Question

Life in the future(将来) is different from now. There are not any paper money in the future. People use their credit cards when they go shopping. There are not so many shopping malls. At weekends, people needn’t go out. They usually do some shopping at home on the Internet.

Children don’t get up early to go to school. They have lessons at home on the Internet, too. Teachers teach their students and give them homework on the Internet. Children give the homework to their teachers on the Internet, too.

People don’t need to do much work. There are more robots(机器人). Robots do hard work for people. Parents don’t cook or wash clothes. A cooking robot cooks breakfast. In fact, robots do all the housework for us.

There are more holidays. Parents spend much time with their children. They spend a lot of time travelling around the world.

I think life in the future is very interesting. Do you think so?

1.What is the Chinese for the underlined phrase “credit cards”?

A. 身份证 B. 户口本 C. 信用卡 D. 优惠卡

2.Teachers teach their students     in the future.

A. in the classroom   B. over the radio

C. on TV              D. on the Internet

3.In the future, robots are helpful and they can     .

A. eat dinner             B. cook meals for us

C. talk with our friends  D. watch films

4.Which is the best title(标题) for the passage?

A. Shopping online       B. Studying at home

C. Robots in the future  D. Life in the future

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了未来的生活，人们可以用机器人来帮助我们做家务，老师也可以在网上上课，当然人们购物可以用信用卡，人们认为未来的生活是有趣的。

1.C词义猜测题。根据when they go shopping 可知这是指的信用卡，故选C。

2.D细节理解题。根据Teachers teach their students and give them homework on the Internet. 老师教他们的学生可以在网上上课，故选D。

3.B细节理解题。根据A cooking robot cooks breakfast.机器人可以为人们做饭，故选B。

4.D标题归纳题。根据Life in the future(将来) is different from now.及短文的内容可知指的是未来的生活，故选D。

考点：科普类短文阅读。