Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen.But what will the changes be?
The population (人口) 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 (至少) one in every room. 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. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
小題1:In the future there will be _______.
A.much more fruitB.more peopleC.less vegetablesD.less people
小題2:Every family will have at least a _______ in the future.
A.robotB.cowC.TV setD.computer
小題3:In the future people don’t have to _______
A.work long hoursB.work fastC.walk on footD.eat meat
小題4:People may not eat _______ as much as they do today.
A.fruitB.fishC.meatD.rice
小題5: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 have to work fast
D.a(chǎn)ll the work will be done by robots

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B

小題1:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“The population (人口) is growing fast.There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.”可知答案為B
小題2:根據(jù)內(nèi)容“Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least (至少) one in every room.”可知選擇答案為D
小題3:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel.”可知答案為A
小題4:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“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.”可知答案為C
小題5:根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容“Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.”可知答案為B
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