2001考研英语试题及答案(4)_新闻中心

2001考研英语试题及答案(4)

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PartⅣEnglish-ChineseTranslation 　　Directions: 　　ReadthefollowingpassagecarefullyandthentranslatetheunderlinedsentencesintoChinese.YourtranslationmustbewrittenneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.(15points) 　　Inlessthan30year'stimetheStarTrekholodeckwillbeareality.Directlinksbetweenthebrain'snervoussystemandacomputerwillalsocreatefullsensoryvirtualenvironments，allowingvirtualvacationslikethoseinthefilmTotalRecall. 　　71)Therewillbetelevisionchatshowshostedbyrobots，andcarswithpollutionmonitorsthatwilldisablethemwhentheyoffend.72)Childrenwillplaywithdollsequippedwithpersonalitychips，computerswithin-builtpersonalitieswillberegardedasworkmatesratherthantools，relaxationwillbeinfrontofsmell-television，anddigitalagewillhavearrived. 　　AccordingtoBT'sfuturologist，IanPearson，theseareamongthedevelopmentsscheduledforthefirstfewdecadesofthenewmillennium(aperiodof1，000years)，whensupercomputerswilldramaticallyaccelerateprogressinallareasoflife. 　　73)Pearsonhaspiecedtogethertoworkofhundredsofresearchersaroundtheworldtoproduceauniquemillenniumtechnologycalendarthatgivesthelatestdateswhenwecanexpecthundredsofkeybreakthroughsanddiscoveriestotakeplace.Someofthebiggestdevelopmentswillbeinmedicine，includinganextendedlifeexpectancyanddozensofartificialorganscomingintousebetweennowand2040. 　　Pearsonalsopredictsabreakthroughincomputerhumanlinks."Bylinkingdirectlytoournervoussystem，computerscouldpickupwhatwefeeland，hopefully，simulatefeelingtoosothatwecanstarttodevelopfullsensoryenvironments，ratherliketheholidaysinTotalRecallortheStarTrekholodeck，"hesays.74)Butthat，Pearsonpointsout，isonlythestartofman-machineintegration:"Itwillbethebeginningofthelongprocessofintegrationthatwillultimatelyleadtoafullyelectronichumanbeforetheendofthenextcentury." 　　Throughhisresearch，Pearsonisabletoputdatestomostofthebreakthroughsthatcanbepredicted.However，therearestillnoforecastsforwhenfaster-than-lighttravelwillbeavailable，orwhenhumancloningwillbeperfected，orwhentimetravelwillbepossible.Buthedoesexpectsocialproblemsasaresultoftechnologicaladvances.Aboominneighborhoodsurveillancecameraswill，forexample，causeproblemsin2010，whilethearrivalofsyntheticlifelikerobotswillmeanpeoplemaynotbeabletodistinguishbetweentheirhumanfriendsandthedroids.75)Andhomeapplianceswillalsobecomesosmartthatcontrollingandoperatingthemwillresultinthebreakoutofanewpsychologicaldisorder-kitchenrage. 　　PartⅤWriting 　　76.Directions: 　　Amongalltheworthyfeelingsofmankind，loveisprobablythenoblest，buteveryonehashis/herownunderstandingofit. 　　Therehasbeenadiscussionrecentlyontheissueinanewspaper.Writeanessaytothenewspaperto 　　1)showyourunderstandingofthesymbolicmeaningofthepicturebelow，　　2)giveaspecificexample，and 　　3)giveyoursuggestionastothebestwaytoshowlove. 　　Youshouldwriteabout200wordsonANSWERSHEET2.(20points)