Question

Life in the 2100s will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place. What will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer than people do now.

Computers 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 in schools then.

People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much easier and cheaper. More people will go to other countries on holiday.

There will be changes in our food, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day. Instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.

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

1.There will be        in the future.

A.  small population     B.few changes

C.  more people          D. few vegetables

2.In the future the computer will be          .

A. much bigger and few people will use it

B. much smaller and more useful

C. smaller and not many people will use it

D. bigger and a lot of people will use it

3.In the future more people          .

A.will go to other countries for holidays

B. will study at school

C. will go to work earlier

D.will work for many hours

4.People will prefer       to      in the future.

A. fruit and vegetables; meat

B.meat; fruit and vegetables

C. fruit and meat; vegetables

D.meat and vegetables; fruit

5.The robots will      in the future.

A. do the dangerous work

B.do all the work

C. do only housework

D.do the easy work for people

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要讲述了二十二世纪的生活和今天的生活会大有不同。首先是人口增长越来越快。人的寿命比现在长。电脑也会变得越来越小。人们工作的时间将会比现在更短。旅行将会变得越来越容易，越来越便宜。饮食也会有所改变。更多的土地用来为人民建造新的城镇和房子。牛羊的生存空间则会减少，所以肉会变得非常昂贵。人们将会吃越来越多的水果和蔬菜。也许人们会越来越健康。将来的工作也会大有不同。危险和辛苦的工作会有机器人来操作。为此，许多人可能会失业。这将成为一个问题。

1.二段“The population is growing fast. There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer than people do now.”的描述可知，将来人口将会越来越多。故选C。

2.短文第三段“Computers will be much smaller and more useful,”的描述可知，将来电脑也会变得越来越小，越来越有用。故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第四段“More people will go to other countries on holiday.”的描述可知，将来更多的人会到其他国家去度假。故选A。

4.五段“Maybe no one will eat meat every day. Instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables.”的描述可知，人们将会吃越来越多的水果和蔬菜，而不是吃肉。故选A。

5.六段“Dangerous and hard work canl be done by robots,”的描述可知，机器人将会从事危险困难的工作。故选A。

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。