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【题目】A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years from now. It describes skyscrapers that are much taller than today’s buildings, underwater “bubble” cities and holidays in space. The report is from a company. It asked experts (专家) on space and architecture, as well as city planners, to give their ideas on the life in 2116. They said the way we live, work and play will be totally different to how we do these things today. The experts used the Internet as an example. They said that 25 years ago, people could not imagine how the Internet and smartphones would change our lives. The Internet has completely changed the way we communicate, learn and do daily things. The experts said the changes in the next century would be even more unbelievable.

Researchers questioned 2,000 adults about the prediction (预言) they thought were most likely (很可能的) to happen in the future. They predicted that in the future, few people will go to an office but will work from home and have work meetings online. People will have highly developed 3-D printers that will let you download (下载) a design for furniture or a food recipe and then “print” the sofa, table or pizza at home. There will also be less need for visits to the doctor. We will all have a home health instrument that will tell us what the problem is and give us treatment. We will also be going into space for holidays and to get resources that we have used up on Earth. A prediction that is missing is whether people will still need to study English.

根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。

【1】The writer uses the example of the Internet in Paragraph 1 to show .

A. the Internet was often used

B. the Internet has developed fast

C. people will not believe the changes

D. technology will change people’s lives

【2】With the help of highly developed 3-D printers, a way to get a sofa in 2116 is to .

A. buy one in a shop

B. ask somebody to make one

C. download a design and “print” one

D. design and make one by oneself

【3】According to the passage, the missing prediction is .

A. how people will work

B. where people will get resources

C. what people will have at home to treat illness

D. whether people will still need to learn English

【4】The passage is mainly about .

A. the life in 2116

B. holidays in space

C. the history of the Internet

D. medical treatment

【5】The passage is most probably from .

A. an advertisement B. a newspaper

C. a detective story D. a health report

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文描述了一百年后人类的生活情况：更多的高楼、水下城市、太空旅游、3D打印……，人类的生活会与现在大不一样，而且许多人相信这一切将会发生。

【1】D细节理解题。 根据上文“They said the way we live，work and play will be totally different to how we do these things today．他们认为2116年的生活、工作以及出游方式将与当今截然不同．”可知想利用互联网来表明：未来生活将因科技会发生很大变化，故选D。

【2】C细节理解题。 根据“People will have highly developed 3﹣D printers that will let you download a design for furniture or a food recipe and then‘print’the sofa，table or pizza at home．通过先进的3D打印机，人们可以下载家具设计以及美食菜谱，通过它们在家‘打印’沙发、桌子或是披萨。”故选C。

【3】D细节理解题。根据下文“A prediction that is missing is whether people will still need to study English．”可知人们不知道未来还需不需要学习英语．故选D。

【4】A推理判断题。根据“A new report shows what life might be like in 100 years now．有一份报告预测了100年后人类的生活．”可知这篇短文主要是关于2116年的生活，故选A。

【5】B推理判断题。根据短文大意可知，这是一篇预测未来生活的文章，可能出现在报纸上，故选B。