Life in the future will be very (1) d______ from life today. The population is growing fast. Computers will be (2) e_______ smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. People will work (3) f_______ hours than they do now and they will have more time for sports, watching TV and traveling. (4) T______ will be even easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays. There will be (5) c______ in the food, too. More land will be found for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room to cows and sheep, so meat will be more (6) e_______. Maybe no one will eat it every day. As they will eat 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 any work to do. This will be a (7) p_______.

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　　Long, long ago, a great boxer(拳擊手), Tom Brown, went to a r____for dinner.He took off his coat and left it at the door, but he was afraid that someone w____take it away.So he took a piece of paper and wrote on it,“The great boxer, Tom Brown, has l____his coat here.He will be back in a minute”.Then he put the piece of paper on his coat and went to have dinner.When he came back,his coat was g____.But there was a piece of paper in its place.It read,“A great runner has t_____your coat,and he will not come back at all.”

在短文的空格內填入適當的詞，使短文通順。每空格限填一詞，首字母已給出。

　　One afternoon a group of small boys were playing a game not far from a tall big jar（缸）. Sima Guang was a______ them.

　　One of them wanted to hide himself in the jar. Of course, he  couldn't be found if he did so. But he didn't know that the jar was  almost full of water. When he c______ up to the top of the jar, he  fell into the water.

　　The jar was so deep and the child was too short to k_____ his  head above he water. "Help! Help!" he cried and cried. The children were so afraid that they ran away as fast as they could.

　　But Sima Guang didn't go away. He picked up a stone and knocked  the jar with it on the s_______. In no time a big hole was m______ in the jar. The water rushed out and the child was saved. 

　　Jackson is a young ______ driver. He works in London. He ______a bus. It's very big and beautiful. It's a red bus. It's made _______ China. He loves his bus and always ______ it clean.

　　Every morning he goes to ______ before 5.He has one hour for Chinese study after work ______ Tuesdays and Fridays. He takes an active ______ in all social activities.

　　When he is free, he likes to ______ . He spends a lot of time 　reading books about China. He also ______ maths from TV. He is not only a good ______ but also a fine student.

　　In schools ______ ______ the world boys and girls are learning ______ languages. Everyone knows ______ own language, but other languages are very ______ when we travel ______ other countries. If we go to France, we should be able to speak ______ . If we are in ______ , we should be able to speak German.

　　There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world, and English is one of the ______ useful because so many people ______ it, not only in England ______ America, ______ ______ in some other countries.

　　Jim is sixteen and he is about to leave school. He comes to me for a　　 every week. He is looking for an interesting job and he would like good p　　. One of his friends works in a s　　. A　　 works in a factory. Jim thinks store jobs are not well paid.And the factory jobs are b　　.

A: ______ you just ______ to the library?

B: Yes, I have.

A: ______ ______ books have you borrowed?

B: Two.

A: ______ are they? Let me have a look, ______ you?

B: Certainly. ______ you are.

A: Oh, The Animal World. It's a new book. Will you ______ it to

me? You can read the ______ book first.

B: Sure. But you mustn't lend it to ______ .

A: Of course, I ______ . ______ a lot. I'll return it to you 

______ two days.

　　A father once took his son on a camping trip. He wanted to show the boy how to l______ outdoors. They put up a tent in the middle of a field. Then they c______ a meal over an open fire. Both of them were hungry and the food smelt good. After a wonderful meal, the father f______ thirsty. He put his hands into a stream（溪）and held some w______ in his hands. Suddenly the boy cried, "You are not going to drink that, are you, Dad?

　　"Of course," said the father, then he d______ the water in his hands.