What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.

The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.

Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.

Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源).

Schools will go electronic(电子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.

1.More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during                .

    A. Christmas Day        B. National Day

    C. the Spring Festival      D. the Mid-autumn Festival

2.The newspapers will disappear                .

    A. in 28 years      B. by 2020      C. by 2053     D. in 33 years

3. __________ is not mentioned in the passage as sources of energy.

    A. Coal    B. Wind    C. Nuclear power        D. Water

4. From the passage we can know                 in the future.

    A. the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem

    B. 90% of the population will live in the city

    C. robot teachers will check homework

    D. readers can discuss topics with each other through Internet

5. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?                 .

    A. Schools will go electronic      B. Computers will be important

    C. There will be robot teachers    D. School buses will be like spaceships

What might the future be like? Here are some predictions(预言).

Returning home during the Spring Festival is difficult for many Chinese people. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making buying travel tickets and the journey difficult. But 28 years later, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more railways and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.

Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, sun power, nuclear power(核能) and even water can take the place of oil as energy.

Schools will go electronic. Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.

1.More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during ??????? according to the passage.

A. Christmas Day? B. National Day? C. the Spring Festival? D. the Mid-autumn Festival

2.In 2020, China will build a fast transportation network that will serve ??????? of the population.

A. 60%????????????? B. 70%?? ????????????? C. 80%???? ????????????? D. 90%

3.??????? is not mentioned in the passage as energy.

A. Coal??? ????????????? B. Wind??? ????????????? C. Nuclear power???? ????????????? D. Water

4.From the passage we can know ??????? in the future.

A. the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem in China

B. 90% of the population will live in the city?

C. robot teachers will check students’ homework

D. readers can discuss topics with each other face to face

5.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Schools will go electronic.

B. Computers will be important.

C. There will be robot teachers.

D. School buses will be like spaceships.

There was a military camp(军营) in a quiet village far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains 1 . Of course it was a good place for training(训练) the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men 2 . Mr White,  an officer of forty,  was   3    them and he     4     let them,  leave the camp.
    One day Mr White was ill in bed,  and couldn\'t work. A young officer,  Mr Hunt,  came to train the new soldiers  5  him. He knew the young men well and allowed nine soldiers to go to the nearest town to have a holiday.  6  night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried and it was five to twelve,  Mr Hunt decided to go to the town to see  7  them. He  8  the car quickly and set off. At the moment the nine soldiers came back. It 9    they were all drunk. Of course,  they found the officer angry.
     "I\'m sorry,  sir. "said the first soldier, "I left the town  10  . But something was wrong with my bus. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It  11  and I had to run back to the camp. "The other seven soldiers said they were late  12  the same reason. It was the  13  soldier\'s turn. He said,  "I\'m sorry,  sir. I got on the bus on time,  but"-"
Hearing this,   the officer became    14  and called out,  " If you say something was wrong with your bus, I\'ll punish you at once. ""No, no, sir. My bus was all right, but the dead 15    were in its way(挡路). "

1. A. away             B. around      C. near          D. inside
2. A. to go outside       B. to go to school
  C. to go swimming    D. to write to their friends
3. A. friendly to         B. strict in        C. strict with     D. pleased with
4. A. happily           B. hardly         C. immediately    D. always
5. A. in place of        B. in need of      C. with the help of  D. instead of
6. A. When         .  B. But           C. Since          D. Though
7. A. what was wrong to       B. what was happened with

C. what was happening to   D. what the matter was with
8. A. drove            B. opened          C. began        D, started

9. A. seemed          B. looked           C. was said      D. cleared
10. A. late            B. on time           C. on foot       D. by boat
11. A. ran away        B. was stolen        C. died          D. was tired
12. A. as             B. for              C. of            D. with
13. A. second         B. nine             C. ninth          D. eighth
14. A. even angrier    B. much angry        C. very angrier    D. more angrily
15. A. buses         B. horses            C. officers        D. soldiers

阅读下面5段语言材料，根据材料内容从所给的A、B、C、D、E中找出与它们相对应的标题。

1．The wax figure of Yao Ming is shown at the Madame Tussauds in New York of the United States，March 18，2009．Yao Ming is one of the most popular and beloved basketball players in both China and the United States．

2．Chanel becomes the world's oldest living dog．She is 20 years old （or 102 in dog years）．She needs to wear a sweater and a pair of special glasses to go outside．Her owner puts Chanel's longevity（长寿） down to her diet．

3．Around 40，000 graduated students from 28 schools in the three provinces in Northeast China came to the job fair held in Changchun．Over six million students graduated this year and the Education Ministry has taken measures（措施）to create more jobs for them．

4．Cancer will be the world’s top killer by 2010，international health experts（专家）said in a report．Rising tobacco（烟草）use in some countries is an important reason for it．40％of the world’s smokers now live in China and India．

5．A policeman explains the cartoon posters about railway safety to pupils at a primary school in Jiangxi．The policemen of Leping Railway Station have visited over 20 primary and middle schools for railway safe promotion since the new semester began．

◆A．Oldest dog wear glasses to go outside

◆B．Cancer to be world’s top killer by 2010

◆C．Policemen visit schools for safety promotion

◆D．Yao Ming’s Wax figure makes debut in New York

◆E．China creates more lobs for graduates