01-3阅读理解考前冲刺练(议论文)

决战2023年新高考(题目序号仿新高考I卷阅读理解D篇)

Passage1

(2023秋·辽宁沈阳高三校联考期末)WhatmaywellbetheoldestmetalcoinsintheworldhavebeenidentifiedatanancientabandonedcityknownasGuanzhuanginChina.LikemanyBronzeAge(青铜时代)coinsfromtheregion,theywerecastintheshapeofspades(铲)withfinelycarvedhandles.Theseancientcoinsexistedduringanin-betweenperiodbetweenbarter(以物易物)andmoney,whencoinswereanovelconcept,buteverybodyknewthatagriculturaltoolswerevaluable.

Readingaboutthisincrediblediscovery,Ikeptthinkingaboutthewaymodernpeoplerepresentcomputernetworksbydescribingmachinesashaving“addresses”,likeahouse.Wealsotalkaboutonecomputerusinga“port”tosendinformationtoanothercomputer,asifthedatawereafloatingboatwithdestination.It’sasifweareintheBronzeAgeofinformationtechnology,graspingdesperatelyforreal-worldreferencetotransformourcivilization.

Nowconsiderwhathappenedtospadecoins.Overcenturies.metalworkersmadethesecoinsintomoreabstractshapes.Somebecamealmosthumanfigures.Others’handleswerereducedtosmallhalf-circles.Asspadecoinsgrewmoreabstract.peoplecarvedthemwithnumbervaluesandthelocationswheretheyweremade.Theybecamemorelikemoderncoins,flatandcoveredinwriting.Lookingatoneoftheselaterpieces,youwouldhavenoideathattheywereonceintendedtolooklikeaspade.

Thismakesmewonderifwewilldevelopanentirelynewsetofsymbolsthatallowustointeractwithourdigitalinformationmoresmoothly.

Takingspadecoinsasourguide,wecanguessthatfar-futurecomputernetworkswillnolongercontainanyrecognizablereferencestohouses.Buttheystillmightbringsomeoftheideasweassociatewithhometoourmind.Infact,computernetworks—iftheystillexistatall—arelikelytobealmosttheindispensablepartofourhousesandcities,theirsensorsinset(嵌入)withwallsandroads.Ournet