Some people are pessimistic(悲觀的)when they think about the future. They say that, a hundred years from now, we will have used up most of the earths resources. We will have made our seas so dirty that we will not be able to eat fish from them. There will be so many people in the world that we will have to use all the countryside for housing; there will be no farmland left.
Other people have a different idea about the future. In their view, the city of the future will be a huge pyramid-shaped(金字塔形的) building, which will be floating on the surface of the sea. About 5,000 families will live there, and there will also be schools, shops in it.
In a hundred years’ time, people will not need to use oil. They will heat their homes with power from the sun.
Think of space. Perhaps a station will be set up on the moon; people will be able to visit the moon as tourists. They may even spend their holidays in space, travelling from planet to planet.
What an interesting picture!
Many people don't think about the future. “I don't care. I’ll be dead. ”they say. But it is our duty to care because the world of a hundred years’ time will be the world of our children’s and their children after them.
小題1:How many viewpoints are discussed here about the future?
A．TwoB．ThreeC．FourD．Five
小題2:In the pessimistic view, people will         in a hundred years ’time.
A．have to use power from the sea
B．have to live on the moon
C．be able to grow food on the sea
D．find it difficult to live on the earth
小題3:Where will people live in the future in the optimistic view?
A．On the moonB．On the seaC．In pyramidsD．On other planets
小題4:The writer of the article seems to agree        .  
A．with those who look at the bright side of the future
B．with those who take a pessimistic view about the future
C．with those who won’t trouble their heads about the future
D．to none of these viewpoints

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A
介紹了人們對未來的看法，存在3種看法，樂觀，悲觀，無所謂；以及人們不同的描述。
小題1:推理題。第一段Some people are pessimistic(悲觀的)；第二段Other people have a different idea about the future.第六段Many people don't think about the future.可知樂觀，悲觀，無所謂三種都存在。
小題2:推理題。根據(jù)第一段第二行we will have used up most of the earths resources可知他們認為生活在地球上會很艱難。
小題3:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第二句話In their view, the city of the future will be a huge pyramid-shaped(金字塔形的) building, which will be floating on the surface of the sea.可知B為正確答案。
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段What an interesting picture!作者認為持樂觀態(tài)度的人描述的未來生活很有趣�？梢钥闯鏊孟裢膺@一種人的觀點。
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