推测单词与短语题专项练习李仕才（1）OlafStapledonwroteabookcalledFirstandLastMen,inwhichhelookedmillionsofyearsahead.Hetoldofdifferentmenandofstrangecivilizations（文明）,brokenupbylong‘darkages’inbetween.Inhisview,whatiscalledthepresenttimeisnomorethanamomentinhumanhistoryandwearejusttheFirstMen.In2,000millionyearsfromnowtherewillbetheEighteenthorLastMen.However,mostofourideasaboutthefuturearereallyveryshort-sighted.Perhapswecanseesomepossibilitiesforthenextfiftyyears.Butthenexthundred?Thenextthousand?Thenextmillion?That’smuchmoredifficult.Whenmenandwomenlivedbyhunting50,000yearsago,howcouldtheyevenbegintopicturemodernlife?Yettomenof50,000yearsfromnow,wemayseemasprimitive（原始的）inourideasastheStone-Agehuntersdotous.Perhapstheywillspendtheirdaysgollockingtomakenewspundels,orstrugglingwiththeirballalatorsthroughthecribe.Thesewords,whichIhavejustmadeup,havetostandforthingsandideasthatwesimplycan’tthinkof.Sowhybothereventotryimagininglifefarinthefuture?Herearetworeasons.First,unlesswerememberhowshortourownlivesarecomparedwiththewholehumanhistory,wearelikelytothinkourowninterestsaremuchmoreimportantthantheyreallyare.Ifwemaketheearthapoorplacetoliveonbecausewearecarelessorgreedy（贪欲）orquarrelsome,ourgrandchildrenwillnotbothertothinkofexcusesforus.Second,bytryingtoescapefrompresentinterestsandimaginelifefarinthefuture,wemayarriveatquitefreshideasthatwecanuseourselves.Forexample,ifweimaginethatinthefuturemenmaygiveupfarming,wecanthinkoftryingitnow.Sosetyourimaginationfreewhenyouthinkaboutthefuture.1.Spundelsandballalatorsareusedinthetexttoreferto_______.A.toolsusedinfarmingB.ideasaboutmodernlifeC.unknownthingsinthefutureD.huntingskillsintheStoneAge2.AparticularmentionmadeofStapledon’sbookintheopeningparagraph_______.A.servesasadescriptionofhumanhistoryB.servesasanintroductiontothediscussionC.showsadisagreementofviewsD.showsthepopularityofthebook(2)BeijingplanstosendupmannedspaceshipZHUHAI－Chinawillsoonputapersonintospaceandbecomethethirdnationintheworldtoownmanned