Question

Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 21th century，because many changes will take place in the new century. But what will the changes be?

The population(人口) is   1  fast．There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live   2  than before．  3  will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every home．And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at   4 ．

People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21th century，and they will have more free time for sports，  5  TV and traveling．Traveling will be more  6  . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays．

More land will be used for building new towns and houses．Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so    7   will be more expensive．Maybe no one will eat it every day，  8 they eat more vegetables and fruit．Maybe people will be healthier．

Work in the future will be    9 ，too．Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人)．  10  of this，many people will not have enough work to do．This will be a problem．

1.	A．making B．growing C．running D．doing

2.	A．1onger B．shorter C．faster D．taller

3.	A．Trains B．Cars C．Computers D．Houses

4.	A．factory B．hospital C．farm D．school

5.	A．watching B．seeing C．1ooking D．buying

6.	A．interesting B．convenient(方便) C．expensive D．difficult

7.	A．fruit B．milk C．meat D．bread

8.	A．instead B．sometimes C．still D．however

9.	A．dangerous B．difficult C．heavy D．different

10.	A．One B．Some C．Because D．All

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.根据第二段第一行后半句的意思可知，到22世纪世界上将会有越来越多的人，所以说22世纪人口是快速的增长，故本文的第一个填的是增长的单词growing，故本题选B。

2.随着科技的发展和生活水平的提高，人们将活得比以前的寿命更长，故本文的第二个空填更长的单词longer，故本题选A。

3.第二段第二行的意思为电脑会变得更小，更有用，故本文的第三个空填电脑的单词computers，故本文的第三个空选C。

4.本文第二段最后一句的含义应该是电脑在学校也会成为一门重要的学科，故本文的第四个空填学校的单词school，故本文的第四个空选D。

5.表示看电视同时用单词watch，故本文第五个空选A。

6.随着科技的发展，交通会更加方便和便捷，故本句的含义是旅行将更方便，故本文的第六个空填方便的单词convenient，故本文的第六个空选B。

7.本文的第四段有一句there will be less room for cows and sheep，so    7   will be more expensive．意思为许多陆地被建造城镇，养奶牛和绵羊的空间会更少，这样导致的结果是肉的价格会更高，故本题的空格处填肉的单词meat，故本题的空格处选C。

8.本文第四段的第二行有一句Maybe no one will eat it every day，   8  they eat more vegetables and fruit．意思为或许将不能每一天吃到肉，取而代之的是蔬菜和水果。Instead表示代替的意思，故本题的空格处选A。

9.本文最后一段的意思为未来危险的工作会让机器人去做，所以未来的工作与现在也将与众不同，故本题的空格处填不同的单词different，故本题的空格处选D。

【答案10】本文的最后一句话表示的意思为由于危险的事让机器人去做，很多人将失去工作，这也将成为一个问题，表示原因用because，故本题的空格处选C。

考点：本文是一篇介绍22世纪未来生活的说明文。