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【题目】What will our future look like? People have always been wondering about this question. Go on reading this text and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.

How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you must know the past. What has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.

What inventions have really made a difference in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have affected most people around the world for everyday living are the telephone, electricity, radio, television, computer, the car and the ability to communicate through the Internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports etc. In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.

Why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: first we need to start to think about what kind of what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation, and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.

【1】What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph?

A. Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future.

B. The world will be completely changed tomorrow.

C. The world is quite different from what it was.

D. Our basic needs will not change in the future.

【2】Our past inventions have made __________.

A. our daily life more stressful

B. it easy for us to live

C. us work less time

D. our work easily done

【3】What will humans do in order to keep the world under control?

A. To focus on making more inventions.

B. To produce more cars for transportation.

C. To spend more time working on the Internet.

D. To work much harder to achieve their goals.

【4】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. What result we’ll receive in the future.

B. The decisions we make for our future.

C. The two reasons of predicting the future

D. The importance of predicting the future.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于科普类短文，主要介绍未来的社会可能会变成什么样子以及以前推动人类社会变化的主要原因，和人们预测未来的原因。

【1】D 细节理解题。根据本段最后两句 The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No..可知推动我们发展向前发展的基本的需要在接下来的150年里不会有变化。故选D

【2】B 细节理解题。根据Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports etc.可知这些发明让我们的生活更为容易了。故选B

【3】A 推理判断题。根据文章第三段最后2句In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.可知在最近的150年里，人们一直在努力创造出更多的发明来控制时间和世界。在接下来的150年里人们仍然会继续这样做。也就是说继续创造出更多的发明。故选A

【4】C 主旨大意题。根据第二句Predicting the future is important for two reasons可知本段主要讲述的是预测未来的两大原因。故选C