1 . How will life be in the future? In 2117, it is said that almost everything will be different from what it is now. First of all, people will be able to control the weather. For places where there is a need water, people can simply make some rainy days. They can make it sunny next day if they want to go out. Secondly, computers will help people do every kind of work. For example, there is no need to cook by yourself. Computers can do it for you. Also, students will not go to school because computers can teach them everything they want to learn at home.
One thing, however, will be still the same in the future. That is “love”. In a word where everything is changing so fast around us, isn’t it good to know that there is still something we can hold on to? In the future, people will still get together on important days like Christmas or Chinese New Year to show their love to each other. After all, people always need “love” to remind them of how lucky they are to be in this world.
1. People can control the weather in 100 years.2. Students will not study on the computer at home.
3. People will get together on important days.
4. This passage tells us nothing will be the same in the future.
5. The writer thinks that the future life is unexpected (不可预料的) and no one can predict (预言) it.
2 . In China, there are 24 solar terms（节气）in a year. And there are six of them in winter. They are beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice（冬至）, lesser cold(小寒）and greater cold.
Beginning of winter usually falls on November 7th or 8th. After beginning of winter, most parts of the country can start to expect cold weather. On this day, after a year of hard work, people are happy to have a rest and spend time with family. The northern China celebrates beginning of winter as the “Small Spring Festival”. People usually have dumplings and mutton soup on that day.
Light snow usually falls on November 22nd or 23rd and heavy snow usually falls on December 7th or 8th. When winter solstice comes, it brings the shortest days of the year and the longest nights. Many places around the country can expect the coldest weather yet. People often start counting “nine cold periods” starting from winter solstice. Every cold period has nine days. People believe that after 81 cold days, spring will come.
Greater cold comes after lesser cold. The field is covered with snow. And all Chinese are ready to welcome the Spring Festival after it. Of course, a new round of solar terms will start.
1. From the passage, we know that there are six solar terms in winter.2. People in northern China usually have dumplings and mutton soup on beginning of winter.
3. Heavy snow comes before light snow.
4. All Chinese are ready to celebrate the Spring Festival after greater cold.
5. The passage tells us how people celebrate the Spring Festival.
In France the potato was not grown for a long time. Here is story about Louis. In 1778 he saw some potato flowers for the first time. He liked them so much that he picked one and put it in his buttonhole. He was interested in the flowers not the potatoes themselves.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写（A），错误的写（B）
1. Potatoes are the best-known vegetable in the world according to the passage.
2. The potatoes do not need rich soil.
3. Louis was the first man to eat the potato.
4. At first the Europeans grew potatoes to eat.
5. Louis liked the potato flowers better than the potatoes.
4 . Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports fields or in parks. At summer picnics, there is often informal (非正式的) baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. Each team has 9 players.
The baseball season goes from April to September. During the time, baseball games are shown on TV and members of the important baseball teams become American heroes (英雄). At the end of the season the two teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the games. Millions of others listen to the radio and watch television. People seem to talk only about the result and the players.
American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside the radio or in front of the television to hear the result.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正(T)与误(F)。
1. Baseball is the most popular sport in the USA.
2. There are eighteen players in a baseball game.
3. The football season begins in summer.
4. Some baseball players become famous during the match time.
5. In the USA most people like baseball better than football.
