Life in the twenty-first century will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. Travelling will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
【小题1】There will be _________ in the future.

A．small population

B．few changes

C．more people

D．few people

【小题2】In the future the computer will be _________.

A．much bigger and few people will use it

B．much smaller and more useful

C．smaller and not many people will use it

D．bigger and a lot of people will use it

【小题3】In the future more people _________.

A．will go to other countries for holidays

B．will study at school

C．will go earlier

D．will work for many hours

【小题4】People will prefer _________ to _________ in the future.

A．meat and vegetables; fruit

B．meat; fruit and vegetables

C．fruit and meat; vegetables

D．fruit and vegetables; meat

【小题5】The robots will _________ in the future.

A．do the dangerous work

B．do all the work

C．do only housework

D．do the easy work for people

任务型阅读：根据短文内容，完成下列表格。

Sandwich was an Englishman.He lived in the 18th century.Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards for money.He often played for 24 hours, and didn’t even stop to have his meals.He ordered his servants(仆人) to bring him some meat and bread.He put the meat between two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand.People liked Sandwich’s idea, and from then on they ate bread and meat as Sandwich did.From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food sandwich today.

Sandwich	It was the name of 16_____________________________ in the 18th century. It is now the name of 17____________________________.
Sandwich’s hobby	He liked 18_____________________________ for money and he often played for 19______________________________
Sandwich’s idea	He would like to put the meat between 20__________while playing cards.

 

 

根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。

You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it is not true. In the desert we can find stones. We can see hills, too. There is a little rain in the desert , but it is not enough for most plants.

The animals are1.. _______ to the desert people in many ways. The desert people eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins to makeshoes, water bags and even tents(帐篷). They use the camels(骆驼) for 2.. _______ things.

The people of the desert have to keep 3.. _______ from places to place. They must always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They usually live in the tents. When there is mo more foodfor their animals, they take down their tents, put them on the camels and move to 4.. ______place. The desert people are very 5..  _____ . No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in trouble and give them food and water.

 

Running a marathon (马拉松)
Have you ever taken part in a marathon? A marathon is 42km long. It is the longest race in the world. To make the runner’s body work, harder training is quite necessary. A runner should start to prepare for a marathon at least three months before. Preparation may have races, many hours of running at different speeds and changes in diet(饮食). During the training time the runner must eat a fit diet.  The diet should have lots of things needed in training the players.
In the early days of training, runners run 80km per week. The running is increased every two or three weeks and at least two long runs per week are needed.
Two weeks before the marathon, the training programme becomes less, from 100km per week down to 60km and then to 30km in the final week. On the last two days they may not run at all.
Breakfast should be eaten at least three hours before the race.  Easily digested(消化) food such as cereal(麦), toast(烤面包) and scrambled(捣碎) egg is best,  with as much fluid(液体) as possible.  Runners should drink water about half an hour before the race to keep up the body fluid. 
【小题1】According to the passage, when should a marathon runner begin his training?

A．A month before the race.	B．A week before the race.
C．Three or four months before the race.	D．A year before the race.

【小题2】What should a runner have for his breakfast on the day of the race?

A．Easily digested food.

B．A big meal.

C．Lots of meat.

D．Oily food.

【小题3】What is the length of the modern marathon?

A．100km.

B．60km.

C．30km.

D．42km.

【小题4】 Players must have ________ in order to run better in a marathon.

A．training at different speeds and changes in diet

B．much water

C．lessons before the race

D．many fruits

【小题5】 Hard training before a marathon can ________.

A．make the game easier	B．keep the players healthy
C．help the players to make more progress	D．have more fans

完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Mexican people have a tradition of greeting each other with handshakes and kisses on the cheek（脸颊. But recently, government officials asked people to   1 this. They have also closed schools and museums, and advised people to stay at home.

This is to stop people from  2  an infectious disease (传染病), swine flu (猪流感). The disease has spread over the country. It has killed 159 people and caused 4,000 to become sick  3 .

What is swine flu? Swine flu is a disease that causes respiratory (呼吸的) illness in pigs. It spreads to people in two ways. People catch the virus after being with infected(被感染的)pigs, or they get it from an infected   4  . The disease spreads in the same way   5 human flu, through coughs and sneezes and then touching the nose or mouth. However, it   6  be spread by eating pork.

People who have caught swine flu will have a fever, a cough, a sore throat and body aches. In most cases, the infection makes people unwell but their lives will not be  7 .

A few governments around the world have advised their citizens not to visit   8 . Some countries have begun checking air travelers for the disease and have set up quarantines (隔离) for people who might be infected. Russia, China and other countries have banned (禁止) buying pork from Mexico,  9 the flu cannot be caught by eating the meat.

Health experts advise people to wash their hands frequently(频繁地), to cover coughs and sneezes and to stay at home if they feel  10 .

1.                A．stop to do       B．stop doing       C．go to do  D．go on doing

 

2.                A．catching        B．taking          C．owning   D．curing

 

3.                A．last month      B．in the past       C．a month ago   D．in the past month

 

4.                A．pig            B．person         C．dog  D．country

 

5.                A．like            B．as             C．for  D．in

 

6.                A．can’t         B．can            C．must D．will

 

7.                A．in safety        B．in hunger       C．in danger D．out of danger

 

8.                A．Mexico         B．America        C．China D．Russia

 

9.                A．but            B．though         C．while D．because

 

10.               A．tired           B．happy          C．hungry    D．ill