Question

Life in the twenty-first century（世纪） will be very different from life today.　Between then and now many changes（变化） will take place　,but what will the changes be?

　　The population（污染） is growing fast.　There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.

　　Computers will be much smaller and more useful,　and there will be at least one in every home.　And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.

　　People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports,　watching TV and travelling.　Travelling will be much easier and cheaper.　And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

　　There will be changes in our food,　too.　Maybe no one will eat meat every day,　instead they eat more fruit and vegetables.　Maybe people will be healthier.

　　Work in the future will be different,　too　Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots（机器人）.　Because of this,　 people will not have enough work to do.　This will be a problem.

1.There will be _________ in the future.

A .Small population  　B. Few changes

C .More people　     D. Few people

2.In the future the computer will be _________.

A. Much bigger and few people will use it

B. Much smaller and more useful

C .Smaller and not many people will use it

D. Bigger and a lot of people will use it

3.In the future more people _________.

A. Will go to other countries for holidays    B. Will study at school

C. Will go earlier                     D. Will work for many hours

4.People will prefer _________ to _________ in the future.

A. Fruit and vegetables; meat      B .Meat; fruit and vegetables

C .Fruit and meat; vegetables      D. Meat and vegetables; fruit

5.The robots will _________ in the future.

A .Do the dangerous work    B. Do all the work

C. Do only housework       D. Do the easy work for people

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：在第二十一世纪的生活将是非常不同于今天的生活。人口快速增长。计算机将更小、更有用科。人们工作的时间将会更少，他们会有更多的空闲时间做运动，看电视和旅游。我们的食物也会有变化。在今后的工作将是不同的，太危险和艰苦的工作都是由机器人来完成。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段开头The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world可知选 C。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段首句Computers will be much smaller and more useful,可知选B。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段末And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

可知选A。

4.细节理解题。根据第五段第二句Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead they eat more fruit and vegetables.可知选A。

5.细节理解题。根据最后一段第二句Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots 可知选A。

考点：科普环保类阅读。