Question

  Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 21st century,because many changes will take place in the new century,but what will the changes be?

   The population is 1 fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 2 than before. 3 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 at 4 .

   People will work fewer hours than they do in the 21st century,and they will have more free time for sports,5 TV and traveling. Traveling will be 6 . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

   More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep,so 7 will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day,8 they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.

   Work in the future will be 9 , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. 10 this,many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1. A. making   B. growing   C. running   D. doing

2. A. longer   B. shorter   C. faster   D. taller

3. A. Trains   B. Cars   C. Computers   D. Houses

4. A. factory   B. hospital   C. farm   D. school

5. A. watching   B. seeing   C. looking   D. buying

6. A. less interesting   B. much easier   C. more expensive   D. more difficult

7. A. fruit   B. vegetables   C. meat   D. bread

8. A. instead   B. sometimes   C. still   D. however

9. A. dangerous   B. difficult   C. heavy   D. different

10. A. Thanks for   B. Many thanks   C. Because of   D. Because

Answer 1

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C

1. B 考査動詞辨析。表示人口“增長快” 用動詞grow。故選B.

2. A 考査形容詞辨析。人們的壽命會更長。longer意為“更長”。故選A.

3. C 考査語境理解。下文講述的內(nèi)容與電 腦有關(guān)。computer“電腦”。故選C.

4. D 考査名詞辨析。

factory“工廠'hospital “醫(yī)院”，farm“農(nóng)場”，school“學(xué)�！薄＞湟�: 電腦學(xué)習(xí)將成為學(xué)校重要的學(xué)科之一。故 選D.

5. A 考査動詞辨析。

watch TV“看電視”。 故選A.

6. B 考査語境理解。由下文“更多的人將會 出國度假”可知，旅游會更加容易。故選B.

7. C 考査語境理解。由上文“牛、羊的數(shù)量 少了 ”可知，肉會更貴。

fmit “水果”， vegetable“蔬菜”，meat “ 肉”，bread “面包 ” . 故選C.

8. A 考査副詞辨析。

instead “代替”; sometimes“有時 still “仍然”;however “然 而”。句意：沒有人會天天吃它(肉) ，取而代 之，人們會吃更多的蔬菜和水果。故選A.

9. D 考査語境理解。由下文“危險及辛苦的 工作由機(jī)器人來做”可知，在未來工作也會 不同。故選D.

10. C 考査詞義辨析。句意：因為這個(原 因) ，許多人沒有足夠的工作做。

because of“因為;由于”，其后面接名詞或代詞。故選C.