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1、For those of us lucky enough to live that long,2056 will be a world of almost perpetual youth, where obesity is a remote memory and robots become our companions.We will be rubbing shoulders with aliens and colonizing outer space. Better still, our descendants might at last live in a world at peace w

2、ith itself.The prediction is that we will have found a source of inexbaustible, safe, green energy, and that science will have killed off religion. If they are right we will have removed two of the main causes of war-our dependence on oil and religious prejudice.Will we really, as todays scientists

3、claim, be able to live for ever or at least cheat the ageing process so that the average person lives to 150?Of course, all these predictions come with a scientific health warning. Harvard professor Steven Pinker says: “This is an invitation to look foolish, as with the predictions of domed cities a

4、nd nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 year ago.” Living longerAnthony Atala, director of the Wake Forest Institute in North Carolina, belives failing organs will be repaired by injecting cells into the body. They will naturally to straight to the injury and help heal it. A system of i

5、njections without needles could also slow the ageing process by using the same process to “tune” cells.Bruce Lahn, professor of human genetics at the University of Chicago, anticipates the ability to produce“unlimited supplies” of transplantable human organs without the needed a new organ, such as k

6、idney, the surgeon would contact a commercial organ producer, give him the patients immuno-logical profile and would then be sent a kidney with the correct tissue type.These organs would be entirely composed of human cells, grown by introducing them into animal hosts, and alloweing them to deveoop i

7、nto and organ in place of the animals own. But Prof. Lahn believes that farmed brains would be “off limits”.He says: “Very few people would want to have their brains replaced by someone elses and we probably dont want to put a human brain ing an animal body.”Richard Miller, a professor at the Univer

8、sity of Michigan, thinks scientist could develop“an thentic anti-ageing drugs” by working out how cells in larger animals such as whales and human resist many forms of injuries. He says:“Its is now routine, in laboratory mammals, to extend lifespan by about 40%. Turning on the same protective system

9、s in people should, by 2056, create the first class of 100-year-olds who are as vigorous and productive as todays people in their 60s”AliensConlin Pillinger ,professor of planerary sciences at the Open University,says:”I fancy that at least we will be able to show that life didi start to evolve on M

10、ars well as Earth.”Within 50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites（陨石）.Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASAs Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ancient permanent forst of Mars or on other planers.He

11、adds:”There is even a chance we will find alien life forms here on Earth.It mightbe as different as English is to Chinese.Priceton professor Freeman Dyson thinks it “likely” that life form outer space will be discovered defore 2056 because the tools for finding it, such as optical and radio detectio

12、n and data processing,are improving.He ays:”As soon as the first evidence is found,we will know what to look for and additional discoveries are likely to follow quickly.Such discoveries are likely to have revolutionary consequences for biology, astronomy and philosophy. They may change the way we lo

13、ok at ourselves and our place in the universe. Colonies in spaceRichard Gottprofessor of astrophysics at Princeton,hopes man will set up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,which would be a “life insurance policy against whatever catastrophes,natural or otherwise,might occur on Earth.“The real space ra

14、ce is whether we will colonise off Earth on to other worlds before money for the space programme runs out.” Spinal injuriesEllen Heber-Katz,a professor at the Wistar Institude in Philadelphia,foresees cures for inijuries causing paralysis such as the one that afflicated Superman star Christopher Ree

15、ve.She says:”I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to profescribe drugs that cause severes（断裂的） spinal cords to heal,hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow.“People will come to expect that injured or diseased organs are meant to be repaired from within,inmuch the same way

16、 that we fix an appliance or automobile:by replancing the damaged part with a manufacturer-certified new part.”She predict that within 5 to 10 years fingers and toes will be regrown and limbs will start to be regrown a few years later. Reparies to the nervous system will start with optic nerves and,

17、in time,the spinal cord.”Within 50years whole body replacement will be routine,”Prof.Heber-Katz adds. ObesitySydney Brenner,senior distinguished fellow of the Crick-Jacobs Center in California,won the 2002 Noblel Prize for Medicine and says that if there is a global disaster some humans will survive

18、-and evolition will favour small people with bodies large enough to support the required amount of brain power.”Obesity,”he says.”will have been solved.” RobotsRodney Brooks,professor of robotice at MIT,says the problems of developing artificial intelligence for robots will be at least partly overco

19、me.As a result,”the possibilities for robots working with people will open up immensely” EnergyBill Joy,green technology expert in Califomia,says:”The most significant breakthrought would be to have an inexhaustible source of safe,green energy that is substantially cheaper than any existing energy s

20、ource.”Ideally,such a source would be safe in that it could not be made into weapons and would not make hazardous or toxic waste or carbon dioxide,the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming. Society Geoffrey Miller,evolutionary psychologist at the University of New Mexico,says:”The US will fo

21、llow the UKin realizing that religion is nor a prerequisite （前提）for ordinary human decency. “This,science will kill religion-not by reason challenging faith but by offering a more practical,uniwersal and rewarding moral frameworkfor human interaction.” He also predicts that “ahsurdly wasteful”displa

22、ys of wealth will become umfashionable while the importance of close-knit communities and families will become clearer. These there changer,he says,will help make us all”brigheter,wiser,happier and kinder”.此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。1.What is john lnghams report about?A）A solution to the global energy crisisB）E

23、xtraordinary advances in technology.C）The latest developments of medical scienceD）Scientistsvision of the world in halfa century2. According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker,predictions about the future_. A）may invite trouble B）may not come true C）will fool the public D）do more harm than good3. Pr

24、ofessor Bruce Lahn of the University of Chicago predicts that_. A）humans wont have to donate organs for transplantation B）more people will donate their organs for transplantation C）animal organs could be transplanted into human bodies D）organ transplantation wont be as scary as it is today4. Accordi

25、ng to professor Richard Miller of the University of Michigarr, prople will_. A）life for as long as they wish B）be relieved from all sufferings C） life to 100 and more with vitality D）be able to live longer than whales5.Priceton professor Freeman Syson thinks that_.A）scientists will find alien life s

26、imilar to oursB）humans will be able to settle on MarsC）alien life will likely be discoveredD）life will start to evolve on Mars6.According to Princeton professor Richard Gott,by setting up a self-sufficient colony on Mars,Humans_.Might survie allcatastrophes on earthMight acquire ample natural resour

27、cesWill be able to travel to Mars freelyWill move there to live a better life7.Ellen Heber-Katz, professor at the Wistar Institue in Philadelpia,predicts that_.A）human organs can bu manufactured like appliancesB）people will be as strong and dymamic as supermenC） human nerves can be replanced by opti

28、c fibersD）lost fingers and limbs will be able to regrow 8.rodney Brooks says that it will be possible for robots to work with humans as a result or the development of_artificaial intelligence for robots_9. The most significant breakthrough predicted by Bill joy will be an inexhaustible green energy

29、source that cant be used to make_pollutions_10 According to Geoffrey Miller, science will offer a more practical, universal and rewarding moral framework in place of _religion_Part III Listening Comprehension （35minutes） Section A In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conve

30、rsations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause.During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A）, B）, C）, ang D）,and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on A