---Have you ____some new ideas?

  ---Yeah. I'll tell you later.

 A.come about    B.come into

 C.come up with  D.come out with

 

During the twentieth century, cars, electric lights, space travel and amazing advances in medicine changed people’s lives. So what might this new century bring? There are hundreds of predictions flying around — let’s have a light-hearted look at some of them.

In a recent UK survey, teenagers were asked to make predictions about the year 2020. One of the most common predictions was that school uniforms won’t be around. They also predicted that both girls and boys will wear make-up more often, and more than 75% of men will wear skirts regularly. My dad is 65 next Saturday — I think I’ll buy him a skirt as a birthday present and tell him he’ll soon be in fashion!

Other predictions involve changing roles of men and women. By 2017, some people say that single men of working age will form more than 10% of all families. It is also predicted that washing powder advertisements will include more men because more of them will do housework. I’ll tell that to my husband when he gets home and see how keen he is to wash the dishes!

Many predictions are about crime and safety problems. Some people think that crime will improve and the world will become a more peaceful place. Others believe that crime is going to worsen and that people will stay at home becoming completely dependent on the Internet for shopping and work. It is also predicted that you will need an electronic card to get into parks as parents demand safe play areas for their children. This is old news for me --- our local government is going to introduce one this summer.

Technology is predicted to play an even more important role in our lives in the future. Some parents might have cameras at home so they can keep an eye on their children while they are out. Quick, kids, turn off the TV and do your homework!

Here’s another prediction. Researchers have concluded that cultural activity may add years to your life. The cinema, theatre and concerts may give us a longer life because they encourage strong feelings. Well, we’re watching Bridget Jones’ Diary this Friday night. Will that help us live longer?

Let’s finish up with my favourite prediction. In the future, elderly people are going to make up a larger proportion of the world’s population than ever before. In Britain, an estimated 100,000 people now in their thirties may live to be 100. And that includes me! I’ll have a big, big party, I promise!

1. The writer’s father ________ .

   A. has just turned sixty-five

   B. wears skirts

   C. is very fashionable

   D. is about to turn sixty-five

2.Why might more men do housework in the future?

   A. Washing powder advertisements suggest it.

   B. Men won’t want to work in offices any more.

   C. Traditional roles of men and women will change.

   D. Women will refuse to wash the dishes.

3.According to the passage, people might ________ , if crime worsens.

   A. need electronic cards to get into their homes

   B. stay at home and depend on the Internet

   C. help to make the world a more peaceful place

   D. work harder and make more money

4.Which of the following is NOT true？

   A. It’s likely that the writer is to live to be 100.

   B. The writer promises that she is going to hold a big, big party soon.

   C. Without an electronic card, you can’t get into a park freely in the future.

   D. The writer holds a positive attitude towards the changes in the new century.

5.From the passage, we may infer that the writer is probably ____ .

   A. a professional news reporter.

   B. a young and attractive sales girl.

   C. a middle-aged British housewife.

   D. a responsible government official.

 

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A: Where are you from?                                             

B: I’m from Canada.

A: Really? I t____76___ you were from the States.                      1.________

B: That’s not s____77_____. A lot of people can’t tell                    2. ________

the d___78_____ between an American accent and a                     3.______

Canadian accent. For example, most Canadians say news [nju:z],

but Americans say [nu:z]. We m___79____ use American words,           4._______

but we use quite a lot of British words too. We fill our cars

with “gas”, which is American, but we turn on the “tap” which is

British English.

A: Oh! And do you use American o_80   British spelling?               5._______

B: Both! American spellings are used more and more in Canada now.

  G__81____ speaking, newspapers f___82__ the American way , but      6.______

  conference reports and schoolbooks use British spelling.                7.______

A: That s___83___ strange.                                         8.________

B: You mean it looks strange! I’ll tell you something that does sound strange.

  Many people think that C___84__ all over the country speak the same     9.______

way. But if you go to the eastern provinces, or go to some country areas,

  you’ll notice that the people there speak quite differently f___85__ the     10.______

rest of Canada.

 

“Well, I’ll tell you a secret ...” said the boy, with his mouth almost _____ my ear.

　A. touched B. touching C. touch D. to touch

I hate ______ their complains all day. one of these days I’ll tell them what I really think.

A．paying attention to

B．to talk about

C．listening to

D．to have heard?