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2021-22学年度第43期总第780期(6版)

Technology flies out of our imagination (Page 6)

     

I. Read for general information

What does the article mainly talk about?

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II. Decide whether the following sentences are True or False.

 

1. Jeff Bezos founded his space company because of his childhood dream.

2. Commercial drones came into use soon after the novel came out.

3. Amazon supports the use of delivery drones.

4. The “replicator” makes use of the heat of light to change resin from a liquid to a solid.

5. The sci-fi novel Frankenstein has a huge impact on one piece of important medical equipment.

 

III. Fill in the blanks with proper words.

 

1. Elon Musk’s dream of humans ____(live) on other planets was first inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Foundation book series. 

2. The Star Trek television series inspired him ______(found) his very own space company Blue Origin.

3. Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel Dune ______(feature) a small flying robot device that is piloted remotely.

4. In 2006, drones became a reality and can now be found ____(take) on multiple roles.

5. They provide new angles for photography, help farmers maintain their crops and ______(use) in the military.

6. The television show Star Trek, first _________(appear) on screens in 1966, inspired science.

7. Earl Bakken, the inventor of the pacemaker (起搏器), a device ____(place) into the chest that helps the heart to pump blood using small electrical impulses (脉冲), ________(inspire) by the 1931 movie adaptation of the book.“______ intrigued me the most … was the creative spark of Dr Frankenstein’s electricity,” Bakken told the Atlantic.

8. Defibrillators (除颤仪),____ restart the heart with an electrical current after a cardiac arrest (心脏骤停), also resemble the electric shock _________gave the monster life.

 

 

参考答案

I.

Some technologies inspired by science fiction.

II.

1. F  2. F  3. T  4. F  5. T

III.

1. living 2. to found 3. features 4. taking 5. are used 6. appearing

7. placed; was inspired; What 8. which; that/which

 

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