1 . 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

The home of the future won't be     1    (complete) different and we will be living in houses and flats just as we do today.     2    (build) in different shapes, no two homes will look the same. People will be able to buy “house kits” containing a basic house structure, with adjustable walls, doors and windows. They will put together the different parts     3     (create) the home they want.

Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won't be for everyone because they are     4     (expensive) than holidays on the earth. Short space trips will develop first, then the space hotels will go around the earth     5    it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By     6    end of the next century, there will be holiday centres on the moon with leisure facilities for families.

According to the laws of physics, the earth is going to    7    ( appear) some time in the future. This isn't going to happen tomorrow but scientists predict that it will happen in five billion years when our sun    8    (explode).     9     a result,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    10    (choose).

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。

What could the school of 2050 look like? Undoubtedly, the biggest development we     1     (see) in recent years is the advancement of technology. On entering the classroom, biological recognition scanning will allow students to check in,     2     (simplify) the busy registration process. Teachers will be able to automatically sort out the attendance data, fill in perfect record, and manage     3     (track) the patterns for being late.

For the school of the future, there will be no need to wrestle with heavy     4     (curtain)or dust- covered blinds; we’ ll have smart glass. Windows can automatically adjust     5     (them) color to make up for external brightness, protecting both our eyes and screens.

As summer temperatures continue to rise, the general trend for 2050 is warmer, drier summers as well as warmer, wetter winters and air-conditioned classrooms,    6     will be-come the norm(常态). But they will be    7     (clean), more flexibly and sustainable(可持续的), with built-in air purifiers to remove toxins and dust from the air.

    8     2050,3D printers will have become a standard appliance, both in the home and at school. As    9     learning aid, they will have become essential, allowing teachers more flexi-bly to explain difficult concepts.

Students will be able to     10     (physical) operate objects for better information process-ing, visual perception, and cognitive(认知的) learning.

3 . Children’s Sci-fi Art Predicts Extraordinary Future

More than 80 sci-fi artworks are on display at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, showing a beautiful yet puzzling future. The “Brave New Sci-Fi World” exhibition features paintings and art installations (设备) by students from Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing and other cities. They imagine the future as a world where robots and human beings co-exist.

Ru Chen, from Shanghai New Putuo Primary School, has pictured a robot chameleon (变色龙) to be used in outer space to aid in the search and rescue of human beings in case of danger.

Li Jiaqi from Guangzhou Dongfeng East Road Primary School has painted a city where advanced technologies are everywhere, and even the city itself turns into a large robot.

Huang Yanrui from Beijing Shijingshan Gucheng No. 2 Primary School imagines his rubber, pencil box and such stationery (文具) becoming conscious robots, and beginning to design future human beings.

Wang Zhihan, from Shanghai Shangde Experimental School and her schoolmates, stick electronic components on stone faces as a metaphor (隐喻) for the increasingly unclear boundaries between the reality and virtual world. “We hope to remind people never lose yourself in a world with advanced technologies,” she said.

The exhibition will last till November 4.

Opening hours:

Tuesdays-Sundays 9: 00- 17: 15; legal holidays 8: 45- 18: 30.

Transportation Guide:

Metro: Metro Line 2: Shanghai Science and Technology Museum Station.

Metro Line 4, Metro Line 6 and Metro Line 9: change to Metro Line 2 at the Century Avenue Station.

Bus Routes: Bus 184, 640, 794, 983, 984, 987, 1023, 640 inter-zonal bus will take you there.

1. Whose artwork is related with space?

A．Ru Chen’s.

B．Li Jiaqi’s.

C．Huang Yanrui’s.

D．Wang Zhihan’s.

2. Where does the student with an imagination of stationery robots come from?

A．Shanghai.

B．Guangzhou.

C．Chongqing.

D．Beijing.

3. Which line can directly take you to the museum?

A．Metro Line 2.

B．Metro Line 4.

C．Metro Line 6.

D．Metro Line 9.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Some scientists say there will not be enough land for Earth in the near future. So some other places should    1     (find) to live. While some scientists are considering     2     (build) communities on the Moon and Mars, other scientists feel independent space stations could bring many more     3     (benefit).

So what is wrong    4     the Moon or Mars? Firstly, the distances are a problem. The Moon is about 384,400 miles from Earth. Mars is over 55 million miles away. The journey to the Moon takes about eight days, and the one to Mars takes from six to eight months. It will be both time-consuming and    5     (danger) to get settlers to these distant places. Moreover, it takes a message up to 44 minutes to go from Earth to Mars,     6     makes fast communication impossible. However,     7     space station circling Earth is just a few hours away. This makes the trip much cheaper and communication    8     (relative) easy. Furthermore, the    9     (absent) of light at night on the Moon and Mars isn’t a good thing either. On a space station, however, the sun’s energy can be made available     10     (support) people living there 24 hours a day.

5 . The future is coming! All over the world there are many new ideas for new places to live and work in. Some of them will be in the sea! They will be very big and lots of people will live and work in them.

The Americans are planning to build a town called Atlantis City. It will be in the sea, about five miles away from the land. But the most exciting idea comes from Japan. It is Aeropolis. Aeropolis will be a huge sea city, with parks, schools, a hospital and an airport(飞机场). And it will move(移动)! It will travel slowly around the world. There are just two problems. Aeropolis will cost a lot of money to make. And for people who get seasick, it won’t be much fun.

1. Which country will plan to build a town in the sea?

A．America.

B．England.

C．China.

D．Japan.

2. What’s the name of Japanese sea city?

A．Atlantis.

B．Aeropolis.

C．Tokyo.

D．Osaka.

3. What does the underlined word “huge” mean?

A．Very small.

B．Very long.

C．Very big.

D．Very short.

4. “Aeropolis will cost a lot of money to make” means “________”.

A．Aeropolis will be very cheap to build

B．People will spend much money building Aeropolis

C．It will take little money to build Aeropolis

D．Building Aeropolis will cost little money

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．New places to live and work in.	B．Aeropolis in Japan.
C．Atlantis in America.	D．New places to live and work in the sea.