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练案[27] 选择性必修第二册 Unit 3 Times change!
Ⅰ. 完形填空
(2023湖南省名校联合体联考)
I log on to a computer at the doctors office to say I have
arrived and then wait until a voice calls me into the examination
room. Thereꎬ a robotic nurse 1. me to the scales and then
takes my blood pressure. Some time laterꎬ comes the doctorꎬ who
is also a robot. He notes down my 2. and gives me a( n)
3. . I pay for my visit using a credit card and return home
without having met another human being. This is my nightmarish
vision of the futureꎬ which hasnt happened 4. yet.
I should say I really do like many aspects of 5. . I am a
big fan of air conditioning in summer and heaters in winter. But I
am writing this because I dont want machines to 6. .
When I call my dentists office and actually get a human
being on the lineꎬI am 7. . And when I see the introduction
of more self ̄service checkout stations at the grocery storeꎬI feel
like 8. ꎬ “When it comes to cashiersꎬ make mine a ( n)
9. ꎬ please!”
After allꎬ human cashiers sometimes 10. you a store
coupon for items you are buying. Even more than thatꎬ real ̄life
cashiers often take an interest in particularly cute childrenꎬ
which can 11. young mothers day. A cashier may also show
compassion for an elderly person 12. to get that last penny
out of his purse.
Machines can be 13. and cost ̄effective and they often
get the job done just fine. 14. they lack an element so
important to everyday life.
Call it the spiritꎬ the soul or the heart. It is 15. no
machine will ever have. It is human being that encourages us to
smile at othersꎬ which may be what they need at that moment.
1. A. tears B. directs
C. follows D. separates
2. A. signals B. symptoms
C. sculptures D. symbols
3. A. description B. assumption
C. prescription D. subscription
4. A. at most B. at last
C. at least D. at intervals
5. A. commerce B. agriculture
C. literature D. technology
6. A. cut in B. pass by
C. take o