单选题 What will man be like in the future--in 5 000 or even 50 000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today. For man is slowly changing all the time.
Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller.
Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones. This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.
Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger.
On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will growmore sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.
But what about hair? It will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald.
Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at. This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

单选题 The passage tells us about ______.

A. how man's life will be in the future
B. how future man will look like
C. the fact that man's organs will function differently in the future
D. the fact that man is growing uglier as time passes

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 主旨题。文章首先问了一个问题：What will man be like in the future-in5000 or even 50000 years from now?然后从身高、大脑、眼睛、手、脚以及头发等方面分别描述，可见本文主要是在讨论未来的人的相貌。

单选题 The evidence that man is changing is that ______.

A. man has been growing taller over the past 500 years
B. man has got stronger eyes than he ever had
C. man's hair is getting thinner and thinner
D. man's limbs are getting weaker because he tends to make less use of them

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文章第一段最后一句说：For man is slowly changing all the time．在第二段马上就举例论证了这一点：Man，even five hundred years ago，was shorter than he is today．Now，on average，men are about three inches taller．

单选题 Man's forehead will grow larger because ______.

A. he will make use of only about 20% of the brain's capacity
B. the other 80% of his brain will grow in due time
C. he had rather narrow forehead a few hundred years ago
D. he will have to use his brain more and more as time goes on

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。第三段提到：As time goes on，however，we shall have to use our brains more and more，and eventually we shall need larger ones．This is likely to bring about a physical change to the head，in particular the forehead，will grow larger．人类用脑越来越频繁会使人类的头部变大，反映在外形上就是前额变大。

单选题 Future man will probably ______.

A. have smaller eyes
B. see better
C. have larger eyes
D. have to wear better glasses.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。第四段讲到：But over a very long period of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger．可见未来的人的视力会比现在人的好。

单选题 The reason for believing that future man will he different is that he ______.

A. is always changing
B. hopes for a change
C. never stops changing
D. will live a different life

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。第一段提到：…but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today．For man is slowly changing all the time．但我们肯定未来的人与现在的人不一样，因为人类一直在慢慢地变化。