1 . 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。

Today, we have to use     1     (switch) for our lights, knobs for our appliances, and remote controls for our TVs and air conditioners. In the future, we will be using     2     (advance) technology every day for automatic control of just about everything in our home. The future home will use integrated sensors to tell when you leave home each morning, and then go into an energy-efficient mode all     3     itself.

2 . 阅读短文和问题，根据短文内容回答问题，注意答案词数要求。

What will the home of the future look like? A team of architects in Hong Kong say that city homes will be tiny(极小的), as populations continue to grow and space becomes more expensive.

They have designed ‘spaceflats’ with just 30 square meters in size as the houses in the following years. These flats have several small rooms: a living room, a bathroom and a bedroom, as well as a balcony. But everything is carefully planned to make good use of the limited(有限的)space.

The living room is the main room of the flat. It can be used as an office, a kitchen or even a second bedroom. There is a sofa that can be changed into a bed. The dining table can be changed into a computer desk. And if not needed, both the sofa-bed and the table can be folded(折叠) and put away. There is a flat-screen TV which can also serve as a computer monitor. In one corner of the room, a small cooker, a microwave oven and a mini-refrigerator are hidden out of sight. The other rooms are small but practical(实用的). The bathroom contains a toilet and a shower. The double bed in the bedroom can also be a sofa, if necessary. The balcony has enough room for two people to sit and enjoy the view from the block of flats. All the rooms have high ceiling(天花板)to provide as much storage(贮藏) space as possible, while the flat has large windows to let in plenty of sunlight.

“Spaceflats” are wonderful and now being tested in a building in Hong Kong. It is believed that “spaceflats” will be improved to be our future homes.

1. Hlow many rooms does a “spaceflats” have?(不多于2个单词)
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2. List 2 kinds of kitchen equipment(设备)in the flat.(不多于6个单词)
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3. How can we deal with the sofa-bed and table if we don’t need them? (不多于8个单词)
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4. What will be the title for the passage?(不多于5个单词)
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5. What do you think can be added to the spaceflat to make it more perfect? (大约40 词)
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3 . Farms of the Future

Skyscrapers(摩天大楼) are the ultimate symbol of urban life. By 2050, almost 80 percent of the earth’s population could live in cities. The human population could increase to 9.1 billion people yet the amount of land available for farming will be the same.     1    

Vertical farms, where farmers could grow crops in environmentally friendly skyscrapers, could be the solution. In spite of concerns over high costs, experts want to make these urban farms a reality and use these skyscrapers to grow crops.     2    

Vertical farms would have many advantages, experts say. The food would be grown with minimal effects on the environment. Unlike traditional farming, vertical farming would not force animals out of their habitats by taking over large areas of land, nor would it pollute the air with the use of heavy farming equipment.     3     These have been well recognized.

Growing prosperity has led to many people demanding that all foods are available all year round. Indoor farming could produce crops constantly and crops would not suffer from weather-related problems like drought or flooding. In addition, the use of agricultural chemicals for controlling insects would be minimal.

    4     They point out that although crops growing in a tall glass building would get natural sunlight during the day, it wouldn’t be enough. The plants closest to the windows would grow much more quickly than the plants further inside. The plants growing away from the windows may not produce as many or as high quality vegetables.     5     They would need additional light sources.

Experts agree that the new farming practices are needed to support the planet’s need for more and more food at affordable costs, both to the farmer and to the consumer. Vertical farms may be a small-scale answer, but the best ideas could be yet to come.

A．Still, there are some people who are critical of vertical farms.

B．That is where vertical farms are often needed for year-round crops.

C．So how to meet the increasing food needs of our planet could be a big problem.

D．For these reasons, natural light cannot be a workable solution for vertical farms.

E．Vertically grown food is grown in environmentally controlled conditions in big cities.

F．Those farms would also reduce the cost and negative effects of transporting food over distances.

G．They believe that we can increase the food production by changing our thinking from out to up.

4 . Most people, when they travel to space, would like to stay in orbit (轨道) for a few days or more. And this stands to reason, if you’re paying $ 20,000 for your trip to orbit! So in order for tourism to reach its full potential there’s going to be a need for space hotels. What would a space hotel actually be like to visit? Hotels in orbit will offer the services you expect from a hotel — private rooms, meals, bars. But they’ll also offer two unique experiences: impressive views — of Earth and space — and the endless entertainment of living in zero gravity — including sports and other activities that make use of this.

The hotels themselves will vary greatly — from being quite simple in the early days to huge luxury (奢侈的) structures at a later date. It’s actually surprising that as later as 1997, very few designs for space hotels were published. This is mainly because those who might be expected to design them haven’t expected the costs to come down far enough to make them possible.

Lots of people who’ve been to space have described vividly what it’s like to live in zero gravity. There are obviously all sorts of possibilities for dancing, gymnastics, and zero-G sports. Luckily, you don’t need to sleep much living in zero gravity, so you’ll have plenty of time for relaxing by hanging out in a bar with a window looking down at the turning Earth below.

Of course all good things have come to an end, unfortunately. And so after a few days you’ll find yourself heading back to the earth. You’ll be thinking how soon you can save up enough to get back up again-or maybe you should change jobs to get to work in an orbiting hotel!

1. When traveling in space, most people would like to stay in orbit for a few days because ________.

A．it is expensive to travel in space

B．they would find the possible life in other star systems

C．they could enjoy the luxury of space hotels

D．they want to realise the full potential of tourism

2. Which of the following is a unique experience that space hotels will offer?

A．The gravitational pull.	B．The special views.
C．The relaxation in a bar.	D．The space walk.

3. Which of the following is NOT discussed in the passage?

A．When was the space traveling made possible?

B．What are the unique experiences that space hotels will offer?

C．Why were there not many published designs for space hotels?

D．How can the travelers enjoy themselves in space hotels?

4. This passage is mainly about ________.

A．traveling in space	B．the ways of living in space hotels
C．zero gravity and space hotels	D．the description of space hotels