1 . Life will probably be very different in 2050. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have vanished by 2050. Instead, people will choose a programme from a “menu” and a computer will send the programme directly to the television. By 2050, music, films, programmes, newspapers and books will come to us in the similar way.

In many places, agriculture is developing quickly and people are growing fruit and vegetables for export. This uses a lot of water. Therefore, there could be serious shortages of water. Some scientist predict that water could be the cause of wars if we don’t act now.

In the future, cars will run on new, clean fuels (燃料) and they will go very fast. Cars will have computers to control the speed and there won’t be any accidents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. Also, by 2050, space planes will fly people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.

Some big companies now prefer to use robots that do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and work 24 hours a day. They are also easy to control. And they never argue with people. They can be easily used in a variety of places — factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.

Scientists will have discovered how to control genes (基因). Scientists have already produced clones (克隆) of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look and how they behave. Scientists will be able to do these things, but should they?

1. Which of the following best explains “vanished” underlined in paragraph 1?

A．Settled.

B．Spread.

C．Disappeared.

D．Decreased.

2. What does paragraph 4 intend to show?

A．Robots can work in different places.

B．Robots have much to be improved.

C．Robots work for humans for free.

D．Robots have many advantages.

3. What does the author want to express in the last paragraph?

A．He probably disagrees with the idea of human cloning.

B．He is looking forward to using of cloning technology.

C．The scientists have already discovered how to control genes.

D．The scientists will face many difficulties of controlling genes.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．High-tech Cars	B．Life in the Future
C．Is Cloning Really Good?	D．Are You Ready for the Future?

2 . When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.

Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note — “Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery” — and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically (魔术般) appear.

All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.

There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk, thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practical to have a delivery service.

Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch (门廊) . Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.

1. Mr. Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer to __________.

A．show his magical power	B．pay for the delivery
C．satisfy his curiosity	D．please his mother

2. What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?

A．He wanted to have tea there.	B．He was a respectable person.
C．He was treated as a family member.	D．He was fully trusted by the family.

3. Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?

A．Nobody wants to be a milkman now.	B．It has been driven out of the market.
C．Its service is getting poor.	D．It is not allowed by law.

4. Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?

A．He missed the good old days.	B．He wanted to tell interesting stories.
C．He needed it for his milk bottles.	D．He planted flowers in it.

3 . In 2011, the old style Malta buses were taken off the road and replaced by modern vehicles. Most of the old buses were deserted, a few were sold, and about 100 of them were put into storage in the hope of showing them in a museum at some stage.

A pre-2011 visit to Malta wouldn’t have been complete without a ride on one of the colorful buses. Until 1973 you could tell the destination of the bus just by looking at its color--Sliema was green and white, Zabbar was red and white with a blue stripe(条纹)etc. Later, the buses all had numbers. For a while, they were all painted green and white before the ‘final’ orange, yellow and white.

In their prime, walking around the Triton fountain at the Valletta bus station, you would have found it very difficult to see two buses of exactly the same design. Most of them had locally built bodies. On the front of the buses carried names like Dodge, Leyland, Bedford etc. You were equally likely to find football pennants(锦旗)and the like decorating the cabs. Real bus experts would have recognized that these were there mainly for decorative reasons, and were seldom an exact idea of the vehicle’s origins.

Nowadays much more modern buses are to be found at the Floriana bus station. They are more environmentally friendly and possibly even more comfortable than the older types. However, I miss the old buses. I remember, when you boarded your bus, you had to prepare the correct change to pay the usually bad-tempered driver as you got on. If you were seated anywhere near the front, you would have noticed that most drivers sat well to the right of their steering wheel. The reason for this, as any Maltese would tell you, was to leave space for their pet to sit alongside them. I wonder where the pet sits these days.

1. What makes a pre-2011 visit to Malta special according to Paragraph 2?

A．Traveling in colorful buses.

B．Using buses with stripes.

C．Painting buses bright colors.

D．Telling destinations by different colors.

2. Which of the following best explains ‘prime’ underlined in Paragraph 3?

A．the most painful time.	B．the loudest time.
C．the most disappointing time.	D．the strongest time.

3. What message does the author want to tell the readers about Malta buses?

A．They were of the same pattern.

B．The decorations showed their origin.

C．Most were uniquely designed.

D．Only football pennants decorated the cabs.

4. How would the author feel about the old style Malta buses?

A．Comfortable.	B．Environment-friendly.
C．Safe.	D．Memorable.

4 . Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020. “What will our world be like in the year 2020?” “I don't know,” says Fred, “What do you think?” “Well, no one knows, but it's interesting to guess.” “In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answers to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we'll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we'll be able to see them at the same time.” “A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too.” “Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they'll work only two or three days a week. They'll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.” “I'm looking forward to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon!” “And I hope I'll be able to live under the sea.” says Fred, “Won't that be very interesting? Just like a fish!”

1. Tom and Fred talked about ______.

A．their school life	B．some interesting news
C．their life in the past	D．their life in the future

2. From their talk, we know that ______.

A．only Fred hopes to fly to the moon	B．both of them hope to fly to the moon
C．one of them hopes to fly to the moon	D．neither of them hopes to fly to the moon

3. Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned?

A．People will be able to fly to the moon in a spaceship.

B．People will have more holidays.

C．Many people will live and work under the sea.

D．All the factories and farms will be built under the sea.

5 . How do you imagine the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now?____do you think of the future?

People ______ that life will probably be very different in 2050. First of all, larger planes ____, so flying will be very cheap. Solar power(太阳能) will be used in the cars and the cars will be much cleaner and safer. Everyone will have such a car. Robots will be ______ here and there. And space planes will take us around the world ______ two hours. Homes will be warm in winter and cool in summer, so they will be very comfortable, we will use the sun ______ our homes. Computers will be changed into very small so they will be very ______. People will do many things on the Internet.

At that time, water will become one of our most ______ problems. In many places, farmers will be in great need of water to ______ fruit and vegetables. By 2050, we will ______ able to help blind and deaf(聋) people see again and hear again. At that time, our life will become better and better.

1.

A．Which

B．How

C．Why

D．What

2.

A．think

B．disagree

C．plan

D．worry

3.

A．is produced

B．will be produced

C．produces

D．was produced

4.

A．seeing

B．seen

C．saw

D．sees

5.

A．in

B．after

C．for

D．at

6.

A．heats

B．to heat

C．heating

D．heated

7.

A．heavy

B．new

C．long

D．light

8.

A．pleasant

B．possible

C．serious

D．interesting

9.

A．sell

B．check

C．buy

D．grow

10.

A．can

B．be

C．could

D．are

6 . 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.

7 . Recently we carried out a survey of 1,000 people from different countries to find out what they think _______will be like in the future. The results clearly show both our _______and fears.

The survey suggests that_______ — one of the most important human relationships — will change greatly. People will make friends through the Internet. Computers will become really_______by 2050. Even now, some people describe them as their best friends! Others, _______, say that we will become much more isolated (孤立的) from each other _______we will have little real human communication.

Education will _______ a lot too. As more and more children will be using computers in schools, certain _______, such as mental arithmetic (心算), won’t be necessary. Even writing by hand will have become a thing of the_______.

According to the survey, home life will be________. Most people believe that by 2050 robots will be doing the housework and we will be eating________food. A lot of people think that we might only cook for fun in the future. Space exploration will become increasingly________. Fifty percent of the people we talked to ________that man will regularly (定期地) visit Mars.

Pollution is something that seems to ________many people. Some fear that it will________to get worse, and that our planet will become________to live on. Others even ________that one day we' ll have to pay for clean air.

________, people seem to be quite optimistic about genetic engineering (基因工程), as they think scientists will use it to ________diseases like cancer and AIDS.

No matter how dark or bright it may seem, it is up to us to ________our planet and try to make it a better place.

1.

A．education

B．life

C．nature

D．space

2.

A．hopes

B．tears

C．rights

D．plans

3.

A．marriage

B．leadership

C．friendship

D．neighborhood

4.

A．private

B．perfect

C．necessary

D．expensive

5.

A．however

B．instead

C．anyhow

D．therefore

6.

A．until

B．unless

C．because

D．although

7.

A．provide

B．complete

C．receive

D．change

8.

A．facts

B．abilities

C．goals

D．thoughts

9.

A．end

B．past

C．moment

D．future

10.

A．busier

B．safer

C．sadder

D．easier

11.

A．unhealthy

B．frozen

C．over-cooked

D．ready-made

12.

A．famous

B．cheap

C．popular

D．difficult

13.

A．doubt

B．believe

C．remember

D．warn

14.

A．confuse

B．frighten

C．satisfy

D．worry

15.

A．stop

B．continue

C．refuse

D．begin

16.

A．cold

B．impossible

C．suitable

D．free

17.

A．expect

B．promise

C．predict

D．wish

18.

A．As a result

B．In other words

C．In a similar way

D．On the other hand

19.

A．catch

B．spread

C．prevent

D．carry

20.

A．take over

B．look after

C．pay for

D．think about

8 . The home of the future won't be completely different and we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today. But people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams. No two homes will be the same. People will be able to buy "house kits" containing a basic house structure, with movable walls, doors and windows. They will put together the different parts to create the home they want.

Many jobs that we do today will disappear, others will still exist but will change and new jobs will be created. Skilled workers such as builders, gardeners and electricians won't disappear because machines can't replace them. Teachers will still exist because students need human contact. But they will be using modern technology in class more and students will be working more from home. The medical technology revolution and space travel will create new jobs which we can only imagine today.

Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won't be for everyone because they won't be cheap. Short space trips will develop first, then space hotels will orbit the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By the end of the next century, there will be holiday centers on the moon with leisure facilities for families.

Paper won't exist in the future. Instead, there will be e-paper which people will be able to use over and over again. This will develop in order to save natural resources. E-newspapers and e-magazines will replace traditional newspapers and magazines and we will download information and news articles from the Internet every day onto our reusable paper.

The laws of physics tell us that the earth is going to disappear sometime in the future. This isn't going to happen tomorrow but scientists predict that it will happen in five billion years when our sun explodes (爆炸). We will have to explore the universe and find another home. At some point in the distant future, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another planet. There won't be any other choice.

1. Homes of the future will__________.

A．be completely different from those of today.

B．be very similar to our homes

C．be movable as you want

D．all be different from one another

2. Space trips and staying in space hotels will__________.

A．become a very common way to spend a holiday

B．be the cheapest holiday choice for families

C．still only be for very rich people

D．attract a lot of people

3. E-paper will replace traditional paper because__________.

A．it won't waste natural resource

B．young people like it

C．it will be cheaper to produce

D．it will be convenient to carry

4. We will have to move to another planet__________.

A．if we want to live a better life

B．if we want to save the human race

C．when the earth explodes

D．when the earth is too crowded to live on

9 . 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.

10 . 概要写作

The journey to the moon has been the first step toward future exploration(探险) in space. The distance between the moon and the earth is very short indeed when compared with the distances between the earth and the other planets. Mars, one of the nearest planets to the earth, is millions of miles away. Travelling to the planets will be man’s next aim. Such travels will be more challenging than the trip to the moon and certainly more adventurous.

Recently, two American spaceships, Vikings 1 and 2 landed on Mars trying to discover whether there is any life on the planet. So far the signs of life on Mars has neither confirmed nor ruled out.(排除)

Russians have discovered that the surface of Venus（金星）is so hot that it is almost certain that there is no life there. Also the atmosphere of Venus is extremely dense and the pressure is nearly a hundred times greater than that of the earth’s atmosphere.

Scientists believe man may find planets which have the same conditions as those we have on the earth, but man should realize the earth will be his only home for a long time and begin to love and care about it.

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