1 . By 2050 we’ll be able to send memories, emotions and feelings across the Internet.     1     Teenagers will love it. Instead of putting an emoticon (表情符号) at the end of every sentence, they will use an emotion: anger, happiness, or excitement.

I’m talking about telepathy (心灵感应), really. We’ll still communicate the traditional way.     2     Our children will wonder, What is a keyboard? We will enter the age of the “brain net”.

Medicine will develop fast, too. We will have cured certain forms of cancer, and we will have begun to treat the disease like the common cold. We’ll live with it. It will no longer be deadly.     3     Technology will help in this respect.     4     Smart toilets will perform liquid biopsies (液体活检) to discover cancer cells. Smart objects like phones will check us over automatically.

    5     By 2050 I think we’ll be able to grow many of the important organs (器官) of the body and, rather than allow the organs we’re born with to become old and weak, we’ll replace them. That’s all coming. And it doesn’t take much imagination to realise it.

A．We will do a few tests.

B．People will live an easy life.

C．We won’t fear it like we used to.

D．Brain science will have changed communication.

E．We can already use human cells to grow skin, noses, ears, etc.

F．But communicating telepathically will avoid misunderstandings between people.

G．Our clothes will discover the beginnings of a heart disease, and advise us to get treatment.

2 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Before I went to middle school, I     1    (dream) of becoming a teacher. I am sure that it takes great efforts to make my dream come true. So I learn as much as I can from teachers and textbooks. I make full use of my spare time to read books     2    (acquire) more knowledge. I have to work hard to be admitted to my ideal university. There will be many difficulties, but I will get them over. I believe my dream will     3    (definite) come true.

3 . The development of artificial intelligence (AI，人工智能)is a hot topic these days. AI makes it possible for machines to learn from experience and perform human-like tasks. But what is the future of AI? Will it be a good thing? We asked students what they think.

I think AI will be more useful in our future lives. It’s now used in many fields like phones and medicine. No one really knows what will happen if machines become smarter than humans. However, I’m sure AI will help us solve problems. Tina

I am worried that people create something that can be better than themselves. In the near future, AI will develop at a high speed. Humans may be replaced because AI robots will do lots of human jobs. Bill

I really think that AI will change the way we work, the way we live, and the way we think. Imagine if we could. put a CPU (中央处理器)into our brains! Soon we’ll be able to improve our math and memory. How exciting! Mary

Think of what’s happening right now. Some robots are used to kill animals under human orders. So I think AI will be very dangerous for humans. We need to be careful about what we ask machines to do. John

1. Tina thinks that AI will be ______.

A．exciting

B．dangerous

C．helpful

D．surprising

2. Who believes AI will change the way we work, the way we live and the way we think?

A．Bill.

B．Mary.

C．Tina.

D．John.

3. Where does the text probably come from?

A．A business magazine.	B．A travel guide.
C．A geography magazine.	D．A science magazine.

4 . 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.