Question

【題目】

Life in the 22nd century will be different from that in the 21st century, because many changes will take place. The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. 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 most important subjects at school.

People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21st century, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much easier. And 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. 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 eat more vegetables and fruit. In this way 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】Why will life in the 22nd century be different from that in the 21st century?

Because ____________________________________.

【2】Computers will be much smaller and more useful, won’t they?

____________________________.

【3】Will people work more hours than they did in the 21st century?

____________________________.

【4】What will more land be used for?

More land will be used for ________________________________.

【5】Who will do dangerous and hard work?

___________________________________.

【6】According to the underlined sentences in the last paragraph, can you think of one more problem in the future?

__________________________________________________.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】many changes will take place

【2】Yes, they will.

【3】No, they won’t

【4】building new towns and houses

【5】Robots

【6】Any reasonable answers will be OK. (Will many people not have enough work?)

【解析】

短文大意：本文作者主要從人口、生活、食品、土地和工作等方面介紹了未來22世紀(jì)將會發(fā)生的一些變化。

【1】題意：為什么22世紀(jì)的生活與21世紀(jì)的生活不同？Because（因為） ________________.考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)開頭“Life in the 22nd century will be different from that in the 21st century, because many changes will take place22世紀(jì)的生活將不同于21世紀(jì)，因為會發(fā)生許多變化”，可知填many changes will take place。

【2】題意：電腦將會更小更有用，不是嗎？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“Computers will be much smaller and more useful電腦將會更小，更有用”，可知答案是肯定的；問句是反意疑問句，故填Yes, they will.。

【3】題意：人們會比在21世紀(jì)工作更長時間嗎？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21st century人們將比在21世紀(jì)工作更少的時間”，可知答案是否定的，故填No, they won’t。

【4】題意：更多的土地將被用來做什么？More land will be used for（更多的將土地用于） _________________.考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。be used for用于，介詞for后接動名詞；根據(jù)“More land will be used for building new towns and houses更多的土地將用于建設(shè)新的城鎮(zhèn)和房屋”，可知填building new towns and houses。

【5】題意：誰將做危險而艱苦的工作？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)“Robots will do dangerous and hard work機(jī)器人將做危險和艱苦的工作”，可知填Robots。

【6】題意：根據(jù)最后一段中劃線的句子，你能再想出將來的一個問題嗎？考查綜合理解。開放性試題，答案不唯一。根據(jù)劃線句“Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem正因為如此，許多人將沒有足夠的工作去做。這將是個問題”，可知是和失業(yè)相關(guān)的問題，故填Will many people not have enough work?。