2025年綿陽(yáng)飛行職業(yè)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語(yǔ)2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析

2025年綿陽(yáng)飛行職業(yè)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語(yǔ)2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調(diào)整）一、單選題(共35題)1、Thewomancouldn’tseeherson________．She’sveryworried．

(1分)A、anywhereB、somewhereC、nowhereD、where正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析Somewhere某處；everywhere到處，用于肯定句；anywhere任何地方，用于否定句。所以選A。句意：這位婦女到處都找不到她的兒子。她很擔(dān)心。

2、Morethanhalfamillion（）aresentfromBritaintoEuropeeveryyear.(1分)A、wolfB、pandaC、tigerD、sheep正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查名詞辨析。句意為：“每年有五十多萬(wàn)頭綿羊被從英國(guó)運(yùn)到歐洲?！眒illion修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，sheep單復(fù)數(shù)同形。故選D。

3、材料YouseepeopleinmoviescelebratingawhiteChristmasinEnglandortheUnitedStates.ButChristmasinAustraliaisdifferent.

AustralianscelebratetheholidayonDec.25th.ItisatthehottesttimeoftheyearinAustralia.Thetemperatureisusuallyabout30℃inmostcitiesandcanevenbeover40℃.ThereiscertainlynowhiteChristmasinAustralia.

Becauseitissohot,thetraditionistohavealunchoutsideandtoswiminthepoolorbeach.Mostpeoplehaveaone-weekholidayduringthistime,sotheywilltraveltomeettheirfamilyforChristmaslunch.Christmaslunchisusuallyabigmealofham,turkey,saladandfreshseafood.Familymembersallcooksomethingdifferentandbringittothebigmeal.IalwaysenjoyChristmaslunchbecausetherearelotsofgoodcooksinmyfamily.Oneyearmyauntevenmadeadeliciousgingerbreadhouse(姜餅屋)forustoeatasdesert.

ChildrengetpresentsfromSantaClausandarealwaysexcitedtoplaywiththem.Itisafuntimetoplayorswiminthepoolwiththeothermembersofyourfamily.

Thesportofcricket(板球)isverypopularinAustraliaandanothertraditionistoplayagameofcricketinyourbackyard.IalwaysenjoyedplayingwithmyuncleandcousinswhenIwasgrowingup.

SoAustraliamightnothaveawhiteChristmas.Butitisstillaveryexcitingandfuntimeoftheyear.Australiansrestfor（）duringChristmas.(1分)A、fivedaysB、sixdaysC、sevendaysD、eightdays正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第二句“Mostpeoplehaveaone-weekholidayduringthistime,sotheywilltraveltomeettheirfamilyforChristmaslunch.”可知，在圣誕節(jié)期間大部分人有一個(gè)星期的假期。故選C。

4、Myfatherisagooddoctor.（）alwaysworkshardtohelphispatients.(1分)A、HeB、HimC、HisD、Himself正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查代詞。句意為：“我父親是個(gè)好醫(yī)生，他總是努力幫助病人?！笨崭裉幦钡氖侵髡Z(yǔ)，所以應(yīng)該用人稱代詞的主格形式。故選A。

5、材料IfyouarelearningEnglishbecauseyou'regoingtotravelinEnglandandwishtobe（1）there,don'ttrytospeakEnglishperfectly,（2）ifyoudoso,noonewillunderstandyou.InLondonninety-nineineveryhundredpeoplespeak（3）English.Youmaysaythat（4）theydon'tspeakEnglishwellthemselves,theycan（5）understanditwhenitiswellspoken.They（6）whenthespeakerisEnglish.Butwhenthespeakerisa（7）,thebetterhespeaks,the（8）itistounderstandhim.

Noforeignercan（9）stressthesyllables(音節(jié))andmakethetone（10）andfallinquestionand（11）exactlyasa（12）does.（13）thefirstthingyouhavetodoistospeakwithastrong（14）accent,andspeakbroken,thatis,Englishwithoutany（15）.TheneveryEnglishpersonyou（16）willatonceknowyouareaforeigner,andtrytounder-standyouandbereadyto（17）you.Hewillnot（18）youtobepoliteandusegram-maticalphrases.Hewillbe（19）byhisclevernessinmakingoutyour（20）andbeingabletotellwhatyouwanttoknow.第9空填（）。(1分)A、neverB、evenC、everD、only正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查副詞詞義辨析。never意為“從不”;even意為“甚至”;ever意為“曾經(jīng)”;only意為“僅”。此處指沒(méi)有外國(guó)人曾做到。故選C。

6、Whenyouleave,pleaseturnoffthelight（）energy.(1分)A、saveB、savingC、savedD、tosave正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查不定式。句意為：“當(dāng)你離開(kāi)的時(shí)候，為了節(jié)約能源，請(qǐng)關(guān)上燈?！眲?dòng)詞不定式作目的狀語(yǔ)。故選D.

7、Johnis________apairofblackshoestoday.

(1分)A、wearingB、wearC、putonD、puttingon正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析約翰今天穿著一雙黑鞋。today進(jìn)行時(shí)，be+doingwear表示狀態(tài)，puton表示動(dòng)作

8、Thereisgoingto________afootballgameattheChildren'sHomethisafternoon.

(1分)A、haveB、hasC、beD、is正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析今天下午將在兒童之家舉行一場(chǎng)足球賽。Therebe的將來(lái)時(shí)為Therewillbe/isgoingtobe。

9、Myfamilyhave________breakfasttogethereveryday.Thishelpsusstartadaywell.

(1分)A、不填B、aC、anD、the正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析句意：我的家人每天一起吃早餐。這有助于我們更好地開(kāi)始新的一天。考查冠詞。a/an不定冠詞，表示泛指；the定冠詞，表示特指；havebreakfast“吃早餐”是固定短語(yǔ)，三餐前不用冠詞，故選A。

10、Ibought（）Englishbook.（）bookisveryinteresting.(1分)A、a;AnB、an;AnC、an;TheD、the;The正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查冠詞。句意為：“我買了一本英語(yǔ)書(shū)，這本書(shū)很有趣?！辈欢ü谠~a/an表泛指，a用于以輔音音素開(kāi)頭的單詞前，an用于以元音音素開(kāi)頭的單詞前；定冠詞the表特指?！耙槐居⒄Z(yǔ)書(shū)”首次提到，表泛指，且English是以元音音素開(kāi)頭，所以用an;第二個(gè)book是特指前面提到的英語(yǔ)書(shū)，所以用the。故選C。

11、—Isyourmotheradoctor,Peter?—Yes,she________inChaoyangHospitalfornearly20years.

(1分)A、workedB、isworkingC、hasworkedD、willwork正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析句意——你媽媽是醫(yī)生嗎，彼得?——是的，她在朝陽(yáng)醫(yī)院工作快20年了?？疾閯?dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。worked一般過(guò)去時(shí);isworking現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí);hasworked現(xiàn)在完成時(shí);willwork一般將來(lái)時(shí)。根據(jù)fornearly20years可知，這是一個(gè)表示一段時(shí)間的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)，通常用于現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)態(tài)，而且動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該用延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞，現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)態(tài)結(jié)構(gòu)為have/has＋動(dòng)詞的過(guò)去分詞，主語(yǔ)是she，助動(dòng)詞用has，work的過(guò)去分詞是worked;故答案選C。

12、Ourschoolistwentymilesaway.Iwouldwalkthere（）sofaraway.(1分)A、wasitnotB、itisnotC、woulditnotbeD、wereitnot正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

13、材料Itwasgettingdarkandsnowwascomingdown.Joewasdrivinghome.He'dbeenunemployedsincethefactory(1).Mostofhisfriendshadleft,buthestayedon.（2）,hewasbornhere.

Suddenlyhesawaladystandingonthesideoftheroadand（3）.Shewasworried.Noonehadstoppedto（4）forthelasthour.Joeknew（5）shefeltandsaid,“MynameisJoeandI'mheretohelpyou.”Allshehadwasaflattyre,（6）foranoldlady,thatwasbadenough.Joechangedthe（7）,buthegotdirtyandhishandshurt.ShewantedtopayJoeandsaidany（8）wouldhavebeenallright.Joeneverthoughttwiceaboutthemoneyandthereweremanypeoplewhohad（9）himahandinthepast.Hehadlivedhislifethatway.Hetoldherthatifshereallywantedtopayhim（10）,thenexttimeifshesawsomeonewhoneededhelp,shecouldgivethatpersontheassistancethathe（11）,

Latertheladywentina（12）decoratedrestauranttoeatinahurry.Thecashierwaslikethetelephoneofanout-of-workactor—itdidn't（13）much.However,thewaitress,whowasnearlyeightmonthspregnant(懷孕的),broughtacleantoweltoherwitha（14）smile.Theoldlady（15）Joe.Afterthewaitressbroughtthechangefroma100-dollarbill,shefoundthelady（16）andsomethingwrittenonanapkin,“（17）oncehelpedmeout,thewayI'mhelpingyou.（18）youreallywanttopayhimback,don'tletthechainoflove（19）withyou.”

That（20）thewaitressgavehersleepinghusbandasoftkissandwhispered,“Everything'sgoingtobeallright,Joe.”第1空填（）。(1分)A、openedB、invitedC、refusedD、closed正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析【主旨大意】本文通過(guò)Joe幫助老太太，老太太幫助服務(wù)員的事情，說(shuō)明愛(ài)心是需要傳遞的。考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。opened意為“開(kāi)”;invited意為“邀請(qǐng)”;refused意為“拒絕”;closed意為“關(guān)閉”。根據(jù)下文的“Mostofhisfriendshadleft”,可以推斷工廠關(guān)閉了。故選D。

14、Theenergyfromthesunandwindisverycheapanditwillnever（）(1分)A、comeoutB、layoutC、carryoutD、runout正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。句意為：“太陽(yáng)能和風(fēng)能是廉價(jià)的，并且永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)枯竭?！眗unout意為“用盡；耗盡；枯竭”。根據(jù)“Thecnergyfromthesunandwind”可知，指的是太陽(yáng)能和風(fēng)能，這兩種能源不會(huì)枯竭。故選D

15、材料Considerthesesituations:Youhavejustreadanexcellentbookandwanttotellafriendaboutit.Youhaveseenanexcitingmovieandwantto（1）yourinstructortogotoseeit.Youhaveheardaninspiringlecture,andwantto（2）yournewfoundknowledgewitharoommatewhodidn'tattendthelecture.

Howtogivethistypeof（3）?Youcouldtelleverythingyou（4）aboutthebook,movie,orlecture,butyouwillprobablyjustwanttoselectthe（5）pointsandtellthesetoyourlistener.This,ofcourse,iscalledsummarizing.

Tocreateagoodsummary—onethatisbothaccurateandbrief—youneedtofollowtwosteps.First,（6）informationbyreading,takingnotes,orlisteningcarefullysothatyoursummaryisasbriefaspossiblebutstillaccurateand（7）.Youraudiencewillhelpyoudecidehowthoroughyouneedtobe.Ifyougiveyoursummaryto（8）perhapsforanexamination,itwillneedtobeextremelycomplete

（9）accurate.Youwillneedtokeepinmindany（10）yourinstructormighthavegivenyouduringthelecturetoindicatewhatheorsheconsidersespeciallyimportant.Ifyouaresummarizingamovieforafriend,youcanbelessthorough.Partofthetaskofsummarizingisknowingwhattoincludeandwhattoleaveout.

第(8)選（）(1分)A、aninstructor

B、afriend

C、yourfamily

D、youraudience正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A

16、材料

Inchoosingafriend,oneshouldbeverycareful.Agoodfriendcanhelpyoustudy.Youcanhavefuntogetherandmakeeachotherhappy.Sometimesyouwillmeetfairweatherfriends，Theywillbewithyouaslongasyouhavemoneyorluck，butwhenyouaredown,theywillrunaway.HowdoIknowwhenIhavefoundagoodfriend?Ilookforcertainqualitiesofcharacter,especiallyunderstanding,honestyandreliability.

Aboveallelse,Ilookforunderstandinginafriend.Agoodfriendtriestounderstandhowanotherpersonisfeeling.Heisnotquicktojudge.Instead,hetriestolearnfromothers.Heputshimselfintheotherperson'splace,andhetriestothinkofwaystobehelpful.Heisalsoagoodlistener.

Atthesametime,however,agoodfriendishonest.Hedoesnotlookforfaultsinothers.Henoticestheirgoodpoints.Inshort,afriendwilltrytounderstandmeandacceptme.

Anotherqualityofafriendisreliability.Icanalwaysdependonagoodfriend.Ifthetellsmehewillmeetmesomewhereatacertaintime,Icanbesurethathewillbethere.IfIneedafavor,hewilldohisbesttohelpme.IfIamintrouble,hewillnotrunawayfromme.

Thereisafourthqualitythatmakesafriendspecial.Aspecialfriendissomeonewithwhomwecanhavefun.Weshouldenjoyourlives,andwewouldenjoyourfriendship.ThatiswhyIespeciallylikefriendswhoarefuntobewith.AgoodfriendlikesthesamethingsIlike.Weshareexperienceandlearnfromeachother.Agoodfriendhasagoodsenseofhumor,too.Helikestolaughwithme.Thatishowweshareinthejoyofbeingfriends.AndIknowthatheislookingforthesamequalityinme.

WhenImeetsomeonewhoisreliable,honest,andunderstanding,IknowI'vefoundafriend!

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friends正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

17、—I'mfeelinglikesleepingandIhaveaseriousheadache.—Oh,you'dbettergotoseethedoctoratonce,（）yourheadachewillbeworseandworse.(1分)A、andB、orC、butD、so正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查連詞。句意為：“—我想睡覺(jué)，頭疼得厲害?！?，你最好馬上去看醫(yī)生，否則你的頭疼會(huì)越來(lái)越厲害?！眔r表示一種否定的條件，意為“否則；要不然”。根據(jù)句意可知用并列連詞or來(lái)連接。故選B。

18、—Isthishat________?

—No,theredoneis________.

(1分)A、Lucy's;herB、Lucy;herC、Lucy's;hersD、Lucy;hers'正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析句意：——這頂帽子是露西的嗎？——不是，紅色的是她的?？疾樗懈窈痛~用法。Lucy露西，人名；Lucy's露西的，-'s所有格；her她的，形容詞性物主代詞；hers她的，名詞性物主代詞。問(wèn)句中空格后沒(méi)有名詞，故應(yīng)用-'s所有格表示所有關(guān)系，即露西的帽子；答語(yǔ)空格后沒(méi)有名詞，故應(yīng)用名詞性物主代詞hers代指herhat。故選C。

19、--When______you______here?--Twodaysago.

(1分)A、will;comeB、have;comeC、did;comeD、do;come正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析Twodaysago兩天前，用一般過(guò)去時(shí)

20、—Whatelseshouldwepayattentionto________buildingthebridge?—Thechangeoftheweather,Ithink.

(1分)A、finishingB、finishedC、tofinishD、finish正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析句意：--為了完成這座橋的修建，我們應(yīng)該注意其他的什么事項(xiàng)?—我認(rèn)為是天氣的變化。這里payattentionto的賓語(yǔ)是what;用動(dòng)詞不定式作目的狀語(yǔ)。故選C。前面的payattentionto跟的是whatelse,這個(gè)句子成分已經(jīng)完整了，所以后面用tofinish是表目的。tofinish作為目的，所以句子中的兩個(gè)to不沖突。這個(gè)句子也可以寫成：Tofinishbuildingthebridge，whatelseshouldwepayattentionto？

21、ItwasnotuntilItoldhim（）heknewaboutit.(1分)A、thatB、whenC、whileD、as正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查強(qiáng)調(diào)句。句意為：“直到我告訴他，他才知道這件事?！狈治鼍渥咏Y(jié)構(gòu)可知，本句為“not…until…”句型的強(qiáng)調(diào)句。句型為：“Itis/wasnotuntil+被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分+that+其他部分.”。故選A。

22、

Thesegifts________bychildrenintheirlastsummerholidays.

(1分)A、madeB、weremadeC、makeD、aremade正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析"句意：這些禮物是孩子們?cè)谏弦粋€(gè)暑假里做的。考查一般過(guò)去時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。主語(yǔ)gifts與謂語(yǔ)make之間為被動(dòng)關(guān)系，故應(yīng)用“be動(dòng)詞+過(guò)去分詞”的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)結(jié)構(gòu)，且根據(jù)lastsummerholidays提示，句子應(yīng)用過(guò)去時(shí)，故空格處應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)結(jié)構(gòu)，故選B。"

23、Sh!Thelittleboy________．

(1分)A、sleepB、issleepC、issleepingD、issleepping正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析sleep的進(jìn)行時(shí)是sleeping。Thelittleboyissleeping，句意：小男孩正在睡覺(jué)

24、Thereisapiano（）thewallinmysister'sroom,andsheenjoysplayingitafterfinishinghomeworkeveryday.(1分)A、againstB、behindC、inD、on正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查介詞。句意為：“我姐姐的房間靠墻放著一架鋼琴，她每天完成作業(yè)后都喜歡彈鋼琴?！备鶕?jù)空格后的thewll可知，應(yīng)該是鋼琴靠著墻，against意為“緊靠；倚”,符合句意。故選A。

25、-Howdidyoulosethesoccermatch?-Wehad______players.Theyhadelevenwhilewehadonlynine!

(1分)A、lessB、betterC、fewerD、more正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析根據(jù)語(yǔ)意需要有少的意思，排除B和D，而less后需要加不可數(shù)名詞故排除A，選Cfewer更少的加可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。

26、Doyouknow________?

(1分)A、whendidhestarthiccuppingB、howfarfromschooldoesshelireC、whichmovieswillwinawardsnextyearD、whetherhastheNo．15busarrived正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考點(diǎn)提示：賓語(yǔ)從句。C譯文：你知道哪部電影會(huì)在明年獲獎(jiǎng)呢？

27、Mr.Wanglikescleaningroom.

(1分)A、hisB、hersC、himD、it正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析Mr.Wang是王先生的意思，room名詞，應(yīng)該是他的房間，所以用his

28、EverymorningIhave（）eggandtwopiecesofbreadforbreakfast.(1分)A、aB、anC、theD、/正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查冠詞。句意為：“每天早上我早餐吃一個(gè)雞蛋和兩片面包?！辈欢ü谠~a/an表泛指，a用于以輔音音素開(kāi)頭的單詞前，an用于以元音音素開(kāi)頭的單詞前；定冠詞the表特指?！耙粋€(gè)雞蛋”表泛指，且egg以元音音素開(kāi)頭，所以用an,故選B。

29、材料Iwaswalkinghomefromschoolonedayandithappenedtobeaparticularlycoldandwindyday.Itwas（1）andIwascrazyenoughtoforgetmyhatandscarf.Youcanimaginemycheekswererosy（2）andmyhandswereasnumbastheycanbe.

Allofasudden,anoldlady（3）upbesidemeandaskedifIwouldlikearide（4）.Atfirst,IsaiditwasOKandher（5）smilemelted(融化)awaythethoughtthatIshouldnevertalkto（6）!Wehadanamazingchatandshewasjust（7）agoodwoman.Shetoldmeher（8）andshedroppedmeoff.

Ididn'tseeherortalktoherforaboutamonthandonenightasI（9）herkindgesture,Idecidedtoreturnthefavor.So,Imadealotof（10）andwalkeddowntoherhousewithmy

friend.AtfirstIwasabit（11）shewouldn'tremembermeorthinkthatIwasabadmanwhopoisonedcookiesbutluckily,Iwas（12）wrong.Shewassohappy,andshehuggedmeandkissedmeandseemedso（13）thatsomeonewoulddosomethinglikethat!

WhenIgothomemymumtoldmethatshe（14）andtoldmymumonthephonethatshe（15）becauseshewassotouched.Shesaidshewouldnever（16）thekindnessthatwasgiventoher!Thatfilledmewithsuch（17）!Therereallyisnothingelsejoyfullikehelping（18）andmakingsomeone'sday（19）!

Letusneverforgetthejoyweget（20）givingothersahand!第8空填（）。(1分)A、numbersB、carC、familyD、address正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查名詞詞義辨析。numbers意為“數(shù)字”;car意為“小汽車”;family意為“家庭”;address意為“地址”。根據(jù)下文的“walkeddowntoherhousewithmyfriend”可知，這位老婦人告訴“我”的是她的地址。故選D。

30、Iwrotea（）paper.(1分)A、nine-thousand-wordsB、nine-thousands-wordsC、nine-thousand-wordD、nine-thousands-word正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析nine-thousand-word九千字的；為復(fù)合形容詞。

31、---Whatisthewoman?---Sheis（）.(1分)A、adancerandafashiondesignerB、dancerandfashiondesignerC、adancerandfashiondesignerD、thedancerandfashiondesigner正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析adancerandfashiondesigner一名舞蹈演員兼時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師

32、Kipp'sbeenworkingasaUPSdeliverymanfor28years.He______whathedoes.“It'snotmerelyajob.It'sanextensionofmylife,”hesays.""

(1分)A、keepstrackofB、playssafewithC、hasenoughofD、takespridein正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：他為自己的工作感到自豪。Akeepstrackof跟上……的進(jìn)展；Bplayssafewith謹(jǐn)慎行事；Chasenoughof有足夠的；Dtakespridein以……為傲。由下文的“It'snotmerelyajob.It'sanextensionofmylife”可知，基普認(rèn)為送貨員不僅僅是一份工作，這是他生命的延伸，說(shuō)明他喜愛(ài)這份工作并以此為傲。故選D。

33、—Haveyoueverheard“Athousandmilejourneybeginswiththefirst________”?

—Yes.It’safamousChinesesayingbyLaozi.

(1分)A、classB、stepC、breakD、exam正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析句意：——你聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)“千里之行始于足下”嗎？——聽(tīng)過(guò)。這是老子的一句著名的中國(guó)諺語(yǔ)。考查名詞辨析。class班級(jí)；step步；break休息；exam考試。根據(jù)“Athousandmilejourneybeginswiththefirst…”可知，此處表示“千里之行始于足下”，故選B。

34、材料Wouldyouliketoliveinacitywherebuildingsturnthelightsoffforyou,andself-drivingcarswillfindthenearestparkingspacethemselves?Althoughitmightsoundalittlefarfromyou,livingina“smart”citylikethiscouldhappensoonerthanyouthink.

Greatchangeshavetakenplaceintownsthatwehavelivedinforcenturies,whilecompletelynewcitiesarebeingbuilt.OnesuchplaceisthecityofSongdo.Everyhometherewillhavea“tele-presence”system(遠(yuǎn)程遙控系統(tǒng))—allowinguserstocontroltheheatingandlooks,takepartinvid-eomeetings,andreceiveeducation,healthcareandgovernmentservices.Aroundthecity,escalators(自動(dòng)扶梯)willonlymovewhensomeoneisonthem,andofficesandschoolswillallbeconnectedtothesystem.

ThegreatmindbehindSongdoisfromthecompanyCisco.Infact,technologycompaniesroundtheworldsuchasIBM,SiemensandMicrosoftarealreadyinthebusiness.

About75%oftheworld'spopulationwillliveincitiesby2050,socities