Within the next 80 years, our lives may be changed a lot by 3D printing. It has already ___1___ many things in our lives, right down to the food we eat. For example, some ___2___ in London have served 3D-printed hamburgers to customers.
But perhaps the biggest success that people have achieved is in medicine. It is ___3___ when people see a beating heart printed with 3D printing technology. The printed body part might help people live a normal life again ___4___ an illness or an accident. And it is not just humans who are ___5___—in Brazil, people have built new 3D-printed body parts for animals injured in a forest fire!
1.1.
A wasted
B tested
C influenced
D separated
解析:选C。正确答案是:C. influenced。句子前文提到“我们的生活可能会因 3D 打印技术而发生巨大变化。它已经影响了我们生活中的很多事情”,而“influenced”正是表示“影响”的词汇,符合句意。其他选项“wasted”(浪费)、“tested”(测试)、“separated”(分离)都与句意不符。
2.2.
A restaurants
B offices
C libraries
D hospitals
解析:选A。正确答案是:A. restaurants。前句说道“就连我们吃的食物也不例外”’举例说明一些伦敦的“餐厅”已经为顾客提供了3D打印的汉堡,因此答案为A,即“restaurants”。
3.3.
A tiring
B relaxing
C amazing
D disappointing
解析:选C。正确答案是:C. amazing。句子中提到“看到用3D打印技术打印出来的心脏在跳动,人们会感到惊讶”,因此选项C“amazing”符合句意。其他选项tiring(累人的)、relaxing(放松的)、disappointing(令人失望的)都与句意不符。
4.4.
A before
B after
C until
D through
解析:选B。正确答案是:B. after。原文想要表达的意思是“打印的身体部位可能会帮助人们在疾病或事故之后重新过上正常生活”,所以应该选择表示“之后”的介词,即B选项after。
5.5.
A training
B arguing
C fighting
D benefiting
解析:选D。正确答案是:D. benefiting。原句后半部分“在巴西,人们为在森林火灾中受伤的动物制造了新的3D打印身体部件!”,根据上下文可以推断出前半部分这里是指人类通过某种方式得到了好处,因此选项D“benefiting”符合句意。其他选项training(训练)、arguing(争论)、fighting(战斗)都与句意不符。