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2050
My lights turn on automatically. It’s 6.50 a.m. and the house is waking me up. Still sleepy, I find my uniform in the wardrobe and put it on. It had been washed, ironed, and hung up the night before by Lina X15––my family’s housekeeper. When I was younger, she was my nanny. She’s been with me all my life. My parents didn’t have time for children then and Lina, advertised as a reliable helper, looked after me. That’s why my parents bought her. Almost everyone has an X15 today.
I enter the kitchen. My breakfast sits there, waiting for me. Always the same. Planned, with a controlled quantity. The government says our planet can’t deal with overpopulation. Food is grown in laboratories, and every house receives just enough food––no more, no less. Mum always talks about the old days when people had vegetable gardens and could go to the market to buy food. Animals actually lived in the wild and not in carefully controlled zoos. It’s all I’ve ever known.
Robots are everywhere now; they are usually referred to as “zoids.” When they first came on the market in 2030, everyone wanted one. Now, twenty years later, they’ve taken over. They do almost everything. They work in labs and factories, fix teeth and perform surgeries. My dad used to be a surgeon before they found that “zoids” could do surgery better than humans. Less room for error, I guess.
I walk to the window and look out over the landscape. All I see are buildings and interconnecting tunnels. Grey skyscrapers, all identical. I can spot my school—it is just over to the right, but it looks the same as every other building. Today we are having a lecturer from Los Angeles speak to us about the extinction of different species of animals, like the polar bear and the elephant. I find it strange that even with all our technology, we couldn’t save them.
I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around.
“It’s time for school,” Lina says, her metallic voice echoing around the room, “Don’t be late.”
“On my way,” I reply. “I’ll be back by 6 p.m.”
I rush out the door and go down 60 floors to join the other children in my building. We’ve always walked through the tunnels to get to school. We’ve always breathed recycled air. We are children who have never been outside. I wonder what it’s like. Perhaps Lina can explain it to me.
·Comprehension Plus
1. Complete the table with information from the text.
Predictions about the future
Aspects of future life | Predictions |
| Future housework | Robots will do most of the housework. |
| Future food | |
| Future jobs | |
| Future buildings | |
| Future environment |
Answer the questions.
2. Would you like to have an X15 at home? Why or why not?
3. Do you think the overpopulation problem mentioned in the text might arise in the future? Why or why not?
4. Do you think the animal extinctions mentioned in the text are likely to happen in the future? In your view, how likely is it that endangered animals will be saved with advances in technology?
5. The children breathe recycled air in the story. Do you think that will happen in the future? Why or why not?
6. What is the author’s attitude towards the future? How did you know that?
1.你的梦想; 2.说明理由(至少两点); 3.如何实现。
注意：1. 词数 100 左右，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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1.选择的职业；
2.选择的理由；
3.如何能实现.
注意：
1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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With time passing by, my wonderful middle school life is coming to the end. Just when I
All in all, I will learn harder to get
5 . Once upon a time，there was a little boy who wanted to meet the king. He set off，walking towards the king’s castle. After many years of walking，the king’s castle came into his view. However，as the boy drew closer to the outside of the castle，the guards took notice of him.
“Get out of here！” commanded the guards.
Well，the little boy didn’t have to be told twice. He turned...and ran right away. All he wanted to do was to tell the king wonderful things，and see all the beautiful things in the king’s house. But he couldn’t even get near the castle! The boy finally stopped running，sat down and cried.
A young man happened to be coming down the path at the very moment. He saw the little boy and came up.“What’s wrong，young man？” he asked.
“Sir，I walked and walked just to see the king. But these guards made me frightened. I wanted to tell the king how lovely everything is and just tell the king that I just wanted to see him！”
The man looked at the little boy thoughtfully.“Look，why don’t you try again. Don’t lose heart. I ’ll come with you this time.”
The little boy got up and took the man’s hand. The king’s guards spotted them.
“Look，mister，we don’t have to do this...I don’t want you to get hurt. We can just turn around now.”
The man held the little boy’s hand and went on. The boy really thought the man might be crazy until he looked back up at the guards. They were all smiling now. The little boy was surprised.
“Who are you？” asked the little boy in surprise.
“Why，I’m the king’s son. You can enter the castle and be with the king，” said the man.
The little boy broke into a huge smile.
1. Why did the boy want to see the king?| A．To ask the king to play with him. |
| B．To get some help from the king. |
| C．To invite the king to visit his beautiful village. |
| D．To share wonderful things with the king. |
| A．The little boy understood the guards’ words right away. |
| B．The little boy didn’t understand the guards’ words at first. |
| C．The guards repeated the words to the boy. |
| D．The little boy had been to the castle twice. |
| A．determined | B．stubborn |
| C．warmhearted | D．mean |
| A．Never judge a book by its cover. |
| B．Anything is possible if one tried hard enough. |
| C．Life can sometimes be unfair. |
| D．Make new friends and keep the old. |
