Question

Life in the 21st century will be different from that in the 20th century, because  many changes     in the new century,     what will the changes be?

First, the population(人口) is growing very fast. There    more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before.

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

Second, people will work         hours than they did in the 20th century, and they’ll have more free time for sports,     TV and traveling. Traveling will be even cheaper and easier. And more people will go to other countries for holidays.

Third, there will be changes in our food, too. People will use more land     new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, instead, they will eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be         .

Last, work in the future will be     , too. Robots will do the dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people won’t have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1.A.take place B. take the place  C. will happen  D. took place

2.A.but    B. and    C. so   D. or

3.A.will be B. will have   C. are   D. have

4.A.very   B. quite    C. much   D. too

5.A.at most B. at least    C. more than  D. less than

6.A.few   B. little       C. less   D. fewer

7.A.watch   B. watching   C. see   D. seeing

8.A.build   B. builds    C. to build     D. for build

9.A.unhealthy  B. health     C. healthiest  D. healthier

10.A.dangerous  B. difficult   C. different  D. the same

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了将来人们的生活会有什么变化，从人口增长，人们的工作时间，人们的饮食方面和工作方面做了介绍。

1.】考查动词及语境。句意：因为许多变动将会在新的世纪发生。根据句意应该用一般将来时，故选C。

2.】考查连词及语境。句意：但是变化将会是什么呢？前后句是转折的关系，根据句意，故选B。

3.】考查动词及语境。句意：这将会有更多的人们；此题考查there be句型的将来时，根据句意，故选A 。

4.】考查副词及语境。句意：计算机将更小、更有用；此题考查修饰形容词比较级的副词，因为只有much可以修饰比较级，故选C。

5.】考查副词及语境。句意: 并且至少一家将有一台电脑，.A.at most最多；B. at least至少；C. more than多于；D. less than少于；此题考查副词，根据句意，故选B。

6.】考查副词及语境。句意：人们工作的时间将会比二十一世纪更少，此题考查比较级，hours是名词复数，故用few修饰，故选D。

7.

8.】考查动词及语境。句意：更多的土地将被用于建筑成新的城镇和房屋。此题考查use sth to do sth用……来做……，故选C。

9.】 考查形容词比较级词及语境。句意：他们吃更多的蔬菜和水果，可能他们就会更加健康一些；前后联系，统一用比较级，故选D。

10. difficult 困难的；C. different不同的；D. the same相同的；根据句意，只能是不同的，故选C。

考点：考查社会现象类短文。