Yesterday and Today
Life in the twenty-first century will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
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 important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many 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 for all the people. 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 will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
小題1:In the next century people don’t’ have to ______________.
A．work long hoursB．work fastC．walk on footD．eat meat
小題2:People may not eat _____________as much as they do today.
A．fruitB．fishC．meatD．rice
小題3:One big problem in the future is that __________.
A．many people don’t have to work
B．many people will not be able to find work
C．people won’t have enough food to eat
D．a(chǎn)ll the work will be done by robots
小題4:Every family will have at least one ________ in the next century.
A．robotB．cowC．TV setD．computer
小題5:In the future _________________.
A．traveling will be more expensive
B．computers will be less important
C．people will be too busy to do sports.
D．computers will be much smaller.

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:D

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述二十世紀(jì)的生活將和今天的生活不同：人口迅速發(fā)展，電腦變得更小更有用，人們工作時(shí)間更少。問題也隨之而來：許多人沒有足夠的工作。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段People will work fewer hours than they do now描述，人們比現(xiàn)在工作的時(shí)間更少。故選A。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables.描述，也許，沒有人將每天吃肉，相反，他們將每天吃更多的蔬菜和水果。所以人們不像今天吃的肉一樣多。故選C
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem描述，故選B。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home.描述，每個(gè)家庭至少有一臺電腦。故選D。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段Computers will be much smaller and more useful,描述，可知電腦將會更小更有用。故選D。
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