中考真题2024年吉林省长春市补全短文-未来人类身体变化大猜测
Can you imagine what the human body in the future will be like? Our class had a discussion about it. Tiantian, an AI (artificial intelligence人工智能) robot, also joined us. Here are our guesses.
___1___ Humans are now ten centimeters (厘米) taller than 150 years ago. So, in the future, people will probably be even taller. Why? Because most of us today have much better food than those in the past.
You must say that people will be stronger according to the first guess.___2___ With the development of science and technology, we won’t have much physical work to do. If people get used to this kind of lifestyle, we will probably lose most of our muscles (肌肉).
Next, let’s come to our hands and feet. We are already using our feet less, and our hands more. ___3___ At the same time, our fingers and our eyes will both get better because they’ll have to do more work together.
Here comes the most interesting one—it’s very possible that people will have four toes (脚趾), not five. The little toe really isn’t needed anymore. ___4___ Let’s wait and see.
Last but not least—people won’t have as much hair on their bodies as now, since we don’t need it to keep ourselves warm.
What do you think of our guesses?___5___ With the rise of AI, will we lose the ability of thinking independently?
A. But you’re wrong.
B. Will all these things happen?
C. Let’s start with people’s height.
D. Will it still be there in the future?
E. So we can expect our legs will get shorter and our feet smaller.
1.1.
A
B
C
D
解析：选C。此空位于段首，需要引出下文的内容。下文提到“Humans are now ten centimeters taller than 150 years ago. So, in the future, people will probably be even taller”，其意思是“现在的人类比150年前高了十厘米。所以，在未来，人们可能会更高”，由此可知此段主要讨论人类的身高，所以选项C“让我们从人们的身高开始吧”符合此处语境。因此，第一空应填：C。
2.2.
A
B
C
D
解析：选A。此空的前一句提到“You must say that people will be stronger according to the first guess”，其意思是“根据第一个猜测，你一定会说人们会更强壮”，后一句提到“With the development of science and technology......we will probably lose most of our muscles”，其意思是“随着科学技术的发展，我们不会有太多的体力劳动要做。如果人们习惯了这种生活方式，我们很可能会失去大部分的肌肉”，由此可知，前后文之间为转折关系，即虽然人们的食物更好了，但人们可能不会变得更强壮，反而会因为缺乏体力劳动而失去肌肉，所以选项A“但是你错了”符合此处语境。因此，第二空应填：A。
3.3.
A
B
C
D
解析：选E。此空的前一句提到“We are already using our feet less, and our hands more”，其意思是“我们已经越来越少用脚，而更多地使用手了”，后一句提到“At the same time, our fingers and our eyes will both get better because they’ll have to do more work together”，其意思是“同时，我们的手指和眼睛都会变得更好，因为它们必须一起工作更多”，由此可知，此处主要讨论的是手和脚的变化，结合四个选项可知，选项E“所以我们可以预计我们的腿会变短，脚也会变小”符合此处语境，承接上文“我们已经越来越少用脚”并引出下文“同时，我们的手指和眼睛都会变得更好”。因此，第三空应填：E。
4.4.
A
B
C
D
解析：选D。此空的前一句提到“The little toe really isn’t needed anymore”，其意思是“小脚趾真的不再需要了”，后一句提到“Let’s wait and see”，其意思是“让我们拭目以待”，由此可知，此处主要讨论的是小脚趾的未来，结合四个选项可知，选项D“它将来还会存在吗”符合此处语境，承接上文并引出下文的“拭目以待”。因此，第四空应填：D。
5.5.
A
B
C
D
解析：选B。此空位于段尾，需要承接上文并引出下文。上文提到“What do you think of our guesses”，其意思是“你觉得我们的猜测怎么样”，下文提到“With the rise of AI, will we lose the ability of thinking independently”，其意思是“随着人工智能的兴起，我们会失去独立思考的能力吗”，由此可知，此空需要引出关于这些猜测是否会发生的讨论，所以选项B“所有这些事情都会发生吗”符合此处语境。因此，第五空应填：B。