Question

完成表格:阅读下面短文,根据其内容,完成表格中所缺的信息。

What will life be like in 50 years? A group of experts from the UK have painted us a picture-a report on life in the future. By 2069, according to the report, the digital revolution(电子革命) will have greatly changed the world. It will be like what the Industrial Revolution did 250 years ago. What impossible things will become possible? Let's take a look.

Underwater highways

They will be built under the sea. People will travel in pods(吊舱) through underwater tubes (管道). It will take less than an hour to travel between the UK and mainland Europe.

Flying taxis and buses

To stop traffic jams, people might take flying taxis and buses .For long-distance travel, they might take super-fast rockets.Travel time between London and New York could be just 30 minutes.

Space hotels

Don't know where to go during the holiday? Outer space might be a good place. People will have fun in space hotels. These hotels will be built near the moon or the planets of our solar system.

Self-cleaning homes

Future homes might clean themselves while you're at school or work, or while you sleep. It could be as easy as pressing a button.

Insect-burgers昆虫汉堡

Insects will become our main food: They are rich in protein(蛋白质) . People can make them into burgers and biscuits. People can breed more insects in their kitchens.

Underground skyscrapers

You could call them“earth-scrapers”. They are underground buildings . During an earthquake, these buildings would not fall over like normal skyscrapers.

Topic: 1.50 years from now
Underwater highways	●A way for people to travel underwater through tubes. ●It will take less than an hour to travel between the UK and mainland Europe
Flying taxis and buses	●They can get rid of 2. ●People can use super-fast rockets if they need to travel a long way.
Space hotels	●People may go to outer space to stay in space hotels. ●These hotels will be built near the moon or the planets in our solar system.
Self-cleaning homes	●You only need to press a button to tell your home to 3.
Insect-burgers	●Insects are rich in protein. ●We can male insects into foods4.burgers and biscuits. ●In our kitchens, we can breed more insects.
Underground skyscrapers	●These buildings are deep 5. ●Earthquakes will not destroy them.

Answer

1.life

2.traffic jams

3.clean itself

4.like

5.in the earth

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要叙述了未来50年后人们生活的改变。

1.细节理解题。根据文中What will life be like in 50 years? 50年后生活将是什么样可知，本文的话题为“从现在开始50年后的生活”，故答案为life。

2.细节理解题。根据文中To stop traffic jams, people might take flying taxis and buses .为了阻止交通拥挤，人们可能乘坐能飞的出租车和公共汽车可知，乘坐能飞的出租车和公共汽车是为了摆脱交通拥挤，故答案为traffic jams。

3.细节理解题。根据文中Future homes might clean themselves while you're at school or work, or while you sleep. It could be as easy as pressing a button.当你去上学或工作，或睡觉时，未来的家可以自我清理，就像按下按钮一样简单可知，你仅仅需要按下按钮来告诉你的房子清理它自己，故答案为clean itself。

4.细节理解题。根据文中People can make them into burgers and biscuits.人们可以将它们制成汉堡和饼干可知，我们可以把雄性昆虫制成像汉堡和饼干之类的食物，故答案为like。

5.细节理解题。根据文中They are underground buildings .它们是地下建筑可知，这些建筑物在地下深处，故答案为in the earth。