A．There has been little improvement in the car industry.

　　B．The cars nowadays are exactly the ones people wanted in the past.

　　C．People created flying cars in various forms in the past.

　　D．There are no flying cars purchasable yet.

　　D　[推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句话"The past promised us a flying car in various forms，yet none of those ideas has been transformed into a commercially available vehicle."可知，目前还买不到可以飞的汽车。故选D。]

　　3．Communication technology didn't let us down because ．

　　A．cheap communication devices are accessible to all people

　　B．communication devices are available for people living in remote areas

　　C．smart phones play an important role in domestic lives

　　D．multifunctional phones today provide great entertainment

　　B　[细节理解题。根据第四段"Even in the most distant areas people have access to some form of communication device."可知，即使是在最遥远的地方，人们也能接触到某种形式的通讯设备，所以说通信技术并没有让我们失望，故选B。]

　　4．What is probably the best title for the passage?

　　A．What is technology like in the 21 century?

　　B．Will flying cars be commercially available in the future?

　　C．How does technology change our world?

　　D．Does technology today meet predictions of the past?

　　D　[主旨大意题。文章开头第一句话"Has the present lived up to the expectations of the past？"先提出一个问题：现在的生活是否达到了过去的期望。然后下面通过举例子来回答这个问题，所以第一句话是文章的主旨句，与这句话意思相近的是选项D，故选D。]

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