Question

People have always been wondering about what our future will look like. 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 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. Our basic needs will not change in the future.

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

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

D. The world will be completely changed tomorrow.

2.Our past inventions have made .

A. our daily life more stressful

B. it easy for us to live

C. our work easily done

D. us work less time

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

A. To produce more cars for transportation.

B. To spend more time working on the Internet.

C. To work much harder to achieve their goals.

D. To focus on making more inventions.

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

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

B. The two reasons of predicting the future.

C. The importance of predicting the future.

D. The decisions we make for our future.

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：人们总是好奇我们的未来会是什么样，本文作者向我们展示了未来50年所发生的事情。

1.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.可知作者要告诉我们，我们的基本需要在将来不会改变。故A正确。

2.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.可知过去的发明使得我们的生活变得更容易，故B正确。

3.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.可知人类为了控制世界而致力于更多的发明，故D正确。

4.and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.可知最后一段主要讲述我们为为了所做的决定。故B项正确。

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