1 . We often think of future. We often wonder what the world would be like in a hundred years’ time.

Think of space, perhaps a permanent (永久的) station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as tourists. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, permitting long journeys throughout the solar system (太阳系). When that time comes, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting other planets. Great progress will have been made in medicine, too. Perhaps a cure will have been discovered for the most terrible of all diseases (疾病)— cancer. Pollution is a problem we must solve. In a hundred years’ time it will have been controlled.

The world will have been developed — even Antarctica. There will be large cities in Antarctica. We already have supersonic (超音速的) flight, but in a hundred years’ time we will have supersonic land travel as well.

We will have used up most of earth’s land to build our cities, so floating cities will have been built. The Japanese already have plans for cities of this kind. And there will be cities under the sea. The first of these will have been completed.

1. We will have developed ________ in a hundred years’ time, permitting long journeys all over the solar system.

A．cheap rockets for space travel.	B．a plane
C．a spaceship	D．a satellite

2. Man will also have supersonic land travel ________

A．in a year	B．about half a century later
C．in the year 2005	D．about a century later

3. Which of the following is true? ________

A．There must be a permanent station on the moon in the future.

B．There will be no pollution in the future.

C．There is no cities in Antarctica now.

D．We may find a treatment for cancer in the future.

4. The last paragraph mainly talks about ________

A．we’ll make good use of space on the earth.

B．cities under the sea.

C．Japan will first build floating cities.

D．earth’s land is in danger.

2 . In the near future, IoT (Internet of Things) will drive huge innovation (革新) in the way our food is grown. Plants will have a “voice”, not a human voice, but a voice based on data that can tell people, computers, and machines when, for example, they are thirsty, or need more sun, medicine, etc.

Take vertical (垂直的) farms, for example. Farming is moving indoors where the growth of plants can be monitored and controlled. The facilities are built vertically, so growing areas can be put in piles. This greatly reduces the amount of land needed for farming.

From an IoT point of view, vertical farms are connected in two ways. First, small sensors (传感器) in the soil or connected to plants tell a control system exactly how much light, water, and nutrients are needed to grow the healthiest crops. Sensors will also tell vertical farmers when crops are nearing their peak for harvesting at just the right time to make sure it’s still fresh when it reaches its final destination.

Second, vertical farms will be connected to other networks and information systems, including databases that track local demand. For example, local restaurants may input when they need fresh food supplies. And vertical farmers could get that information so they know which crops to grow in what quantities. This type of IoT system would have been unimaginable a generation ago.

Today, vertical farms are being experimented. Yet, the numbers point to a bright future for the industry, especially as the world’s population continues to grow. For example, Green Sense Farms in Chicago is able to harvest crops 26 times a year using 85 percent less energy, one-tenth the water, and no pesticides. A side benefit of lower energy use is lower CO₂ output of two tons per month, with the added benefit of creating 46 pounds of oxygen every day.

1. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Voice machines help plants speak up.

B．Farmers are all turning to vertical farming.

C．IoT has brought great innovation to our future life.

D．Vertical farms driven by IoT are a future for agriculture.

2. How do sensors attached to plants work?

A．By recording farmers harvesting crops.

B．By monitoring farmers working their fields.

C．By analyzing information to preserve crops.

D．By passing information on to a control system.

3. According to Paragraph 4, the IoT system can help ________.

A．expand the output of crops	B．match supply with demand
C．determine the needs of farmers	D．move restaurants onto farms

4. What is the author’s attitude towards the future of vertical farming?

A．Negative.

B．Indifferent.

C．Optimistic.

D．Doubtful.

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Life on Mars

Some people believe humans could live on the planet Mars by the year 2100. Our own planet, the Earth, is becoming more and more crowded and polluted because of the rapid increase in population.     1    (hopeful), people could start all over again and build     2     better world on Mars. Here is what life there could be like. At present, our spacecraft are very slow—it would take     3    (month). With the development of technology, the journey might only take about 20 minutes by 2100 in spacecraft     4     travel at the speed of light!     5    , the spacecraft would travel so fast that the journey might be quite     6     (comfort). Many people would feel ill. Humans cannot survive     7     water, oxygen or food. Nobody knows     8     there would be enough water or oxygen on Mars for people there. Gravity could be another problem. The gravity on Mars     9    (be) only about three-eighths of that on the Earth. People would have to wear boots that are specially designed to prevent     10     from floating off into space. Life on Mars would be interesting as well as challenging.

4 . 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.

5 . What do you use your fridge for: It can not only keep your food cold, but also make ice and freeze food. But in the future smart fridges may do much more than you can think. They may tell you what food is inside, what food you need, what food is healthy for you, and even shop for you, too!

Some companies are making online fridges which have a computer screen on the door. And it can be very useful that the computer is linked to a supermarket through the Internet. For example, when you finish your orange juice, you can put the empty juice carton (纸盒包装) near the computer screen. The computer reads the bar code on the juice carton. Then it orders more orange juice from the supermarket. You can also use the computer screen to order other things from the supermarket. The computer screen has a series of things that are in the store. You can choose what you need. The supermarket will send the food to your home.

Companies are making other kinds of “smart” appliances (电器), too. There is a new kind of microwave oven (微波炉) which has a computer memory. It can remember 365 different cookbooks. There is also a smart mixer that can remember cookbooks. Even it can test ingredients for you!

Of course, sometimes these smart appliances don’t work. When they do, they will tell you. And then they can call someone to fix them, too!

1. Your fridges can do the following things except                .

A．keep food warm	B．make ice
C．keep food cold	D．freeze food

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “linked” in paragraph 2?

A．prepared	B．connected
C．offered	D．formed

3. Which is not true?

A．The oven can call someone to fix itself when it doesn’t work.

B．The oven can store 365 cookbooks.

C．The mixer can test ingredients for you.

D．The mixer can help you clean the kitchen.

4. What is the main idea of the text?

A．Online fridges have a computer screen on the door.

B．Fridges of the future will order food from the supermarket.

C．Smart appliances, like online fridges, can be very helpful.

D．People won’t have to go to supermarkets to buy food in the future.

6 . What will man be like in the future--in 5000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make guesses, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious example, Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter than he is today. Now, on average, men are about three inches taller. Five hundred years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to grow taller. Again, in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we still make use of only about 20% of the brain’s capacity. As time goes on, however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and eventually we shall need larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period of time it is likely that man's eyes will grow stronger.

On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs. These, as a result, are likely to grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.

But what about hair? This will probably disappear from the body altogether in course of time because it does not serve a useful purpose any longer. In the future, then, both sexes are likely to be bald (光秃的).

Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature to look at! This may well be true. But in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

1. The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A．humans needn't wear glasses in the future.

B．man's life will be different in the future.

C．future man will look quite different from us.

D．man is growing taller and uglier as time passes.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A．future life is always predictable (可预测的)

B．human beings will become less attractive in the future

C．less use of a bodily organ (器官) may lead to its degeneration (退化)

D．human beings hope for a change in the future life

3. Future man will be similar to us in ________.

A．Colour and height	B．size and appearance
C．thought and observation	D．thought and emotion

7 . Researchers in Australia have discovered an effective new method to capture the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is damaging our planet and transform it into something solid, making it much easier to store.

Carbon capture isn’t new, but previous methods call for the gas to be compressed into liquid and then injected underground. Widespread usage of that technology has been locked by economic and environmental concerns due to possible leaks. Instead, in a study published in Nature Communications, the group details their sustainable and cost-effective plan for transforming CO2 into coal.

This new process involves a liquid metal catalyst( 催化剂 )that is efficient in conducting electricity. CO2 gas is dissolved in a container with some liquid. Once electricity charge is introduced, the CO2 begins to turn into solid pieces of carbon, which can be collected and stored.

What makes this particularly unique is that the entire process can occur at room temperature. Previous experiments have only shown a gas to solid conversion at extremely high temperature, which made it impossible on a large scale. Now, the researchers are hoping that their work will be used to create even further when it comes to carbon storage.

In an interesting side benefit, the solid carbon also works as an electrode( 焊 条 ), which opens up a world of possibilities. “A side benefit of the process is that the carbon can hold electrical charge, becoming a super battery, so it could potentially be used as a part in future vehicles,” explains Dr. Dorna Estrafilzadeh, a researcher. “The process also produces fuel as a by-product, which could also have industrial applications.”

1. What can we know about the previous carbon capture methods?

A．People have to inject liquid to the gas.

B．The previous methods can be done easily.

C．The previous methods are not very popular.

D．People have widely accepted previous methods.

2. What is the special part of the new method?

A．It needs electricity to make the process efficient.

B．It can be done in any kind of container.

C．It doesn’t need extreme temperature.

D．It can produce much solid carbon.

3. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．The method will make fossil oil disappear.

B．The method will influence the future industry.

C．The method will make developed countries more powerful.

D．The method will be used to make new vehicles.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．How to change carbon into CO2.

B．A new carbon capture technology.

C．A new technology to get useful carbon.

D．Australia makes the world cleaner than before.

8 . 为了激发同学们的想象力和对未来生活的猜想，你校的英语报开办了专栏Future Life。请你根据以下提示为专栏撰稿，介绍一下你想象中的未来的汽车:
1.机器人操作，能避免车祸；
2.可以折叠，占用空间小；
3.水、陆、空三用，适用于各种路况；
4.相信你梦想中的汽车会很快成为现实。
注意:1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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9 . _______ to us all, Martin Luther King was the black leader in America, who devoted his life to the racial equality, and died for his beliefs. The following is a(n) _______ from his famous speech delivered in the large audience of American people. The speech is called “I have a dream”.

I say to you today, my friend, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I will have a dream. It is a dream deeply _______ in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this _______ will rise up and live out the true meaning of its belief that “all men are _______ equal”.

I have a dream that the sons of _______ slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of _______. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis(绿洲) of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation _______ they will not be judged by the color of their skin _______ by the content of their character.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. This is our hope and faith. __________ this faith, we will work together, pray together, struggle together, go to jail together, stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

1.

A．It is known

B．As it is known

C．As is known

D．We all know

2.

A．story

B．fiction

C．speech

D．excerpt

3.

A．rooted

B．mixed

C．rested

D．grown

4.

A．state

B．nation

C．government

D．community

5.

A．discovered

B．invented

C．created

D．born

6.

A．latter

B．former

C．late

D．previous

7.

A．manhood

B．brotherhood

C．boyhood

D．sisterhood

8.

A．which

B．where

C．that

D．what

9.

A．and

B．either

C．but

D．though

10.

A．As

B．With

C．For

D．By

10 . Jeff Bezos, the world’s wealthiest person, was just five when American astronauts stepped on the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969. However, he’s never forgotten the black-and-white footage from the historic moment. Since then, the moon has always been the center of his space dreams which are channeled through his spaceflight company, Blue Origin.

On May 9, 2019, at a meeting held in Washington, DC, Bezos came one step closer to achieving his dream of sending people there, when he presented a model of a lander, Blue Moon, designed to carry both humans and goods to the satellite.

Though details of how Blue Moon will be sent to space remain unclear, Bezos is confident it’ll be ready for its mission (使命) by 2024. He considers it unavoidable to settle in space given our ever-increasing population and fewer resources. Unlike those seeking a home on another planet, Bezos thinks humans will be living in orbital space settlements, which are similar to the International Space Station, except much bigger, each housing millions of people. Space taxis would make it easy for humans to travel between settlements.

But first we need to develop a cheaper way to travel between space and Earth. Bezos may have solved the problem partly by removing the biggest cost of spaceflights—single use rockets—with Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard rocket, which has made several trips to space and back since 2015.

To encourage future space dreamers, the company’s recently built a free online club that will keep members informed of its progress and challenge them to find solutions to help humans and save earth. It invites students of all ages to draw or write how they imagine humans living and working in space on a self-addressed, stamped postcard and send it to the “Club for the Future” by July 20, 2019. The first 10,000 postcards will be sent to space aboard the New Shepard rocket later this year. When it returns to Earth, the postcards, stamped “flown to space,” will be returned to their owners.

1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?

A．An impressive historic moment.

B．The beginning of Bezos’ space dream.

C．The exciting news of sending man to space.

D．Bezos’ secret of becoming the wealthiest person.

2. What will be orbital space settlements like in Bezos’ eyes?

A．Overpopulated.	B．Solar-powered.
C．Energy-hungry.	D．Conveniently accessible.

3. What may contribute greatly to the low cost of travelling to space?

A．Space taxis.	B．Single use rockets.
C．New Shepard rocket.	D．Orbital space settlements.

4. What’s the purpose of the free online club?

A．To help humans and save earth.

B．To challenge students of all ages.

C．To build a new way of sending postcards.

D．To encourage future space dreamers.