What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope for about the future? Scientists think that life will probably be very different in 2050.
First of all, it seems that people won’t use TV channel(频道) by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly(直接地) to the television.
Water will become a very serious problem. We’ll need much more water, but there won’t be enough. Some scientists think that water would be the cause of war(战争).
Cars will run on new clean energy and they will go very fast. And there won’t be any accidents with the help of computer. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the world in two hours.
Robots will works in the factories instead of people. Many factories have already used robots. Big companies prefer robots---they do not ask for money, and they work for 24 hours a day---
In a word, by 2050, our life will change a lot and our future will be quite different from now.
1.Maybe people won’t use any more by 2050.
A. computers B. TV channels C. robots D. space planes
2.Scientists think will take people around the world in .
A. two seconds B. two days C. two years D. two hours
3.Scientists think that would be cause of war.
A. water B. cars C. robots D. TV channels
4. Will work in big companies and won’t ask for money.
A. Workers B. Cars C. Robots D. People
5.According to the passage, our life in the future will be .
A. good B. better
C. the same D. quite different from now
Mr. Smith is telling two funny stories of his police work.
Story A
I remember catching a “thief” in a clothes shop once. It was strange. The man was hiding a yellow sweater inside his coat. I thought he had stolen it, so I caught him. We found later that his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday, but he hated it. He just wanted to return it to the shop for money, but he didn’t want his wife to see him! We soon let him go.
Story B
Another day, a man called Bob went into a bank on Sixth Street. He
wrote on the back of an envelope(信封), “Give me the money! Or I’ll kill you.” And gave it to the bank clerk. She gave him $100,000 and the man ran away. Then we received a phone call from the bank clerk. She told us to go to the man’s house in Candy Town and get him. We caught him as soon as he got out of the elevator（电梯）. He couldn’t believe that we found him so quickly. We told him that the front of the envelope he used had his name and address on it!
1.What does Mr. Smith do?
A. A bank clerk. B. A policeman. C. A thief. D. A teacher.
2.Mr. Smith caught the man in the clothes shop ___________.
A. by exchange B. by chance C. by accident D. by mistake
3.Why did the man return the sweater to the shop?
A. Because he didn’t want his wife to see it.
B. Because he liked money more than the sweater.
C. Because he hated it.
D. Because he liked money best.
4.Bob was caught so quickly because ___________.
A. his address was found on the envelope he used
B. he received a phone call from the bank clerk
C. the police waited for him outside the elevator
D. Bob was cleverer than the police
5.What do you think of Bob?
A. He is brave. B. He is careful. C. He is careless. D. He is smart.
A king was old , so he thought it was time to choose a new king. He told all the young people in the country, “I’ll give each of you a seed(种子). Plant it and bring it back one year later. Show me the plant that you bring, and I’ll choose a new king from you.”
A boy named Peter got a seed, too. He planted it carefully. But the seed doesn’t grow at all. A year later, Peter had to take his empty box to the palace. Others all brought beautiful plants there and Peter felt sad.
The king reached the palace and look around. When he found there was nothing in Peter’s box, the king smiled and said to the others, “One year ago, I gave everyone a seed which couldn’t grow. But all of you, except Peter have brought me plants and flowers. Peter was the only one with the honesty(诚实) and courage to bring such a box. So he will be the new king!”
1.It was time to choose a new king, because .
A. the king was young B. the king was old
C. the king wasn’t clever D. the king was the cleverest．
2.The king would choose a new king from .
A. all the old people in the country B. all the people in the country
C. all the young people in the country D. all the young men in the country
3.Others except Peter all brought to the palace.
A. beautiful plants B. empty boxes
C. seeds D. beautiful flowers
4.When he found there was nothing in Peter’s box, the king was .
A. sad B. surprised C. crying D. happy
5.From the passage, we know would be the new king.
A. a young girl named Peter B. a young woman named peter
C. a boy named peter D. a girl named Peter
In America, the school day usually starts at 9 am and finishes at about 4 pm. The school subjects are different from ours. In China, we always have Chinese, math, English, PE and so on. But in America, students have more lessons. Their school life isn’t just about study. They have more things to do than the Chinese students do. There are many clubs in American schools, too. If the students are interested in sports, they can join different sports clubs. American students also have art clubs, language clubs and some other clubs. From 2:30 pm to 4 pm, they do different things in different clubs.
Maybe you think English is very popular in the world, so American students don’t need to learn any other language. But that’s not true. American children from the age of seven have to learn a foreign language. For example, they learn France or Chinese.
1.The school subjects in America are ours in China.
A. the same as B. easy for C. important to D. different from
2.If the students are interested in sports, they can join .
A. different sports clubs B. art clubs
C. language clubs D. English clubs
3.In America, students have lessons than those in China.
A. more B. less C. fewer D. most
4.Children in America from the age of have to learn a foreign language
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8
5.Do American students need to learn any other language?
A. Yes, they do． B. No, they don’t．
C. Yes, they don’t． D. No, they do．
“Ring---ring--- ” the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to_______the call. It was his aunt. “Sam, _______ are you still at home” She asked surprisingly(惊讶地).
Sam looked at the clock. It was already 7:30 am.
“Oh, my goodness! There’s an important _______ today.” Sam shouted out.
He hurried to wash his face and get dressed. When he was going to leave his house, he remembered that he had not put away his books. He ran to the _________ and put them into the bag.
He then went to the bus stop as _______as he could. When he got into the classroom, his classmates were busy ___________ . “Why are you so late?” asked the teacher.
“I’m sorry, sir,” Sam answered, afraid of looking up . “It was my clock. It _______ to wake me up this morning and----”
“Don’t say anything about it,” his teacher _______ him. “Don’t try to come late next time!”
Sam said yes and walked to his _______ quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not think in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, “What a ________ day it has been for me.”
1.A. give B. put C. answer D. call
2.A. why B. how C. when D. where
3.A. party B. concert C. meeting D. exam
4.A. classroom B. desk C. bus D. car
5.A. carefully B. early C. fast D. slowly
6.A. to write B. writing C. writes D. wrote
7.A. failed B. pointed C. happened D. succeeded
8.A. helped B. followed C. started D. stopped
9.A. table B. seat C. teacher D. room
10.A. bad B. happy C. usual D. good
Sometimes, travel is not as beautiful as people planned. My friend Michelle and_______had an unhappy journey in Italy. We took an all night train to a town near Venice. We shared a car (车厢) with an Italian family –a _______girl and her parents. The girl had a bad cough. She coughed and cried all the way. We arrived at our hotel early the next morning and took a rest. When it was time to leave for Venice, Michelle said that she didn’t feel well and she couldn’t go,_________ I had to go by myself. I walked around Venice and visited some attractions, and then I was tired. When I decided to go back to the hotel, I ________I couldn’t find my way out of the city. It started getting dark. What should I do? At last, I had to call Michelle to come and help me go back to our hotel. ________bad journey!
1.A. my B. me C. I D. mine
2.A. five-years-old B. five years old C. five year old D. five-year-old
3.A. so B. if C. because D. though
4.A. said B. found C. thought D. guessed
5.A. What an B. How C. What D. What a
