1 . Whenever humans consider the future of AI, they have one big question in mind: will robots take my job? While it’s true that some jobs will disappear, new ones that involve working specifically with AI will arise.     1     Many jobs will become more rewarding as people perform their work alongside AI, solving problems in new and exciting ways.

AI has already changed almost every industry, but the future of AI promises to revolutionize even more businesses.

Health care:     2     This will make early lifesaving treatment more likely. They might use AI to create new ways to treat illnesses like dementia (痴呆) and cancer. They could use it to predict future illnesses, combining a patient’s health history and genetic data to create a preventative care plan.

Service industry: In the future, robots and machines run by AI could replace customer service representatives and cashiers.     3     Robots are already used at some fast-food restaurants.

Law enforcement: Some day soon, intelligent robots could even replace police officers to catch potential criminals.     4     As for online security, AI is already in development to intelligently protect consumers online. The AI will be able to detect changes in spending and credit activity and then automatically contact the police.

Transportation: Say goodbye to taxi and drivers. In the future, cars will be able to drive themselves (some already do).     5    

Marketing: AI already targets you with customized ads on social media sites, but soon it may even be able to create the ads you see or articles you read.

A．We can also have AI-equipped robot cooks.

B．We may also see automated trains and airplanes.

C．The biggest change may be in what we get from work.

D．With AI, doctors will be able to better diagnose illnesses.

E．AI-run robots are already used as security officers in some businesses.

F．There are already articles that are almost as good as what a human creates.

G．You use AI when you use Google Maps to find your way to an off-site meeting.

2 . Where is the future going?

Our work habits have changed a lot over the past thirty years. While our parents may have expected to stay in one job, with one company, for their whole life, we are faced with the possibility of changing jobs and even careers several times. Our understanding of education, work and society is different from that of earlier generations.     1         Many of today's jobs will either disappear or change in the next ten years or so.

People in the future will still need food, of course, but the way we produce food will not be the same.     2     The good news for small farmers is that there will also be opportunities for mew kinds of farming, for example farms that grow organic food and environmentally friendly food.

What about people who work with computers? Well, things will change for them, too. More advanced computer programs and new technologies will remove the need for computer operators who perform simple actions. Modern search engines can do many of the things that yesterday's computer operators did. Word processing and simple information handling can be done automatically.     3    

A rapidly changing job market also creates new challenges for students, teachers and parents.     4     And it is becoming more difficult for parents to understand the kind of world their children are entering. Schools and teachers are also facing difficulties as they try to adapt to the new needs of their students, and the students themselves have to try to deal with all the changes and many questions.

    5     There are no easy answers, but we can try to turn challenges into opportunities. As the job market changes, new areas of growth appear. If we become good learners, and if we work together with our parents, friends and teachers, we can find ways to create a future where there is room for all of us to do what we are good at and enjoy.

A．What life will be like in the future is difficult to predict.

B．Not only the way we work and view the job has changed.

C．It is hard to imagine where all these advanced technologies will lead us.

D．For people with these skills, there will be new jobs as database managers.

E．Where is the future going and what can we do to find a place for ourselves in it?

F．Small farms that use old methods will be replaced by large farms with high efficiency.

G．The difference in values, skills, education and desires between two generations is growing.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What did the program say about the life in the future?

A．People’s way of consumption will change.

B．More supermarkets will come into existence.

C．More free time will be available for people.

2. What is the speakers’ attitude to the program’s opinion on shopping in the future?

A．Doubtful.

B．Supportive.

C．Dismissive.

4 . New Scientist magazine’s chief reporter Adam recently published “Net-zero living: how your day will look in a carbon-neutral (碳中和) world”. Here, he imagines what a typical day would be like in the future — through the eyes of Isla, a child in 2050.

Isla lives in the south of the United Kingdom and her life looks pretty much like life does today: she has a house, a car, a job, and a cup of tea in the morning. There are great forests, and giant machines sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. It all sounds like a green and pleasant land, but it didn’t sound like the future to me.

It’s an interesting exercise, imagining what it will be like in about 30 years. I thought I would give it a try: here is some speculative fiction about Edie, living in Toronto, Canada in 2050.

Edie lives in the garage in an old house that is her apartment and workshop. She considers herself to be very lucky to have this garage in what was her grandparents’ house. The only people who live in houses these days either get the houses from their parents or are multi-millionaires from all over the world, desperate to move to Canada with its cooler climate and plentiful water and are able to afford the million-dollar immigrant visa fee.

Edie is lucky to be working. There are no office or industrial jobs anymore: Artificial Intelligence and robots took care of that. The few jobs left are in service, culture, craft, health care, or real estate (房地产). In fact, selling real estate has become the nation’s biggest industry.

There may be lots of electricity from wind and solar farms, but even running tiny heat pumps for cooling is really expensive at peak times. The streets are unpleasantly hot, so many people sleep through the midday.

Now Edie is checking the balance in her Personal Carbon Allowance (PCA) account to see if she has enough to buy another imported battery for her e-bike. If she doesn’t have enough then, she will have to buy carbon credits, and they are expensive. She sets her alarm for 6:00 p.m. when the streets of Toronto will come alive again on this hot November day.

1. What does the author think of Isla’s life?

A．Desirable.	B．Unappealing.
C．Unachievable.	D．Exciting.

2. What will Toronto be like in 2050?

A．Many people will immigrate abroad.	B．Its climate will get colder and colder.
C．Electricity will be very cheap to use.	D．The house prices will be extremely high.

3. What might be Edie’s large concern?

A．The house problem.	B．Being out of work.
C．The balance of her bank account.	D．The energy consumption.

4. What is the purpose of this passage?

A．To point out Adam’s unreasonable thinking.

B．To compare the present life and the future life.

C．To imagine the life after reducing carbon emissions.

D．To raise people’s awareness of environmental protection.

5 . 请发挥想象，憧憬未来，写一篇短文，描述五年后的你的学习、工作或生活。词数100左右。
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6 . 2050 seems a long way away, but it is not impossible to predict the future though. With the speed we are moving now so many amazing things are going to happen in the future.

    1     Let's start our predictions.

·The Internet will be free for everyone.

The Internet is really a key driver these days.     2     There have already been attempts like Facebook's Free Basics. Though it hasn't happened yet, there is a very strong possibility that the Internet will be free for everyone in the future.

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With the increasing population, it is not very hard to predict that common methods of transportation will not be enough. There will be much heavier traffic on the road. So in this case personal airplanes will be a handy method of transportation for common people.

Of course, there will be proper air traffic control for these personal airplanes.

·Most cancers will be treated successfully.

    4     It will be a huge achievement in the history of medical science. Many studies are already showing a trend (趋势) towards this.

·Humans will live on other planets.

There will be great achievements in space research.     5     

We will receive more intelligent signals from space. Chances are we will be able to find the next Earth-like planet.

A．But it is not free for everyone yet.

B．So where is technology going in the future?

C．The world's population will cross 9.6 billion.

D．What do you think of my predictions of 2050?

E．In the year 2050, humans will be able to live on Mars.

F．Personal airplanes will be used widely for short journeys.

G．The number of deaths caused by cancers will be greatly reduced.

7 . 只有好好地规划人生，才能成就美好未来。请根据下列导图中的信息，预测一下未来自己将是什么样的，然后谈谈你打算如何实现自己的梦想。
要求如下：
1.文章内容需包括导图中的所有信息；
2.语言流畅，条理清晰；
3.不少于 80 词，文章的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

As time goes by, all of us will change a lot. I dream to be
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8 . 最近，你班即将举行以“Life in the future”为主题的英语讨论。请根据以下表格中的要点，写一篇100词左右的发言稿，谈谈你心目中未来的生活。

医学	癌症可被治愈
能源	新能源被开发利用，停止使用石油等燃料
旅行	更方便快捷的交通工具出现，人类可去太空旅行和度假
日常生活	机器人进入百姓家庭，可提供各种服务

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