1 . Children’s Sci-fi Art Predicts Extraordinary Future

More than 80 sci-fi artworks are on display at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, showing a beautiful yet puzzling future. The “Brave New Sci-Fi World” exhibition features paintings and art installations (设备) by students from Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing and other cities. They imagine the future as a world where robots and human beings co-exist.

Ru Chen, from Shanghai New Putuo Primary School, has pictured a robot chameleon (变色龙) to be used in outer space to aid in the search and rescue of human beings in case of danger.

Li Jiaqi from Guangzhou Dongfeng East Road Primary School has painted a city where advanced technologies are everywhere, and even the city itself turns into a large robot.

Huang Yanrui from Beijing Shijingshan Gucheng No. 2 Primary School imagines his rubber, pencil box and such stationery (文具) becoming conscious robots, and beginning to design future human beings.

Wang Zhihan, from Shanghai Shangde Experimental School and her schoolmates, stick electronic components on stone faces as a metaphor (隐喻) for the increasingly unclear boundaries between the reality and virtual world. “We hope to remind people never lose yourself in a world with advanced technologies,” she said.

The exhibition will last till November 4.

Opening hours:

Tuesdays-Sundays 9: 00- 17: 15; legal holidays 8: 45- 18: 30.

Transportation Guide:

Metro: Metro Line 2: Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Station.

Metro Line 4, Metro Line 6 and Metro Line 9: change to Metro Line 2 at the Century Avenue Station.

Bus Routes: Bus 184, 640, 794, 983, 984, 987, 1023, 640 inter-zonal bus will take you there.

1. Whose artwork is related with space?

A．Ru Chen’s.

B．Li Jiaqi’s.

C．Huang Yanrui’s.

D．Wang Zhihan’s.

2. Where does the student with an imagination of stationery robots come from?

A．Shanghai.

B．Guangzhou.

C．Chongqing.

D．Beijing.

3. Which line can directly take you to the museum?

A．Metro Line 2.

B．Metro Line 4.

C．Metro Line 6.

D．Metro Line 9.

2 . My future happiness

When I imagine my future, I see myself as an adult who is confident in my abilities, doing a job I love and living my life responsibly. When I grow up, I will be enjoying more convenience brought by the advances in technology, with more time to pursue hobbies and enjoy the company of family and friends.     1    

I will feel the happiest in the future because I will learn more about life and develop into the best person I can be.     2     I will also handle more responsibilities and solve problems in a more thoughtful and level-headed manner.

Thanks to new technology, my future life is sure to improve in various ways. Homes will become smarter to the extent that they might be programmed to learn about our needs and monitor our health and activity. I can imagine hearing an AI voice remind me to buy groceries or do more exercise! There will also be enormous advancements in transport options. I will be riding in a self-driving car, and other new means of transport may be developed in the future.     3     These advances in technology are certain to make my future life more comfortable and convenient.

My development into a mature adult and access to advanced technology will provide me with more free-time opportunities.     4     Working less time means I can do what I most enjoy, such as spending time with family and friends, engaging in fun activities and learning new skills.

    5     Thinking this way gives me the motivation to work hard now so that I can have a successful, fulfilling and enjoyable future life.

A．I might be able to ride a flying bike to quickly meet up with my friends.

B．I will become more knowledgeable about the world and myself.

C．When I think about the future, I realize my happiest days are still ahead of me.

D．For these reasons, I look forward to the future as the happiest moment in my life.

E．With less work-related stress, I will also have more time and energy to do volunteer projects.

F．The working day will be only four hours long thanks to robots.

G．Technological advances will guarantee that I will be in good health and find true happiness.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词 的正确形式。

On November 15th, 2022, the world’s population reached 8 billion people, a milestone in human development. While it took the global population 12 years to grow from 7 to 8 billion, it     1     (take) approximately 15 years—until 2037—to reach 9 billion,     2     sign that the overall growth rate of the global population is slowing down.

    3     (current), China and India are the most populated countries in the world,     4     1. 4 billion people in each country. However,     5     (base) on UN projections, India will surpass

China for the first time in 2023. More than half of the predicted increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries. On November 15th, China Daily published United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s article,

    6     title was “Eight billion people, one humanity”.     7     he puts it, with our human family growing larger, our world is growing more divided, challenged by food insecurity, deepening inequalities, the climate crisis and an unequal COVID-19     8     (recover). He stresses that global gatherings in November— COP 27 and the G20—are chances     9     (bridge)divides,

Restore trust, and ensure that our 8-billion-strong world could yield enormous     10     (opportunity) for some of the poorest countries.

4 . 假如你是李华，你校英文报正在举办以“China in 100 Years”为主题的英语征文活动。请你发挥想象力，写一篇征文稿，描述百年后的中国。
注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；不得透露考生的姓名，学校等真实信息；
2.请在答题卡的相应位置作答。

China in 100 Years

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5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

People love adventures. However, not many people have the chance of being a pioneer and     1     (experience) a real-life adventure. But those     2    will go to live in this new undersea city will be able to do just that! There will be no suffering here. In fact it is so comfortable that it has been     3     (describe) as “a silk adventure”. Among its many     4     (advantage) we include: easy contact with the land surface, more personal space, complete personal security and no housework worries.

There has been a problem in the past when companies     5     (try) to design undersea cities. The sea bottom is deep and this makes     6     difficult to contact the surface. This     7     (difficult) has been solved by shuttle-submarines, which will always be ready     8     (take) people to the surface. They will be equipped     9     a special small, computerized machine. All the family will be transported quickly and     10     (safe) to their destination.

6 . Technologically, the 20-year jump from 2015 to 2035 will be huge. Back in 1995 we were in the early days of the Internet, we worked in small rooms and our computers were heavy and powered by Windows 95. There were no touch screen phones or flat screen TVs; people laughed at the idea of reading electronic books.

So, what will our world really be like in 2035? What will the future jobs and technology be like? The world in 2035 will probably be much like it is today, but smarter and more automatic. We can see the future of our work first.

Taxi drivers will be replaced by self-driving Uber cars and receptionists will be replaced by robots. Doctors can use vast medical databases and travel agents will be wiped out by trip-planning, flight-booking web services. Even writers are threatened by companies such as Narrative Science, which currently uses AI to create sports reports and financial updates.

Obviously, there will also be new jobs created: the computer engineer who fixes the self-driving Uber taxis, programmers, space tour guides and vertical (垂直的) farmers. Technology will continue to disrupt (扰乱) businesses and get rid of jobs, creating new professions we can’t yet envisage now.

Those of us who work probably won’t do so in a traditional office either. We’re already seeing a shift in the definition of work. It’s now a task you perform, not a place you go to. Productivity is no longer measured by sitting at a desk. There’s no nine to five. No job for life.

The biggest advantage of working from home is that you save a lot of time commuting back and forth to work. You can spend extra time with your children or spouse and read the newspaper instead of sitting in traffic. Of course, advanced technology will ensure that most of us can work from home.

1. What’s the function of the questions in paragraph 2?

A．Leading in the topic of the article.	B．Raising the thinking of the readers.
C．Introducing the work of the future.	D．Inspiring readers to explore the future.

2. What does the underlined word “envisage” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Assess.

B．Ignore.

C．Imagine.

D．Reject.

3. Where will most people work in the future?

A．In the office.

B．At the hotel.

C．In the open air.

D．At home.

4. What will be discussed in the following paragraph?

A．The future health.

B．The future technology.

C．The future marriage.

D．The future transportation.

7 . 假定你是李华， 你校英语俱乐部讲举办论坛， 探讨未来机器人的发展和应用。请你写一篇发言稿，内容包括：
1.       未来机器人的发展；
2.       未来机器人在各领域 (日常生活；医疗领域；教育等）的应用；
3.       结束语
注意：1.开头已经给出，词数80词左右2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Hello, everyone,

I’m Li Hua, ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________