1 . What will life in the future be like? Will it be much better than it is now? And what will we be able to do in 10, 20 or 30 years’ time?

Genetic engineering (基因工程) may help us make the perfect human. Babies may grow up to play basketball like Yao Ming or look like Cecilia Cheung. Also, we may be able to bring the dead back to life. Maybe people will be able to meet and talk with their dead family members.

Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the difference between humans and machines. Perhaps we will be able to make copies of ourselves, so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead. People may be able to find ways of putting the life of a person into a new body.

Nanobots (纳米机器人) will be important. We will use them when we are sick. For example, when we have a stomachache, we will swallow (吞下) a nanobot and it will travel through our stomach, taking a video of what’s happening there. The video will help the doctor cure us.

In the future, computers may have their feelings. They may be able to think better than us. We may be more and more interested in computers and the internet, spending all our time in front of computers. Perhaps we will forget our real needs. Perhaps we will become super couch potatoes weighing 250 kg!

1. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A．What genetic engineering is.	B．Why we use genetic engineering.
C．How to bring the dead back to life.	D．How genetic engineering can help humans.

2. We can know from the story that nanobots can carry _________ to help doctors.

A．a computer	B．a camera
C．medicine	D．water

3. According to the last paragraph, computers may be able to ________.

A．talk like human beings	B．have feelings
C．talk with dead people	D．cure sick people

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

A．We will no longer be interested in our own lives in the future.

B．Computers and robots will take the place of humans.

C．Humans may get fatter in the future.

D．We will no longer need doctors and teachers.

2 . 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。

In the not-too-distant future, we     1     (live) in smart homes     2     will keep us secure, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment. Intelligent controls will control just about everything in our home. For example, they will use integrated     3     (sensor) to go into an energy-efficient mode when we leave home while     4     instant we get home, we’ll find everything     5     (prepare) for us, including dinner, our favourite music or TV programmes. In addition, smart homes will be monitoring our health every day. If they find there is something     6     (normal) or we have a critical illness, they will give us a warning early on and     7     (potential) save our life. Smart homes will also be able to prevent serious damage from accidents. If they find something wrong, they will detect it and provide us     8     the relevant information for us     9     (fix) the problem.

In a word, this smart technology is not a fantasy. Nevertheless, it will be some years     10     most new homes begin to use it.

3 . By mid-century there will likely be 9 billion people on the planet, using ever more resources and leading ever more technologically complex lives. What will our cities be like? How much will artificial intelligence (AI) advance? Will global warming cause disastrous changes, or will we be able to engineer our way out of the climate change issues? Recently, the magazine Big Think asked top minds from a variety of fields to weigh in on what the future holds 40 years from now. The result is as follows.

It's likely that by 2050 the majority of the people in the world will live in urban areas and will have a much higher average age than people today. Cities theorist Richard thinks urbanization will transform the education system of, making our economy less houses driven and removing the divisions between home and work.

And rapidly advancing technology will continue ever more rapidly. Cities of the future won't look like “some sort of science-fiction fantasy”, but it's likely that technological advances and information overlays (VR and AR) will greatly change how we live. Self- driving cars will make the roads safer and provide faster transports. A larger version of driverless cars-driverless trucks — may make long-distance drivers out of date.

Some long view predictions are completely dire. Environmentalist Bill says that if we don't make great progress in fighting global warming, it's likely we could see out-of- control rises in sea levels, huge crop shortfalls and wars over limited freshwater resources.

In terms of how we will eat, green markets founder and “real food" supporter Nina believes that there will be more small milk processing plants and more regional food operations and we'll be healthier as a result. New York Times writer Mark thinks that people will eat fewer processed foods and eat foods grown closer to where they live. And more people will be aware of the ethical responsibility" to grow foods.

1. What may happen by 2050 based on the magazine Big Think ?

A．Education will be driven by economy.	B．The majority of people will be taller.
C．AI will cause disastrous changes.	D．Most people will live in big cities.

2. What do we know about technology in the future according to Paragraph 3?

A．It will make people live in science-fiction fantasy.

B．It will ensure safer transports due to faster cars.

C．It will greatly change the way in which people live.

D．It will increase the number of long-distance drivers.

3. What does the underlined word "dire" in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Magical.

B．Terrible.

C．Ridiculous.

D．Meaningful.

4. What does Nina think of foods in the future?

A．People will eat healthier and fresher foods.

B．Land-raised farm systems will be improved.

C．There will be smaller regional food operations,

D．Food supplies will become much more limited.