75__ 75 A) ensued B) traced C) followed D) occurred
__76__ 76 A) which B) where C) what D) when
__77__ 77 A) enough B) certain C) conclusive D) final
__78__ 78 A) but B) as C) that D) those
__79__ 79 A) exile B) evacuate C) dismiss D) displace
__80__ 80 A) ride B) trail C) path D) track
__81__ 81 A) conventions B) notifications C) communications D) negotiations

     Have you ever wondered what our future is like?Practically all people _1_
a desire to predict their future _2_.Most people seem inclined to _3_ this
task using causal reasoning.First we _4_ recognize that future circumstances
are _5_ caused or conditioned by present ones.We learn that getting an
education will _6_ how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the
reef may bring an unhappy _7_ with a shark.
Second,people also learn that such _8_ of cause and effect are
probabilistic(可能的) in nature.That is,the effects occur more often when the
causes occur than when the causes are _9_, but not always.Thus,students learn
that studying hard _10_ good grades in most instances,but not every
time.Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more _11_ and
provides techniques for dealing _12_ then more accurately than does causal
human inquiry.In looking at ordinary human inquiry,we need to _13_ between
prediction and understanding.Often,even if we don't understand why,we are
willing to act _14_ the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.
Whatever the primitive drives _15_ motivate human beings,satisfying them
depends heavily on the ability to _16_ future circumstances.The attempt to
predict is often played in a _17_ of knowledge and understanding.If you can
understand why certain regular patterns _18_,you can predict better than if
you simply observe those patterns.Thus,human inquiry aims _19_ answering
both "what" and "why" question,and we pursue these _20_ by observing and
figuring out.

__1__1. [A]exhibit [B]exaggerate [C]examine [D]exceed
__2__2. [A]contexts [B]circumstances [C]inspections [D]intuitions
__3__3.[A]underestimate [B]undermine [C]undertake [D]undergo
__4__4. [A]specially [B]particularly [C]always [D]generally
__5__5. [A]somehow [B]somebody [C]someone [D]something
__6__6. [A]enact [B]affect [C]reflect [D]inflect
__7__7. [A]meeting [B]occurrence [C]encounter [D]contact
__8__8. [A]patterns [B]designs [C]arrangements[D]pictures
__9__9. [A]disappointde [B]absent [C]inadequate [D]absolute
__10__10.[A]creates [B]produces [C]loses [D]protects
__11__11.[A]obscure [B]indistinct [C]explicit [D]explosive
__12__12.[A]for [B]at [C]in [D]with
__13__13.[A]distinguish [B]distinct [C]distort [D]distract
__14__14.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]under
__15__15.[A]why [B]how [C]that [D]where
__16__16.[A]predict [B]produce [C]pretend [D]precede
__17__17.[A]content [B]contact [C]contest [D]context
__18__18.[A]happen [B]occur [C]occupy [D]incur
__19__19.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]beyond
__20__20.[A]purposes [B]ambitions [C]drives [D]goals

When women do become managers, do they bring a different style and different skills to the job? Are they better, or worse, managers than men? Are women more highly motivated and __1__ than male managers?
Some research __2__ the idea that women bring different attitudes and skills to management jobs, such as greater __3__, an emphasis on affiliation and attachment, and a __4__ to bring emotional factors to bear __5__ making workplace decisions. These differences are __6_ to carry advantages for companies, __7__ they expand the range of techniques that can be used to __8__ the company manage its workforce __9__.
A study commissioned by the International Women's Forum __10__ a management style used by some women managers (and also by some men) that __11__ from the command-and-control style __12__ used by male managers. Using this "interactive leadership" approach, "women __13__ participation, share power and information, __14__ other people's self-worth, and get others excited about their work. All these __15__ reflect their belief that allowing __16__ to contribute and to feel __17__ and important is a win-win __18__-good for the employees and the organization." The study's director __19__ that "interactive leadership may emerge __20__ the management style of choice for many organizations."
(本篇为03.1真题).

__1__1. A) confronted B) commanded C) confined D) committed
__2__2. A) supports B) argues C) opposes D) despises
__3__3. A) combination B) cooperativeness C) coherence D) correlation
__4__4. A) willingness B) loyalty C) sensitivity D) virtue
__5__5. A) by B) in C) at D) with
__6__6. A) disclosed B) watched C) revised D) seen
__7__7. A) therefore B) whereas C) because D) nonetheless
__8__8. A) help B) enable C) support D) direct
__9__9. A) evidently B) precisely C) aggressively D) effectively
__10__10. A) developed B) invented C) discovered D) located
__11__11. A) derives B) differs C) descends D) detaches
__12__12. A) inherently B) traditionally C) conditionally D) occasionally
__13__13. A) encourage B) dismiss C) disapprove D) engage
__14__14. A) enhance B) enlarge C) ignore D) degrade
__15__15. A) themes B) subjects C) researches D) things
__16__16. A) managers B) women C) employees D) males
__17__17. A) faithful B) powerful C) skillful D) thoughtful
__18__18. A) situation B) status C) circumstance D) position
__19__19. A) predicted B) proclaimed C) defied D) diagnosed
__20__20. A) into B) from C) as D) for

   A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called digital divide--the division of the world into the info(information) rich and the info poor. And that __1__ does exist today. My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less __2__ then, however, were the new, positive __3__ that work against the digital divide. __4__,there are reasons to be __5__.

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There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more __6__, it is in the interest of business to universalize access-after all, the more people online, the more potential __7__ there are. More and more __8__, afraid their countries will be left __9__, want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be __10__ together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will __11__ rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for __12__ world poverty that we've ever had.



Of course, the use of the Internet isn't the only way to __13__ poverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has __14__ potential.



To __15__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __16__ respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is a/an __17__ of their sovereignty might well study the history of __18__ (the basic structural foundations of a society) in the United States. When the United States built its industrial infrastructure, it didn't have the capital to do so. And that is __19__ America's Second Wave infrastructure-__20__ roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on-were built with foreign investment.

_________  1. A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture
_________  2. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct
_________  3. A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises
_________  4. A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously
_________  5. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed
_________  6. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized
_________  7. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens
_________  8. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers
_________  9. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind
_________  10. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized
_________  11. A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low
_________  12. A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating
_________  13. A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear
_________  14. A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big
_________  15. A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take
_________  16. A) at B) with C) of D) for
_________  17. A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult
_________  18. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution
_________  19. A) why B) where C) when D) how
_________  20. A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including