It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror.
“Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics(智能电子元件) are re-arranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger.
With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle-aged! As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that.” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space —and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots(防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the strawberries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.
It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office, Autopilot,” you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.
1.What changes the color of your shirt?
A. The mirror. B. The medicine. C. The counter. D. The shirt itself.
2.How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?
A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl. B. By checking the nutrition details of the food.
C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen. D. By listening to the doctor’s advice.
3.The strawberries the children eat serve as _______.
A. vaccines B. lunch C. breakfast D. nutrition
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.Who is the speaker?
A. Jenny. B. Ellen. C. Maria.
2.When is the rain expected to stop?
A. On Tuesday afternoon. B. On Sunday afternoon. C. On Thursday night.
3.What was today’s temperature?
A. Around 45 degrees. B. Around 50 degrees. C. In the low 70s.
4.What time of year is it?
A. Spring. B. Fall. C. Summer.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Where was probably the man when he lost Milo?
A. In a park. B. In a car. C. In a café.
2.What does Milo look like?
A. He has short hair. B. He’s about 14 pounds. C. He’s black with white spots.
3.Where does the woman tell the man to look first?
A. Farther out. B. To the right. C. To the left.
4.What do the speakers decide to do in the end?
A. Drive around to look for Milo. B. Call the police for help. C. Run for a couple of blocks.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What day is it today?
A. Monday. B. Tuesday. C. Sunday.
2.What is the woman planning to do tomorrow?
A. Attend a meeting. B. See her dentist. C. Join the book club.
3.How many kinds of membership cards are mentioned by the man?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What does the woman probably do for a living?
A. She works in a shoe store. B. She runs a clothing shop. C. She owns a restaurant.
2.What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Talk to his father for him. B. Lend him some money. C. Buy him some new T-shirts.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What does the man offer to do for the woman?
A. Stay home with her. B. Make her some food. C. Drive her to a friend’s house.
2.How did the woman probably get sick?
A. From her colleague. B. From the man. C. From John.
