2012年职称英语理工B级考前每日一练(1月11日)

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　　Houses of the Future

　　What will houses be like in thirty years'time?No one really knows，but architects are trying topredict._________(46) Future houses will have to be flexible.In thirty years'time even more of US will be working fromhome.So we will have to be able to use areas of the houses for work for part of the day and for livingfor the rest.Families grow and change with children arriving growing up and leaving home.__________(47)Nothing will be as fixed as it is now.The house will always be changing to meetchanging needs.

　　Everyone agrees that in thirty years'time we will be live in"intelligent"houses.We will beable to talk to our kitchen machines and discuss with them what to do.Like this，"We'll be havinga party this weekend.What food shall we cook?"_________(48)We will be able to leave most ofthe cooking to the machines，just tasting things from time to time to check.

　　The house of the future will be personal-each house will be different._________(49)Youwon't have to paint them-you'll be able to tell the wall to change the color!And you don't like thecolor the next day，you'll be able to have a new one._________(50)

　　A.The only thing you won't be able to do is move the house somewhere else!

　　B.What will our home be like then?

　　C.And the machine will tell us that food we will have to buy and how to cook it.

　　D.You will be able to change the color of the wall easily.

　　E.The house of the future will have to grow and change with the family.

　　F.The kid might take their bedrooms with them as they leave.

　　答案：46. B　　47. E　　48. C　　49. D 　50. A

　　解析

　　46.B [解析]该空格的前一句是"architects are trying to preclict(the houses of the future)"，从第2段起是对未来房子的描述。此处填"what will our home be like then?"最为合适，起到承上启下的作用。

　　47.E [解析]根据第2段内容，可以看出此处需要填的内容和"families grow aldchange with children arriving growing up anclleaving home"有关，因此选E"The house of the future will llave to grow and change with the family"。

　　48.C[解析]第3段讲未来的厨房是智能的，我们可以和厨房里的机器交谈，因此选C"And the machine will tell us that food we will have to buy and how to cook it"。

　　49.D [解析]这一段讲房子可以自己改变颜色，所以选项D"You will be able to claangethe color of the wall easily"是正确答案。

　　50.A [解析]选项F"The kid might take tlaeir bedrooms with them as tlaey leave"放在此处显得唐突，因为文章没有对卧室进行描写。而选项A"The only thing you won't be able to do ismove the llouse somewlaere else"是对未来房子整体上的描述，适合做文章的结尾。