C. medically proven D. a belief of the author
24. The survey of bright children was made to
A. find out what had happened to talented children when they became adults
B. prove that talented children "burn themselves out" in the early years
C. discover the percentage of those mentaUy ill among the gifted
D. prove that talented children never bum themselves out
25 . Intelligence tests showed that_
A. bright children were unlikely to be mentally healthy
B. between childhood and adulthood there was a considerable loss of intelligence
C. talented children were most likeLy to become gifted adults
D. when talented children grew into adults, they made low scores
Ⅲ. For each numbered blank in the following passage there are four choices labelled A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and put your choice in the ANSWER SrmET. Read the whole passage before making your choice. ( 1O point)
No one knows for sure what the world would be like in the year 2001 . Many books have been written _26__the future. But the 19th-century French novelist Jules Veme may be called a futurologist in the fullest _27__ of the word. In his fantastic novels "A Trip to the Moon" and"80 Days Around the World" , he described' with detail the aeroplane and even the helicopter. These novels still have a great attraction _28__ young readers of today because of their bold imagination and scientific accuracy .
Below is a description of what our life will be in the year 2001 as predicted by a _29___ writ- er .
In 2001 , in the home, cookers will be set so that you can cook a complete meal at the touch of a switch.
Television will provide information on prices at the _30__ shops as well as news and enter- tainment. Videophones will bring pictures as well as _31____ to telephone conversations.
Machines will control temperature, lighting, entertainment, security alarms, laundry and gardening .
Lighting will provide decoration as well as wallpaper.
At work, robots will take _32___ most jobs in the manufacturing industries. Working hours will fall to under 30 hours a week. Holidays will get longer; six weeks will be the normal annual holiday. Men and women will retire at the sarlle age.
Our leisure will be different too. The home will become the center of entertainment through television and electronic games. More people will eat out in restaurants _33_ they do today; al- so they will have a much wider variety of food available. There will be a change of taste towards a more savoury-flavored menu. New synthetic foods will form a _34____ part of people' s diets.
Foreign travel will _35__;winter holidays will become more popular than summer ones. Also non-stop flights from Britain to Australia and New Zealand will be easily available and much cheaper. Education will become increasingly more important than ever before.
26. A. in B. of C. abou t D. for
27. A. sense B. meaning C. detail D. implication
