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。

A company     1     (name) “Future Tours” transported Li Qiang and his friend Wang Ping     2     (safe) into the future in a time capsule. They climbed in through a small opening and soon the journey     3    (complete). They were still on the earth but 1,000 years in the future.

Confused by the new surroundings, Li Qiang was hit by a lack of fresh air. Li Qiang chose     4     hovering carriage driven by computer and began     5    (move). There were so many carriages     6     he lost sight of Wang Ping. A few minutes     7    (late), Li Qiang caught sight of Wang Ping.

    8    (arrive) at a house, he was surprised to see tree     9    (leaf) surrounding the house and they provided the house with much-needed oxygen.     10     a good dinner, Li Qiang felt exhausted, so he slid into bed and fell fast asleep.

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。

5G is developing, but most of us aren't really sure what it is or the reason     1     we need it. A big part of the reason is that 5G means more than one thing. If you ask different people, you     2    (provide) with different answers.

Experts believe that 4G is on     3     way out. In 2020, the U.K. is expected to use 5G. At present, it is unknown exactly what influence 5G will have on people's life but it is widely thought that 5G will     4     (definite) be faster than any generation of networks we have used previously.

Work will likely become much easier as 5G will allow quicker downloads and a better ability to work online even if there is no wi-fi connection. With the     5     (develop) of 5G, driverless cars will be able to communicate     6     other vehicles, which can reduce road accidents by about 10%, One of the most     7     (impress) things will be that people can see which seats on a train are accessible to     8     (they) when it arrives at the station.     9     (get) around the world will also be more convenient.

A number of     10     (company) are now working on bringing 5G to the market. It remains to be seen how much of the country 5G will cover and whether everyone will be able to benefit from it.

4 . 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。

What will the city of the future look like? No one knows for sure, and making predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain － they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural resources run out. We will use lots of     1    (recycle) materials, such as plastic, aluminum, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to rely more on     2     (alternate) energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain     3     there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain.

To find out    4    young people think about the future of urban life, a teacher at    5     university in Texas in the United States asked his students to think how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2015. Here are some of the ideas they had:

Garbage ships To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun,     6     (prevent) landfill and environmental problems.
Forget smoking No smoking will be allowed within a future city’s    7     (limit). Smoking will be possible only outside cities, and outdoors.
Batman Nets Police will arrest     8    (crime) by firing nets instead of guns.
Telephones for life Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth     9     will never change wherever they live.
Recreation All forms of recreation, such as cinemas, bowling, softball, concerts and others will be provided free     10     charge by the city.
Cars All cars will be powered by electricity, solar energy or wind, and it will be possible to change the colour of cars at the flick of a switch.

5 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Nobody knows for sure     1     the city of the future will look like and making predictions is a     2     (risk) business.In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural     3     (resource) run out. Therefore, we will use lots of recycled materials. Besides, garbage ships will send the waste towards the sun,     4     (prevent) landfill and environmental problems. No smoking     5     (allow) within a future city’s limits.

6 . 语法填空

As the development of science and technology sped up, people had a much     1       （wide）range of places for their travels. They began to feel bored with the     2     （attraction）on the earth. Going to the space station became     3     dream of many people. Zhang Qiang was no exception. After taking up the prize he     4     （win）the year before, he was taken into the future in a time capsule.     5     （immediate）he arrived there, he was amazed at     6     the future looked like. Luckily, it was under the     7     （direct）that he became familiar with the new surroundings in space in no time. Having been shown around a strange-looking house, he was then guided to a space station consisting     8     three parts. Inside the space station were the most up-to-date inventions of the 3l st century. In addition, there was a system where the waste was dealt with by     9     （use）the theory of ecology（生态学理论）. Though troubled by lacking oxygen, Zhang Qiang was     10     （satisfy）with his journey and optimistic about the future.