新高考英语时文阅读高三专版（含答案解析及全文翻译）AThe life of FM-2030, a transhumanist (超人文主义者) who believed humans will be able toend natural death in the future using technology, is explored in a new documentary. The film, titled‘2030’, was released late last month and is available across multiple streaming platforms. It was made by British filmmaker Johnny Boston who interviewed a range of FM-2030’s acquaintances and scientific experts.Transhumanists believe humans can and should use emerging future technology to greatly enhance their natural abilities. These technologies could include robotics, AI, gene therapy preventing the ageing process. This could radically change what it means to be a member of our species.FM-2030 was born in Brussels in 1930 named Fereidoun M. Esfandiary. The son of an Iranian diplomat, he later changed his legal name to mark his belief that by 2030 we will be ageless and everyone will have an excellent chance to live forever.FM-2030 wrote a number of books around life extension and transhumanist topics, and is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of the modern transhumanist movement. After his death in 2000, FM-2030’s body was placed in cryonic suspension in Arizona.Mr Boston commented: “I met FM-2030 and that was his legal name when I was about 11 or 12 years old. He’d come to London with his partner at the time and they stayed with us. This was in the early 80s when he had these really off the wall ideas that we were going to live on indefinitely and that there was going to be a much more progressive politics. He talked about we were going to communicate brain to brain. There was going to be a machine that you could put in various characteristics and it was going to print stuff.”Mr Boston went on to produce a number of videos outlining FM-2030’s ideas. He did a seriesof films called the future of democracy that came out of talks that FM had done. He said,“FM really talks about what the future holds in terms of how we govern ourselves. He thinks we’ve got to useAI.”1. What will happen in the future according to transhumanists?A. Humans will die in a natural state.B. Humans’life span will remain limited.C. Humans will not need language any longer.D. Humans’abilities will be largely improved by technologies.2. Why did Fereidoun M. Esfandiary change his name to FM-2030?A. Because his father forced him to do so.B. Because he didn’t like his former name at all.C. Because he wanted to flag his transhumanist faith.D. Because he thought human would end natural death in 2030.3. What does the underlined phrase “off the wall”in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Dull.B.Ambiguous.C. Ridiculous.D. Upset.4. Which can be the best title for the passage?A. The Uncertain Future.B. The Film Called 2030.C. The Ideas of Transhumanists.D. FM-2030—ATranshumanist【答案】1~4 DCCD【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了FM-2030 的一生以及他的超人类主义理念。
1. 细节理解题。
同义替换法。
根据第二段第一句“Transhumanists believe humans can and should use emerging future technology to greatly enhance their natural abilities.”可知，超人类主义家认为利用未来技术可以大大提高人类的自然能力。
D 选项是将原文的enhance 同义替换为improve，故选D。
2. 细节理解题。
同义替换法。
根据第三段第二句“The son of an Iranian diplomat, he later changed his legal name to mark his belief that by 2030 we will be ageless and everyone will have an excellent chance to live forever.”可知，FM-2030 改变他的法定名字是为了表明他的信念，即到2030 年我们每个人都会长生不老。
C 选项是将原文的mark his belief 同义替换为flag his faith，故选C。
3. 词义猜测题。
根据下划线单词后面的内容“This was in the early 80s when he had these really off the wall ideas that we were going to live on indefinitely and that there was going to be a much more progressive politics.”（在20 世纪80 年初期，FM-2030 认为我们可以长生不老，会有更加进步的政治）并结合常识可推知，“长生不老”的想法当时看来是荒诞的。
由此可以推测此处词组的意思是“荒谬的”，故选C。
4. 推理判断题。
关键词法。
这篇文章介绍了FM-2030 的超人类主义思想，他改变名字的原因，以及他撰写的关于超人类主义思想的书籍等，所以此文章的关键词是FM-2030，因此D 项“超人类主义家——FM-2030”最适合做标题，故选D。
【词汇积累】release [rɪˈliːs]vt. 释放，发出；发行，发布(尤指) 新激光唱片，新电影stream [striːm] v. （生）流，流动n. 小溪，河流（steaming platform 流媒体平台）acquaintance [əˈkweɪntəns] n. 认识的人，熟人；(与某人) 认识，(对某事物的) 了解radically ['rædɪkli] adv. 根本地；彻底地indefinitely [ɪnˈdefɪnətli] adv. 无限期地【句法剖析】1. This was in the early 80s when he had these really off the wall ideas that we were going to live on indefinitely and that there was going to be a much more progressive politics.句意：那是在20 世纪80 年代，那时他有一些很古怪的想法，认为我们将会长生不老，而且未来将会有更加进步的政治。
句子分析：本句的主句为This was in the early 80s，其后when 引导的从句是定语从句，修饰先行词是the early 80s 且when 在从句中做时间状语；ideas 后由and 连接that 引导的两个同位语从句，对ideas 的内容进行具体说明，that 在从句中不做成分，但不能省略。