Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
The things people make,and the way they make them, determine how cities grow and decline,and influence how empires rise and fall. So, any disruption to the world’s factories 26 .And that disruption is surely coming. Factories are being digitised, filled with new sensors and new computers to make them quicker, more 27 , and more efficient.
Robots are breaking free from the cages that surround them, learning new skills and new ways of working.And 3D printers have long 28 a world where you can make anything, anywhere, from a computerised design. That vision is _ 29 _ closer to reality. These forces will lead to cleaner factories, producing better goods at lower prices, personalised to our individual needs and desires. Humans will be 30 many of the dirty，repetitive,and dangerous jobs that have long been a 31 of factory life.
Greater efficiency 32 means fewer people can do the same work. Yet factory bosses in many developed countries are worried about a lack of skilled human workers—and see 33 and robots as a solution. But economist Helena Leurent says this period of rapid change in manufacturing is a 34 opportunity to make the world a better place. “ Manufacturing is the one system where you have got the biggest source of innovation, the biggest source of economic growth, and the biggest source of great jobs in the past. You can see it changing.That’s an opportunity to 35 that system differently, and if we can, it will have tremendous significance.”
A) automation I)interaction
B) concerns J)leaning
C) enormously K) matters
D) fantastic L) moving
E)fascinated M)promised
F)feature N)shape
G) flexible O) spared
H) inevitably
答案解析：
根据“any disruption to the world’s factories”以及后文对工厂变化重要性的阐述，可知这种对世界工厂的干扰是很重要的“事情”，K) matters符合语境，所以26题选K。
根据“quicker”和“more efficient”可知此处需要一个与之并列的积极意义的形容词，G) flexible表示“灵活的”，符合语境，所以27题选G。
根据“a world where you can make anything, anywhere, from a computerised design”可知3D打印机长久以来“承诺”了这样一个世界，M) promised符合语境，所以28题选M。
根据“closer to reality”可知这种愿景正在“逐渐”接近现实，L) moving符合语境，所以29题选L。
根据“many of the dirty，repetitive,and dangerous jobs”可知人类将会“免于”做这些工作，O) spared符合语境，所以30题选O。
根据语境可知这些脏的、重复的、危险的工作是工厂生活的一个“特点”，F) feature符合语境，所以31题选F。
根据语境可知更高的效率“必然”意味着更少的人能做同样的工作，H) inevitably符合语境，所以32题选H。
根据“and robots as a solution”可知工厂老板把“自动化”和机器人看作解决方案，A) automation符合语境，所以33题选A。
根据语境可知制造业快速变化时期是一个“极好的”让世界变得更好的机会，D) fantastic符合语境，所以34题选D。
根据“that system differently”可知这是一个以不同方式“塑造”系统的机会，N) shape符合语境，所以35题选N。
