Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Have you ever imagined    1.    (live) in 2116, 100 years from now? A recent study describes robots, underwater cities and holidays in space. City planners and experts on space and architecture were asked    2.   (give) their ideas on life in 2116. According to them, the way people live, work and play will be totally different  3.   how we do these things today. They also said that 25 years ago, people couldn’t imagine how the Internet 4.   the smart phones would change our lives. But today, both have changed the way we communicate, learn and do daily things, and the changes in the next century will probably be even   5.  (great).

Those   6.  (question) in the research said that people may not go to offices in the future but will work at home instead. People will have advanced 3D printers that will let    7. download a design for furniture or a food recipe and then “print” the sofa, table or pizza at home.   8.  will also be less need for visits to the doctor. People will have a home health capsule that will “diagnose” what the problem is and provide    9.  (treat). They will also be going into space for holidays, and    10. (hopeful), to get resources that have been used up on the earth.

Answer

1. living

2.to give

3.from

4.and

5.greater

6.questioned

7.them

8.There

9.treatment

10.hopefully

【解析】

试题分析：你能想象100年后，生活在2116年是什么样子吗？

1.living 固定搭配：imagine doing sth.想象做某事，故填living。

2.to give 固定结构：ask sb. to do sth.请求某人做某事，故填to give。

3.from 固定词组：be different from—与---不同，故填from。

4.and 句意：电脑和手机。此处表示并列，故填and。

5.greater 根据前面的even可知此处用形容词的比较级，故填greater。

6.questioned 句意：在研究中被询问的那些人。此处是过去分词作后置定语，故填questioned。

7.them People是集体名词，用them代替，故填them。

8.There 此处是there be句型，故填There。注意大写开头。

9.treatment 句意：提供治疗。用名词作宾语。故填treatment。

10.副词修饰整个句子，故填hopefully。

【知识拓展】

1.动词或动词词组后面用动名词作宾语

enjoy；finish；avoid；be fond of ；give up ；look forward to； get down to； devote---to---； be used to (习惯) ；spend---(in) doing sth.； object to 。

2.mean doing意味着做某事， mean to do打算做某事； regret doing后悔曾经做过某事，regret to do遗憾地去做某事； try doing 尝试做某事，try to do努力去做某事； forget doing 忘记曾做过某事，forget to do 忘记要去做某事；remember doing记得曾经做过某事， remember to do记得要去做某事。

【知识归纳】

下面的词或词组可以放在比较级前面修饰比较级加强语气：much/even/a lot/a little/any/still/far/slightly/a great deal.比如 I felt much happier.我感觉幸福多了.

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