Question

阅读短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Life will be     because many changes will take place in 30 years, but what will the changes be?

   The population is growing fast. There will be     people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be      smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. Computer science will be one of the most important    in school. People will work fewer hours than they are doing now, so they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and    . Many more people will go to other countries     holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for     new towns and houses. Then there will be less     for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it every day; they will eat more vegetables and fruit instead. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will     by robots. Because of this, many people will not have    to do. This will be a problem.

1.A. same                   B. difference        C. different                  D. difficulty

2.A. little and little  B. less and less       C. many and many            D. more and more

3.A. much         B. many                         C. more                             D. most

4.A. subject                  B. subjects                      C. way                               D. games

5.A. easily         B. more easily                   C. easy                              D. easier

6.A. for             B. with                          C. at                                D. in

7.A. build                    B. building                      C. to build                 D. builds

8.A. rooms                  B. room                        C. spaces                            D. sea

9.A. done                   B. do               C. be done                          D. did

10.A. many work      B. enough works      C. much works                       D. enough work

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文中作者主要给我们描述了将来22世纪人们的生活，学习和工作的情况。

1.考查语境理解及词义辨析。Same相同的；difference名词，不同；different不同的；difficulty 名词，困难。联系下文because many changes will take place in 30 years 描述，可知此处指的是，生活将会变得不同。故选C。

2.考查语境理解及短语。little and little无此说法；less and less越来越少；many and many无此说法；more and more越来越。联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是，世界上的人口会越来越多。故选D。

3.考查语境理解及much许多，大量，修饰不可数名词；many许多，大量，修饰可数名词复数。结合语境可知本句指的是，电脑将会变得小得多和有用的多。结合语境可知本句中much用作副词来修饰比较级，其它选项无此用法，故选A。

4.考查语境理解及名词。Subject科目；subjects科目；way道路，方法；games节目，比赛。结合语境可知此处指的是，电脑将会成为学校中最重要的科目之一。结合语境可知此处指的是多个科目，故选B。

5.考查语境理解及词义辨析。Easily副词，容易地；more easily更容易地；easy容易的；easier更容易的。结合语境可知此处指的是，旅行将会变得更便宜更轻松。结合语境可知此处是形容词作表语，故选D。

6.考查语境理解及介词。For为了，对于；with带有，伴随；at在时间，空间的一点；in在里面。结合语境可知本句指的是，越来越多的人将会去国外度假。本句中介词表示动作的目的，故选A。

7.考查语境理解及非谓语动词。本句中for是介词，后面接名词或者动名词作宾语，故选B，建筑。

8.考查语境理解及名词。Rooms房间；room空间；spaces太空；sea大海；结合语境可知此处指的是，牛羊生存的空间会更少。本句中room表示抽象含义，不可数，故用原形，选B。

9.考查语境理解及动词。结合语境可知本句指的是，危险的工作将会由机器人来做。本句主语是动作的对象，故用被动语态，选C。

10.考查语境理解及形容词。Many许多的；enough足够的；much许多，大量。结合语境可知此处指的是，人们将会没有足够的工作来做。Work本句中表示抽象含义，不可数，故用原形，选D。

考点：考查社会历史类短文。