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    World Future Society

    People

    　　People may live for up to 120 years and use new technology to help when people go blind, deaf and have other problems．The number of people over a hundred years old could go from 135,000 today to 2.2 million people by 2050．By 2015 people think that 100 million workers will be able to work from home for a company in a different country by using the Internet．

    Money

    　　Worldwide e-business will become even more successful with online shops that sell special products for each person, which will be brought to their house the next day．

    Environment

    　　The technology for making energy from wind and the Sun is growing very quickly．In the future wind and Sun energy could become much cheaper and many more countries could use it．This would be very useful in poor countries．The air in big cities would also become much cleaner and healthier as a result．

    Society and culture

    　　The Internet will help to create more worldwide friendships．Families may spend more time together as people will be able to do 24-hour online banking and shopping．

    Technology

    　　The new science of “nanotechnology”(very small robots or machines)will make all sorts of products smaller and lighter．Very, very small machines could take away rubbish, make things in factories, and help inside the human body by taking away fat．By 2012 people will be able to wear these small machines that look like watches, which will give them lots of information about their body and keep them healthy．

    (1)

    What does the World Future Society do?

    [　　]

    A．

    Look at how technology will make people happy．

    B．

    Look at how technology will change the world．

    C．

    Make technology work better for themselves．

    D．

    Make small machines to make us healthier．

    (2)

    How will technology help people?

    [　　]

    A．

    Help all people live for over 120 years．

    B．

    Help disabled people to get jobs．

    C．

    Make people healthier and live longer．

    D．

    Help workers to use the Internet．

    (3)

    How will people go shopping?

    [　　]

    A．

    In special shops．

    B．

    Using the Internet at certain times．

    C．

    Using the Internet any time of the day．

    D．

    Using nanotechnology．

    (4)

    How will technology help the environment?

    [　　]

    A．

    Poor countries will have enough energy．

    B．

    Wind energy will be cheaper than Sun energy．

    C．

    We will not need wind and Sun energy．

    D．

    Wind and Sun energy will be cheaper．

    (5)

    The new science of “nanotechnology” will ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    drive small machines to work for people

    B．

    make good-quality watches

    C．

    allow people to eat more

    D．

    make very small products

    答案：1．B;2．C;3．C;4．D;5．D;
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