1 . What the future school will look like is difficult to make clear, but most experts agree that the school will be electronic in the future.

“Present-day schools will no longer exist in the next century,” says a report in The Age. “At that time, schools will become community-style centers, which run seven days a week, and 24 hours a day.” At the same time, computers will surely become a central part of the school in the future.

According to The Age, the distance learning will be popular and students will listen to teachers on computers. Going into classrooms on their computers, students will study at any time, which is very easy for them. However, it is necessary for students to go to the actual school in order to develop some social skills.

Seashore Primary School is an imaginary school in the future created by the Education Department of Australia. At this school, all the teachers and students have laptop computers. Teachers check messages and call students back with a special telephone system and students use telephones to search for information or speak to their teachers who give their lessons. Besides, all the lessons are related to all sorts of subjects and all the students have their own learning plans created by teachers.

As one headmaster says, a laptop computer is a student’s library, data storage(数据存储) device as well as the bridge to a wider world. Technology has changed the emphasis of future learning. Thus, we’ll pay more attention to the learning of kids rather than the teaching.

1. According to the report in The Age, students in future schools will ________.

A．mainly study online	B．study at set times
C．have no teachers	D．never go to actual schools

2. The example of Seashore Primary School is given to show _______.

A．telephones are important in Australia

B．how future schools will work

C．every student needs a learning plan

D．students enjoy getting in touch with teachers

3. What does the underlined word “emphasis” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Lesson.

B．Score.

C．Attitude.

D．Focus.

4. Which of the following is the best title of the text?

A．The Schools in the Future	B．Great Changes in Technology
C．Seashore Primary School	D．Actual Schools to Be Replaced

2 . 一家英语报社向中学生征文，主题是“十年后的我”，请根据下列要点和你的畅想完成短文。
1.家庭：
2．工作：
3.业余生活。
注意：1.词数100左右：
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：
3.开头语已为你写好。
I often imagine what my life will be like in the future._______________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

4 . Some talk of building settlements on the moon or Mars to help make sure humanity survives long into the future. Others have their sights set closer to home: on future cities under the ocean.

“Technologically speaking, it is absolutely possible to colonize the bottom of the sea,” says Fabien Cousteau, a well-known ocean explorer who once spent 31 days living in what is now the world’s only functioning undersea habitat, Aquarius. It’s about the size of a school bus and located 62 feet below the ocean surface off the Florida Keys.

Just as astronauts test what it would be like to live in space, aquanauts (海底观察员) try out undersea living with an eye on the future. Escaping from disasters such as climate change, wars, or pandemics is one reason to live under the sea. Others include studying, exploring, or appreciating the ocean. It’s costly and expensive to constantly keep up an ocean habitat which must make its own air, electricity, and fresh water. Residents have to deal with high pressure. And infections can develop rapidly due to high humidity (湿度).

Despite the challenges, several new ocean habitats and cities are under construction. A series of space station-like undersea living areas for aquanauts called Proteus are scheduled to be completed by 2025 off Curacao, an island in South America. Meanwhile, an undersea city called Ocean Spiral in Japan would link its surface to the deep sea, using the difference in pressure to generate energy and produce fresh water. This sounds amazing, but it would be extremely expensive and remains just a design.

Not everyone agrees that building homes in the ocean is a good idea. This type of development could place even more pressure on ecosystems that are already struggling with pollution and climate change. It’s important to make sure that any construction is done carefully, says Susanne Menden-Deuer, an oceanographer at the University of Rhode Island. Wild undersea habitats should be treated as “the precious, irreplaceable resource that they are,” she says.

1. What do we know about Aquarius?

A．It is still under construction.

B．It functions as an undersea school bus.

C．It is the only ocean habitat in operation.

D．It only allows a person to live there for 31 days.

2. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The present and future of living under the sea.

B．The reasons and challenges of living under the sea.

C．The purpose and cost of building undersea settlements.

D．The problems and findings of building undersea settlements.

3. What would be the result of building homes in the ocean according to the text?

A．Rapid development of undersea habitats.

B．Protection of irreplaceable ocean resource.

C．Negative impacts on undersea ecosystems.

D．Struggles with pollution and climate change.

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

A．Build up.

B．Settle in.

C．Think up.

D．Take in.

5 . 语法填空

What will your future life look like? Let’s have    1    look.

In 3000, medical technology will be    2    (good) than ever. When you get up in the morning and look into the mirror, your face will be beautiful and young-looking. Many people at your age could live to be 120, and your parents will just have an anti-aging (抗衰老的)    3    (treat). All of you will look the same age!

Besides, “smart clothes” will contain special particles (粒子),    4    will be much smaller than the cells in your body. They can    5    (design) to change your clothes’ color or pattern. When you say to your shirt, “Turn red”, it will change from blue to red.

There will also be a great change in your house. If you get into the kitchen, you    6    (find) a special food machine that will tell you what your body needs and help you eat    7    (healthy).

In 3000, cars will drive     8    (they). You can just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, it will be possible    9    (change) the color of cars at the flick of a switch.

Such “smart technology” will be all around you, and let’s look forward     10    it.

7 . Welcome to your future life!

You get up in the morning and look into the mirror. Your face is firm and young-looking. In 2045, medical technology is better than ever. Many people at your age could live to be 150, so at 40, you’re not old at all. And your parents just had an anti-aging (抗衰老的) treatment. Now, all three of you look the same age!

You say to your shirt, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. In 2045, “smart clothes” contain particles (粒子) much smaller than the cells in your body. The particles can be programmed to change clothes’ color or pattern.

You walk into the kitchen. You pick up the milk, but a voice says, “You shouldn’t drink that!” Your fridge has read the chip (芯片) that contains information about the milk, and it knows the milk is old. In 2045, every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip.

It’s time to go to work. In 2045, cars drive themselves. Just tell your “smart car” where to go. On the way, you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve. Such “smart technology” is all around you.

So will all these things come true? “For new technology to succeed,” says scientist Andrew Zolli, “it has to be so much better that it replaces what we have already.” The Internet is one example—what will be the next?

1. What can we learn from the text that in the future?

A．People will never get old.	B．Everyone will look the same.
C．Red will be the most popular color.	D．Clothes will change their pattern.

2. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A．Milk will be harmful to health.

B．More drinks will be available for sale.

C．Food in the grocery store will carry electronic information.

D．Milk and meat in the grocery store will stay fresh much longer.

3. Which of the following is mentioned in the text?

A．Nothing can replace the Internet.

B．Fridges will know what people need.

C．Jacket sleeves can be used as a guide.

D．Cars will be able to drive automatically (自动地).

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Future technology in daily life.

B．Medical treatment of the future.

C．Food and clothing in many years later.

D．The reason for the success of new technology.

8 .

For all the technological wonders of modern medicine, health care-with its fax machines and clipboards(写字板)—is out of date. This outdated era is slowly drawing to a close as the industry catches up with the artificial-intelligence ( AI) revolution.

Eric Topol, an expert in heart disease and enthusiast for digital medicine, thinks AI will be particularly useful for such tasks as examining images, observing heart traces for abnormalities or turning doctors' words into patient records. It will be able to use masses of data to work out the best treatments, and improve workflows in hospitals. In short, AI is set to save time, lives and money.

The fear some people have is that AI will be used to deepen the assembly-line culture of modern medicine. If it gives a “ gift of time” to doctors, they argue that this bonus should be used to extend consultations, rather than simply speeding through them more efficiently.

That is a fine idea, but as health swallows an ever-bigger share of national wealth, greater efficiency is exactly what is needed, at least so far as governments and insurers are concerned. Otherwise, rich societies may fail to cope with the needs of ageing and growing populations. An extra five minutes spent chatting with a patient is costly as well as valuable. The AI revolution will also enable managerial accountants to adjust and evaluate every aspect of treatment. The autonomy of the doctor will surely be weakened, especially, perhaps, in public-health systems which are duty-bound to cut unnecessary costs.

The Hippocratic Oath(誓言) holds that there is an art to medicine as well as a science, and that “warmth, sympathy and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug”. There's lots of sense in it: the patients of sympathetic physicians have been shown to recover better. Yet as the supply of human carers fails to satisfy the demand for health care, the future may involve consultations on smartphones and measurements monitored by chatbots. The considerately warmed stethoscope (听诊器) ,placed gently on a patient's back, may become a relic of the past.

1. What's Dr Topol's attitude toward AI's coming into medicine?

A．Concerned.

B．Doubtful.

C．Optimistic.

D．Cautious.

2. What does the author of the text attach more importance to?

A．Medical costs.	B．National wealth.
C．Longer consultation.	D．Greater efficiency.

3. Why is the Hippocratic Oath mentioned?

A．To prove the bright future of AI.

B．To show the advantage of a human doctor.

C．To explain medical equipment is more important.

D．To argue a human doctor performs as well as a robot.

4. What may be the best title for the text?

A．Health care and AI	B．AI and its applications
C．Doctors and Patients	D．Dr Topol and digital medicine

10 . 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。

Experts have started working on    1     unbelievable project to make a robot made by NASA act like a human.

    2    (name) Valkyrie, the robot looks like a woman and may be used to explorer Mars one day. It       3     (invent) by NASA scientists to compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenges(DRC). It is 1.9 meters tall and    4     (weight) 125 kilograms. It comes with a series    5     cameras, sonar, and other sensors spread across its body to help it move around.

Valkyrie is powered by a battery on its back, which can keep it     6     (operate) for an hour. It can walk on    7       (it) own, pick up objects and control many objects and tools,    8    is part of the requirements for the DARPA challenge.

The machine can walk on two legs and perform basic    9     (move) at present. However, the team from Scotland’s Edinburgh University wants to give it       10     (many) skills. It is hoped that the new and improved robot will work along with astronauts in space.