Life in the future will be different from life today．Between then and now many changes will happen．But what will the changes be?

     The population （人口） 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 （至少） one in every room．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 travel．Traveling will be much cheaper and easier．And many more people will go to other countries for holidays．

     There will be changes in our food, too． More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people．Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive．Maybe no one will eat it every day．Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables．Maybe people will be healthier．Work in the future will be different, too． Robots will do dangerous and hard work．Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do． This will be a problem．

（   ）1．In the future there will be _______．

A． much more fruit                          B． more people

C． less vegetables                              D． less people

  （   ） 2．Every family will have at least a _____________ in the future．

          A． robot            B． cow         C． TV set                D． computer

（   ） 3．In the future people don’t have to __________________

          A． work long hours   B． work fast    C． walk on foot         D． eat meat

（   ） 4．People may not eat _________ as much as they do today．

          A． fruit             B． fish         C． meat                D． rice

（   ） 5．One big problem in the future is that ___________．

A many people don’t have to work

B． many people will not be able to find work

          C． people have to work fast      

D． all the work will be done by robots

完形填空（10分）

　　What will our life be like in the future? Each family will have a  1 in the future. You can ask it to do everything  2  you. It will serve(服务) you  3 hours a day. The robot will  4 like a human. It can talk with you when you are  5 . You won’t know it is a human  6 a robot when you meet it on the street.

　　People will have  7 time to work and more time to travel. The vehicles(交通工具) in the future will fly freely in the sky because every vehicle will have wings(翅膀) with it. They will  8 you to any place you want to visit. You can go to  9  when you have a travel if you feel tired. All vehicles will be  10  because of driving by robots.

1.A、rocket              B、robot               C、car

2.A、on                 B、about               C、for

3.A、eight              B、twenty              C、twenty-four

4.A、sound              B、live                C、look

5.A、happy              B、alone               C、comfortable

6.A、so                 B、and                 C、or

7.A、less               B、few                 C、more

8.A、make               B、take                C、let

9.A、school             B、work                C、sleep

10.A、safe              B、dangerous           C、unpleasant

完形填空（10分）
　　What will our life be like in the future? Each family will have a  1 in the future. You can ask it to do everything  2  you. It will serve(服务) you  3 hours a day. The robot will  4 like a human. It can talk with you when you are  5 . You won’t know it is a human  6 a robot when you meet it on the street.
　　People will have  7 time to work and more time to travel. The vehicles(交通工具) in the future will fly freely in the sky because every vehicle will have wings(翅膀) with it. They will  8 you to any place you want to visit. You can go to  9  when you have a travel if you feel tired. All vehicles will be  10  because of driving by robots.
【小题1】A、rocket              B、robot               C、car
【小题2】A、on                 B、about               C、for
【小题3】A、eight              B、twenty              C、twenty-four
【小题4】A、sound              B、live                C、look
【小题5】A、happy              B、alone               C、comfortable
【小题6】A、so                 B、and                 C、or
【小题7】A、less               B、few                 C、more
【小题8】A、make               B、take                C、let
【小题9】A、school             B、work                C、sleep
【小题10】A、safe              B、dangerous           C、unpleasant

任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分，共计5分）请阅读下列文字材料，从方框A、B、C、D、E、F六个选项中选出五项与71—75题中的描述一一对应。

_______ 1. Many people like animals and take them as their pets. Nowadays pet hospitals are very busy. Kind persons who love animals are needed to work in busy animal hospitals.

 _______2. Scientists think that pets will probably be much smaller because people in the future will be living in much smaller places. Scientists are already working on making very small farm animals. The same things might be done to make smaller cats and dogs.

_______3.It’s said that some day you might own a panther as a pet. Scientists might have to start turning wild animals into pets. This might be the only way to save them from dying out.

_______4. What about a robot for a pet? This may sound silly, but it could become true. Robot dogs have been made to bark like real dogs. These “pets” might become more and more popular in the future. After all, robots don’t lose hair or chew on things the way real pets do.

_______5. Lots of people miss their pets while they are on holiday. One hotel in Minnesota has solved this problem. They lend cats to their guests. Many experts believe this idea will become more and more popular. It is very possible that in the future you will be able to order a pet, as well as room service, at a hotel.

A. Pet hotels

B. Smaller pets

C. Robots for pets

D. A panther for pet

E. Pet restaurants

F. Assistant needed in pet hospitals