The small size of the components of
computer chips has proved unstoppable. In each new {{U}}(1) {{/U}},
those components are smaller and more tightly packed than they were in their
predecessor. {{U}}(2) {{/U}} has been so rapid that chip designers are
{{U}}(3) {{/U}} apparently fundamental barriers to further reductions in
size and increases in density. In a small size version of the {{U}}(4)
{{/U}} to wireless communication in the macroscopic world, a group of
researchers led by Alain Nogaret, think they can make chips {{U}}(5)
{{/U}} components talk to each other wirelessly. The
researchers {{U}}(6) {{/U}} to use the standard print techniques
employed in chipmaking to coat a semiconductor with tiny magnets. These magnets
will {{U}}(7) {{/U}} local magnetic fields that point in opposite
directions at different points {{U}}(8) {{/U}} the chip's surface.
Electrons have a {{U}}(9) {{/U}} called spin--that is affected by
magnetic fields, and the team hopes to use a/an {{U}}(10) {{/U}} called
inverse electron-spin vibration to make electrons {{U}}(11) {{/U}} the
chip emit microwaves. Dr. Nogaret imagine great advances that
would stem {{U}}(12) {{/U}} the success of his work, and these are not
{{U}}(13) {{/U}} to the possibility of packing components yet more
tightly. In today's chips, the failure of a single connection can put the whole
circuit out of {{U}}(14) {{/U}}. This should not happen with a wireless
system {{U}}(15) {{/U}} it could be programmed to re-route
signals. The project will not be {{U}}(16) {{/U}}
sailing. Generating microwaves powerful enough to {{U}}(17) {{/U}} data
reliably will {{U}}(18) {{/U}} involve stacking several layers of
magnets and semiconductors together and encouraging the electrons in them to
move in a harmonious union. But if it {{U}}(19) {{/U}}, a whole new
wireless world will be {{U}}(20) {{/U}}.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[直击题眼] predecessor的意思
[深层剖析] predecessor的意思是thing that has been followed or replaced by sth．else“前任，前辈，被接继或被取代的事物”，而[D]generation的意思是“一代”，放入此空句意为“新一代芯片的元件越来越小，压缩也越来越紧密”，符合文意。
[主干扰项分析] [A]relation“关系”、[B]consideration“思考”、[C]information“信息”均不符合文意，排除。
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 上下文的理解。
[深层剖析] 上一段中提出研究小组的观点，这一段阐述了研究小组开展研究工作，而[C]intend的意思是“打算，意欲，想要”，符合题意。
[主干扰项分析] [A]manage to do 的意思是“设法，达成”，侧重于指经过很大的努力、克服了很多困难、想方设法做成什么事情，不如“打算”贴切文意。
[次干扰项分析] [B] turn to 的意思是“使(某人或某物)变成，成为”，[D] like to do的意思是“喜欢做某事”，均不符合题意，排除。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[直击题眼] magnets，local magnetic fields之间的关系。
[深层剖析] magnets“磁铁”可以产生local magnetic fields“局部磁场”，所以此处应该填有“产生”含义的词， [A]generate“使(某物)存在或发生，产生”符合题意。
[主干扰项分析] [D]grow的意思是“生长、增加、变大”，磁铁产生磁场，而不是生长为磁场，故排除。
[次干扰项分析] [B]discover“发现”、[C]make“制作”均不符合题意，排除。
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 整句话的理解。
[深层剖析] 由于受磁场影响电子可以旋转，这可以说是电子的一个特性，而[D]property的意思是special quality or characteristic of a substance，etc，“(物质等的)性质，特性”，正符合题意。
[主干扰项分析] [A]reality“真实、现实”、[B]opportunity“机会”、[C]prosperity“富足、繁荣”均不符合题意，排除。
【答案解析】[直击题眼] stem与介词的搭配。
[深层剖析] stem from的意思是arise from sth.，have sth．as its origin or cause“来自或起源于某物，由某物造成”，即从此项工作的成功中得到重大突破，符合题意，故[B]from入选。
[主干扰项分析] [A]for、[C]of、[D]to均不能和term搭配，排除。
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 整句话的理解。
[深层剖析] 此处题意是“如果这个项目______，就能有一个全新的无线世界”，答案显而易见，应该是成功，[B]works的意思是have the desired result or effect(on sb．/sth．)“(对某人或某事)产生预期的结果或作用)”，符合题意。
[主干扰项分析] [C]starts“开始”具有一定的迷惑性，但放在这句话中没有[B]works准确。
[次干扰项分析] 最后一段作者首先提出项目的进行不会很顺利，并阐述项目一帆风顺的条件；最后提出将开启一个全新的无线世界，故[A] operates“运转，开动”和[D]goes“进行”均不符合题意。