Question

Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 20th century, because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be?

The population is       fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live     than before.      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     .

People will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they will have more free time for sports,      TV and traveling. Traveling will be     . 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     will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day,     , they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be      , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人). Because of this, many people will not have enough        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. 1ess interesting  B. much easier     C. more expensive              D. more 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. job          B. work           C. homework         D. exercise

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要设想了22世纪人们生活的各个方面，分别从人口、生命长度、教育、工作、旅行、土地使用、饮食方面阐述了与20世纪的不同。

1.考查动词形式及语境的理解。结合后面There will be more and more people in the world，可知人口正快速增长，故选B.growing,增长。

2.考查动词搭配及语境的理解。22世纪人们的生命应该是活得更长，故选A.longer，更长的。

3.考查名词及语境的理解。由下文电脑学习将会是学校主要科目之一，可知此处谈到的是电脑，故选C,电脑。

4.考查固定短语及语境的理解。A.工厂 B.医院 C.农场 D.学校 根据文意可知，电脑竟成为学校重要科目之一，故选D，学校。

5.考查固定短语及语境的理解。原句表达的是22世纪的人们将有更多的时间看电视和旅游，watch Tv为固定搭配，故选A，看，观赏。

6.考查词组辨析及语境的理解。A. less interesting,更加无趣 B. more easier更加便捷    C. more expensive更加昂贵D. more difficult更加困难，结合下文And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.可知旅行将会更加便捷，故选B.

7.考查名词及语境的理解。结合上文Then there will be less room for cows and sheep及下文they eat more vegetables and fruit.可知因为牛羊越来越少，肉类食品就会越来越贵，故选C,meat，肉。

8.考查副词及语境的理解。A.instead 作为替代 B. sometimes 有时候 C. still 仍旧 D. however然而，上文提到肉类越来越贵，作为替代，人们更多的选择吃蔬菜和水果，故选A.

9.考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。A. dangerous 危险的 B. difficult 困难的 C. heavy 沉重的D. different不同的，结合下文Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人)，可知危险、沉重、困难等工作都有机器人来做，排除法，故选D,不同的。

10.考查名词及语境的理解A. job 职业B. work 工作C. homework家庭作业 D. exercise训练，练习，通过上文可知，机器人承担了大部分的工作，所以人们没有多少事情可做，故选B，工作。

考点：科普环保类短文。