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【题目】根据短文内容回答下列问题。
It's March, 2050.
Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and switch on the bedroom computer to get the latest news.
They used to read the Times, but changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.
There is the usual news about space: another space flight has returned from Mars and scientists have discovered a new planet. Then they turn to business news: the US dollar has risen greatly in Shanghai, one of the world's leading business centers. Mary tells the computer to buy 5000 dollars, and there is a quick response that it has been done.

As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them. Frank disappears into the study to join a video conference with his partners around the world. He is a computer engineer, working for several companies. This is his third job: he used to be in marketing and then television.

Mary has a quick look at the shopping channels--the usual selection of electric cars, household robots and cheap travel offers before picking up the video phone to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical research. Both she and Frank used to have an office desk in London, but in 2014 they decided to move to the seaside and work from home.
Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own workstation at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Classrooms disappeared in 2030 because there was no longer any need for them: communications systems have made it much easier to learn at home.
Louise, now thirteen, is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as important as English. Louise has many Chinese friends. They communicate by computer.
According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130. Her wish is to work for a few decades(十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.
（1）Why do Frank and Mary switch on the bedroom computer in the morning?
Because they .
（2）Who makes coffee for Mary and Flank?
（3）How does Frank work with others from home?
（4）What are the two world languages in 2050?
（5）What do you think of Louise's life in 2050?
I think her life in 2050 is because .

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）want to get the latest news.
（2）

One of the household robots.

（3）

Through advanced communications systems. /Through computers.

（4）

Chinese and English.

（5）convenient；computers can help her with a lot of work.
【解析】短文中作者描绘了2050年时，一家人的生活。那时的人们生活中最重要的帮手就是电脑，很多工作都可以由电脑控制的机器人来做，学生们的学习也将变得轻松简单。
（1）由第一段第一句Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and switch on the bedroom computer to get the latest news.可知答案是want to get the latest news.
（2）从第三段第一句Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them. 可知答案是One of the household robots.
（3）这题原文没有完全的句子，需要学生自己重组句子，表达意思即可，答案的信息点在倒数第三段最后一句。所以答案是Through advanced communications systems. /Through computers.
（4）由倒数第二段Louise, now thirteen, is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as important as English.可知2050年的两种世界性语言是英语和中文。所以答案是Chinese and English。
（5）通过阅读短文可知刘易斯一周只去一次学校，作业也很少，生活上不用做家务。他的生活应该是方便舒适的。故答：I think her life in 2050 is convenient/ comfortable because computers can help her with a lot of work.