The home of the future won’t be completely different and we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today．But people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams．No two homes will be the same．People will be able to buy “house kits” containing a basic house structure, with movable walls, doors and windows．They will put together the different parts to create the home they want．
Many jobs that we do today will disappear, others will still exist but will change and new jobs will be created. Skilled workers such as builders, gardeners and electricians won’t disappear because machines can’t replace them. Teachers will still exist because students need human contact. But they will be using modern technology in class more and students will be working more from home. The medical technology revolution and space travel will create new jobs which we can only imagine today．
Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won’t be for everyone because they won’t be cheap. Short space trips will develop first, then space hotels will orbit the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By the end of the next century, there will be holiday centres on the moon with leisure facilities for families．
Paper won’t exist in the future. Instead, there will be e-paper which people will be able to use over and over again. This will develop in order to save natural resources. E-newspapers and e-magazines will replace traditional newspapers and magazines and we will download information and news articles from the Internet every day onto our reuseable paper．
The laws of physics tell us that the earth is going to disappear some time in the future．This isn’t going to happen tomorrow but scientists predict that it will happen in five billion years when our sun explodes (爆炸)．We will have to explore the universe and find another home. At some point in the distant future, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another planet. There won’t be any other choice.
小題1:Homes of the future will ________．
A．be completely different from those of today
B．be very similar to our homes
C．a(chǎn)ll be different from one another
D．be movable as you want
小題2:Space trips and staying in space hotels will ________．
A．become a very common way to spend a holiday
B．be the best holiday option for families
C．a(chǎn)ttract a lot of people
D．still only be for very rich people
小題3:E-paper will replace traditional paper because ________．
A．we will use it again
B．it won’t waste natural resource
C．it will be cheaper to produce
D．it will be convenient to carry
小題4:We will have move to another planet ________．
A．if we want to save the human race
B．when the sun explodes
C．when the earth disappears
D．when the earth is too crowded to fill people on

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B.
小題4:A.

試題分析：本文介紹了未來的家是什么樣的，可能是為了環(huán)保建的新型的家，也可能是在太空旅行，更有可能為了人類的生存到另外的星球。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。從文章第一段的“No two homes will be the same．”可以推出答案為C。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。從文章的第三段“…but these holidays won’t be for everyone because they won’t be cheap．”判斷出答案D。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。從文章的第四段“This will develop in order to save natural resources．”可判斷出B項(xiàng)正確。而選項(xiàng)A應(yīng)為it will be used again and again。
小題4:推理判斷題。從文章最后一段“At some point in the distant future, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another planet．”可推斷出答案是A.
點(diǎn)評：這篇文章難度適中，但和題目相關(guān)的有的涉及到一些長句的理解，要求考生長句的分析能力，并考查學(xué)生的概括能力，題目也以細(xì)節(jié)題為主，只要細(xì)心就行。
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