What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.
Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020.
And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
Newspapers will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel. Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy.
Schools will go electronic. Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students ‘library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, who will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.
1. Why has the Spring Festival caused headaches for many Chinese?| A．Because it is the most important Chinese holiday. |
| B．Because it costs too much money to celebrate it. |
| C．Because the traffic is too heavy then. |
| D．Because the travel tickets are too expensive then. |
| A．Coal | B．Wind |
| C．Nuclear power | D．Water |
| A．the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem |
| B．90% of the population will live in the city |
| C．robot teachers will check homework |
| D．oil is running out faster than expected. Unluckily, scientists haven’t found something else for oil as fuel. |
| A．Schools will go electronic |
| B．Computers will be important |
| C．There will be robot teachers |
| D．School buses will be like spaceships |
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I thought you were supposed to be keeping my teeth straight with the benefit of no braces (牙箍)! Yet I wake up every morning to see that my overbite is slowly coming back and the rows of teeth aren’t aligned (使对齐). Now I don’t think you’re even helping me anymore. Do you have any idea what I went through to get you?
First of all, I wasted two precious years of my life waiting for your arrival. Those braces were murder on my teeth. You didn’t experience the pain I had to go through! Almost every week, I replaced my old wires. By getting braces, I had the “wonderful” opportunity to choose from a wide variety of soups. For two years, 104 weeks, soup became more than 90 percent of my diet.
I will admit that you kept my teeth in order for a few months. However, recently I think you’re snoozing (打盹) on the job. After brushing my teeth and slipping you on, I see that you don’t even fit correctly over my teeth anymore. During some nights, you don’t even stay on the whole time. I wake up some days and feel nothing in my mouth. Then I have to take more time to thoroughly search my bed to see where you’ve hidden yourself. Do you realize how frustrated I am?
Don’t even get me started on how you affect my language. If I were to say this sentence “Can you pass me the bottle of water?”, it would come out sounding like “Ken you peth me the ball of wudu?” Now I don’t even attempt saying words like “rewind” “reconnect” “replay” or anything else that starts with “re”. In general, you steal my ability to talk efficiently. The ridicule (嘲笑) I get from my friends is almost unbearable.
You had better shape up or I’ll have to replace you with something better.
Hana
1. What is Hana’s purpose in writing the letter?| A．To express her dissatisfaction. |
| B．To seek help from her dentist. |
| C．To describe her interesting experiences. |
| D．To explain the process of straightening her teeth. |
| A．Her retainers hurt her. | B．Her retainers affect her diet. |
| C．Her retainers will get dirty. | D．Her retainers won’t be in her mouth all night. |
| A．Because of her ugly face. | B．Because of her poor English. |
| C．Because of her limited understanding. | D．Because of her incorrect pronunciation. |
The nature of what is news may change. What basically makes news is what affects our lives－the big political stories，the coverage of the wars，earthquakes and other disasters，will continue much the same.I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though.It's already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic(基因)engineering. In the future，I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do－as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
It's quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted(传送)electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home. In fact, I am pretty sure that it will happen in the future. You will probably be able to choose from a menu，making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read－sports and international news，etc.
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media(媒体)．They actually feed off each other. Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers，but that hasn't happened. What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen of sound in the air. And as for the Internet，it is never really pleasant to read something just on a screen.
1. What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?
| A．Sports and international news. |
| B．A menu of important news. |
| C．The most important news. |
| D．What you are interested in. |
| A．newspapers will win the competition among the different media |
| B．some media will die out |
| C．television will take the place of newspapers |
| D．newspapers will stay with us together with other media |
| A．compete with | B．depend on |
| C．fight with | D．kill of |
| A．The Best Way to Get News |
| B．The Future of Newspapers |
| C．Make Your Own Newspaper |
| D．The Changes of Media |
【推荐3】If you like spend more time outside close to home, you may notice a lot more of what happens naturally in your neighborhood.
Figure out what sparks your curiosity. Ask yourself what gets you excited about nature. Do you love observing the weather? Are you concerned about the water quality, where you live?
You can be a citizen scientist no matter where you live. People often see nature, especially if you live in a city, as something that is far away or hard to get to. In fact, studying nature can happen everywhere, even in the cracks of the sidewalk. You don’t have to be out in the wilderness.
| A．Gather your tools. |
| B．Tum to naturalists. |
| C．Just step outside and start your observation. |
| D．Or you might be really into birds or flowers. |
| E．Citizen science can be fun and sometimes quite interesting. |
| F．If you have a good idea of what you’re interested in, you can turn to a specialized app. |
| G．Regular people like you and me can share what we see with scientists through apps and websites. |
