Question

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Life in the future will be different from life today. Many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. There will be more 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 room. 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 travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat meat as much as people do today. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a big problem.

1. In the future there will be __________ .

A. much more fruit           B. more people

C. less vegetables          D. less people

2.  Every family will have at least a __________ in the future.

A. robot             B. cow

C. TV set            D. computer

3.  In the future people don’t have to __________.

A. work long hours          B. work fast

C. walk on foot             D. eat meat

4. People may not eat __________ as much as they do today.

A. fruit              B. fish

C. meat               D. rice

5. One big problem in the future is that __________.

A. many people don’t have to work

B. many people will not be able to find work

C. people have to work fast

D. all the work will be done by robots

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：未来的生活会发生许多变化。人口迅增长。在世界上会有很多人，其中大部分会活得比现在人们更长，电脑将更小，更实用，而且在每一个房间至少有一个。人们会减少工作时间，他们将有更多的时间做运动，看电视和旅游。旅行会更便宜和更容易。他们会吃更多的水果和蔬菜。也许人们会更健康。今后的工作会有所不同。机器人会做危险和艰苦的工作。正因为如此，许多人将没有足够的工作要做。

1.细节理解题。根据文中语句“The population (人口) is growing fast. There will be many people in the world”理解可知。将来的社会将有更多的人口，故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据文中语句“Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least (至少) one in every room.”理解可知。将来每个家庭至少要有一台电脑，故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据文中语句“People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel.”理解可知。人们的工作时间将会缩短，故选A。

4.细节理解题。根据文中语句“Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables.”理解可知。或许人们将来不会天天都吃肉，故选C。

5.细节理解题。根据文中语句“Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.”理解可知。很多人没有工作可做，故选B

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。