What will the future be like? What do you think of it? Here are some answers from some students.
Roy Burns: I think life in the future will be better.Most people in the world will use “green cars” by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old.As for space travel, I would say, we will travel to Mars(火星) and some other stars in about fifty years.
Helen Lester: If we don’t take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with too much pollution.There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people.
Kitty Smith: I agree with Helen Lester.Things will be worse.The weather in the future will be much hotter.Human beings will have to look for another planet to live on.
1.What are the students doing?
A．They are talking about space travel.
B．They are predicting the future.
C．They are talking about pollution..
D．They are predicting the weather in the future.
2.How many things does Roy Burns predict?
A．Two B．Three C．Five D．Six
3. What does Helen Lester think life will be like in the future?
A．People will live much longer.
B．People will have to live on the moon.
C．Everybody will drive a green car.
D．There will be more buildings and fewer trees.
4.What does the underlined word “planet” mean in Chinese?
A．太空站 B．宇宙 C．星球 D．南极
5. Why does Kitty Smith think human beings will have to live on another planet?
A．The earth will be too crowded for human beings to live on.
B．There will be too much pollution everywhere.
C．There will be too many people.
D．The earth will be too hot to live on.
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UFO Reports |
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Date |
Time |
Places |
Description(描述) |
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January 14,2007 |
00:24 |
Leeds |
There were two bright lights (发光体).They were round and orange in color. |
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February 4,2007 |
20:00 |
Bridlington North Bay |
A group of lights in the sky were moving to the west.They seemed to move slowly. |
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February 15,2007 |
01:00 |
Selby |
A white light was moving slowly in the direction(方向) of Hull.It looked like it was floating(漂浮). |
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February 23,2007 |
19:45 |
Eastleigh |
The light was bright green in color, and it looked like a rocket.It was high in the sky and was traveling fast. |
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December 24,2007 |
21:20 |
Whitstable |
There were three bright, orange lights in the sky, and then a fourth orange light came out and followed the other three. |
1. Someone saw a group of lights in the sky moving to the west at ____.
A．12:24 am on January 14
B．1:00 am on February 15
C．8:00 pm on February 4
D．9:20 pm on December 24
2.There were more reports about UFOs in _____ than in other months.
A．January B．February
C．December D．January and December
3. What happened on February 23?
A．Three bright lights were seen in the sky.
B．The person saw something that looked like a rocket.
C．Something strange happened in Selby.
D．A white light was moving slowly.
4.Where would you probably read the reports?
A．On the radio.
B．On a TV show.
C．On the Internet.
D．In a clothes store.
5.We can learn from the passage that UFOs ________.
A．all have the same shape
B．always have the same color
C．all have the same speed(速度)
D．usually have bright lights
补全对话
A: You should go to an English corner.
B: What can I talk about?
C: You should learn English well.
D: What’s the problem?
E: You should speak first.
F: What can I do for you?
G: You should go out more.
B=Bill F=Bill’s friend
F: What’s wrong? Bill? You are not looking happy.
B: I’m not.I feel a little worried about my English.
F: 1.
B: I’m not getting along well with it.
F: Why not?
B: Well.I seldom(很少) have chances (机会) to meet English people.
F: 2.
B: Where should I go?
F: 3.
B: But … it seems English people never speak to me.
F: Ah! 4.
B: 5.
F: The weather! English people are always interested in the weather.
Many people think that we will do more work if we spend more time.So students have to spend the whole day doing their schoolwork except during the 61 .We can often see that students are busy with their schoolwork 62 at school and at home.
Students today usually have many 63 .They love music and sports.They like 64 TV.A two-day weekend can get them away from too much schoolwork, and they can have a 65 time.But because of too much schoolwork, they have no time to enjoy 66 .Students really don’t like their weekend homework, so they usually don’t like doing their weekend homework 67 Sunday night.And because there is not 68 time for so much work, students usually finish it in a hurry.The poor weekend homework often makes teachers 69 .Too much schoolwork also 70 students lose interest in learning.
A horse runs faster after a rest.We should give students less homework and more free time.
1. A．parties B．meals C．films D．classes
2. A．all B．either C．neither D．both
3. A．sports B．interests C．exercises D．problems
4. A．watching B．watches C．watch D．to watching
5. A．bad B．good C．glad D．sad
6. A．ours B．your C．theirs D．themselves
7. A．on B．after C．until D．when
8. A．enough B．good C．weak D．necessary
9. A．happy B．pleased C．angry D．angrily
10. A．does B．makes C．takes D．leaves
Robots seem very new to most people. But they have a __51__ history. A Greek scientist made the first robot. You may 52 robots in some movies. The robots in the movies are usually stronger, faster and __53__ than people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They can do lots of dangerous, difficult or__54__ jobs. Some people can’t look __55_ themselves and robots can help them. For example, some people can’t see, and they use a guide dog to help themselves move. But now scientists are__56__ a robot to help them.
Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot 57 meals from the kitchen to the sick people’s rooms. It never loses (迷失)its __58__ because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system(系统).__59__ the future, robots will even work in space. But robots will 60 take the place of(代替)people but only work for people. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.
1. A．unpleasant B．long C．strange D．interesting
2. A．look B．look at C．see D．know
3. A．clever B．cleverer C．cleverest D．the cleverest
4. A．interesting B．interested C．boring D．bored
5. A．about B．at C．for D．after
6. A．taking B．using C．making D．predicting
7. A．flies B．cooks C．makes D．takes
8. A．way B．road C．street D．meal
9. A．For B．Of C．With D．In
10. A．ever B．never C．still D．yet
--- Can you tell us ________?
--- Of course, but they’re coming over to visit me in a few months.
A．why did you come to China
B．who are your best friends
C．if you miss your parents
D．where you give the concert
