Prediction(预言)hasalwaysbeenaseriousbusiness.Intheolddaysastrologers(星占学家)wereemployed(从事于)topredictthefuture.Todayfuturologists(未来学家)makescientifically-basedpredictionswhich

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Prediction( 预言 ) has always been a serious business. In the old days astrologers( 星占学家 ) were employed( 从事于 )to predict the future. Today futurologists( 未来学家 ) make scientifically-based predictions which are taken seriously. Basically the methods used in the past and those used today are similar. You look at what is happening at the present and then project( 设想 ) into the future.

Take something like the motor-car for example. It ’ s obviously wasteful noisy dangerous etc. So perhaps in the future it will have been replaced by something better. Projecting in the same way we can say that the common cold will have been cured pollution will be got rid of Antarctica will have been developed.money will have been replaced by credit cards floating cities will have been built the Jupiter( 木星 ) will have been visited a cure for cancer will have been discovered the world ’ s mineral supplies will have been used up and so on. But only one thing is really certain: most of us will have been completely forgotten!

1. What do astrologers and futurologists have in common?

A. They use scientific methods.

B. They make predictions.

C. They tell us something about the past.

D. They tell us something about the present.

2. Forecasts( 预测 ) about the future are __________.

A. based on the present

B. made by astrologers

C. taken seriously

D. scientifically based

3. As far as human beings are concerned the only really certain thing is that__________.

A. pollution will be got rid of

B. money will be replaced

C. we will disappear from the world

D. we will visit Jupiter

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. The Past the Present and the Future

B. Astrologers and Futurologists

C. The Changing World

D. Tomorrow ’ s World

 

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答案：B;A;C;D提示：1题从第一段astrologers(星占学家) were employed(从事于)to predict the future. Today futurologists(未来学家) make scientifically-based predictions which are taken seriously可...