Question

　  Tom and Fred were talking about the year 2050.

　　“What will   1  be like in the year 2050?” asked Tom.

　　“I don’t know,” said Fred. “What do you think?”

　　“Well, no one knows. But it is __2__ to guess,” said Tom. “In the year 2050 everybody will carry a pocket (袖珍) __3___. The computer will give people the __4__ to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets,__5___ . And we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps(也许) we’ll be able to ___6__ them at the same time. Machines will do ___7___of the work, and people will have more__8__. Perhaps they will work only two or three days a week. They will be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.”

　　“I’m very _9__to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I hope I’ll be able to live _10___,” said Fred. “Won’t that be interesting? Just like a fish.”

1.	A．our home B．the traffic C．a factory D．the world

2.	A．pleased B．no use C．interesting D．unusual

3.	A．computer B．radio C．camera D．phone

4.	A．news B．ways C．things D．answers

5.	A．either B．again C．too D．also

6.	A．call B．see C．look D．listen

7.	A．most B．many C．lot D．every

8.	A．work B．duty C．holidays D．times

9.	A．sorry B．glad C．sure D．afraid

10.	A．in the sea B．on land C．on the mountain D．under the ground

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.A

【解析】

1.此题考查名词，根据语境可知选择D.

2.此题考查形容词，it’s+adj to do sth. 根据语境可知选择C.

3.此题考查名词，根据下文The computer will give people the…可知选A.

4.此题考查名词，固定短语the answer to the question问题的答案。

5.此题考查副词，因在句末故用too。

6.此题考查动词，根据句意可知选择see。（可视电话）

7.此题考查代词，根据语境可知机器会做大量的工作，而不是全部工作。

8.此题考查名词，根据上文可知，机器代替人做了大量工作，人们会有很多空闲时间，故选C，假期。

9.此题考查形容词，根据语境可知飞往月球是件令人高兴的事。

10.此题考查介词短语，根据下文提示Just like a fish.可知选择A.在海洋。