4．It's an ordinary morning，like all the others．But instead of being woken up by the buzzing of an alarm clock，you'll be roused by the smell of freshly made coffee，light entering your room as the curtains open automatically，and a gentle back massage（按摩）provided by your high-tech bed．
This is what a typical（典型的） person's life will be like two decades from now，according to The Guardian．Want to know more？
After you get up，your apartment will be like an electronic orchestra with you as the conductor．With simple moves of your hand and spoken instructions，you'll be able to control your apartment's temperature，humidity，music and lighting．You'll be able to look through the day's news on translucent screens while your breakfast waits for you in the automatic oven．
As you move into your kitchen，you might accidentally hit your toe on a cupboard．If you do，you'll grab your cell phone and open the diagnostics（診斷） app．Inside your phone there will be a tiny microchip（芯片） that uses X-ray waves to scan your body．The scan will tell whether your toe is bruised or broken．
After breakfast，your driverless car will take you to work．While you"drive"，your central computer system will suggest a list of chores（家務(wù)事） that your housekeeping robots can do that day and it will also remind you to buy a gift for your mother's upcoming birthday．
As you can see，with the help of advanced technology，our lives will be more efficient（有效率的）．Technology will mitigate our forgetfulness and free us of many small burdens that distract us，such as buying a ticket．Our brain will therefore be able to focus on more important things like preparing for a presentation or doing"deep thinking"．
However，the development of technology might have some disadvantages as well．By 2036，we'll be relying heavily on the virtual（虛擬的） world，which will mean that all of our data will be stored in the cloud，a remote digital storage system with near limitless capacity（容量）．That will increase the possibility of someone else accessing，sharing or manipulating（操控） our personal information．
25．What might be the author's purpose in writing the text？D
A．To stress the importance of developing technology．
B．To remind people not to depend too much on computers．
C．To introduce one new invention that will benefit our future lives．
D．To describe how advanced technologies will affect our future lives．
26．According to the text，in two decades，C．
A．you'll be able to rely on an electronic orchestra to wake you up instead of an alarm clock
B．a(chǎn) tiny microchip in your phone will treat you when you are sick
C．you will be able to adjust the conditions of your apartment via oral instructions or simple hand gestures
D．technology will be smart enough to help us with important things like preparing for a presentation
27．What does the underlined word"mitigate"in Paragraph 6 mean？A
A．Make up for．B．Worsen．C．Cure．D．Take advantage of．
分析 本文通過(guò)暢想未來(lái)的一天起床后所發(fā)生的高科技場(chǎng)景，說(shuō)明了科技對(duì)我們?nèi)粘Ｉ畹挠绊懀?/p>
解答 25．D．主旨?xì)w納題．本文通過(guò)暢想未來(lái)的一天起床后所發(fā)生的高科技場(chǎng)景，說(shuō)明了先進(jìn)的科技對(duì)我們?nèi)粘Ｉ畹挠绊懀蔬xD．
26．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．由第二段With simple moves of your hand and spoken instructions，you'll be able to control your apartment's temperature，humidity，music and lighting，可知簡(jiǎn)單移動(dòng)你的手和語(yǔ)音指令，你就可以控制你的公寓的溫度、濕度、音樂(lè)和燈光，故選C．
27．A．詞義推斷題．由后面and free us of many small burdens that distract us，such as buying a ticket，它可以把你從像買(mǎi)票這樣的事情中解放出來(lái)，因此可推知是緩和、彌補(bǔ)了你的健忘，故選A．
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