What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope for about the future? Scientists think that life will probably be very different in 2050.

First of all, it seems that people won’t use TV channel(频道) by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly(直接地) to the television.

Water will become a very serious problem. We’ll need much more water, but there won’t be enough. Some scientists think that water would be the cause of war(战争).

Cars will run on new clean energy and they will go very fast. And there won’t be any accidents with the help of computer. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the world in two hours.

Robots will works in the factories instead of people. Many factories have already used robots. Big companies prefer robots---they do not ask for money, and they work for 24 hours a day---

In a word, by 2050, our life will change a lot and our future will be quite different from now.

1.Maybe people won’t use any more by 2050.

A. computers B. TV channels C. robots D. space planes

2.Scientists think will take people around the world in .

A. two seconds B. two days C. two years D. two hours

3.Scientists think that would be cause of war.

A. water B. cars C. robots D. TV channels

4. Will work in big companies and won’t ask for money.

A. Workers B. Cars C. Robots D. People

5.According to the passage, our life in the future will be .

A. good B. better

C. the same D. quite different from now

My friend’s grandfather came to America from a farm in Thailand. After arriving in New York, he went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) in Manhattan to get something to eat.He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order(点菜). Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.

“Start out at the end,” she said, “Just go along the line and choose what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

“I soon learned how everything works in America.” the grandfather told my friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it by yourself.”

1.Which is the best title of the text?

A. From Thailand to America

B. Life is Like a Cafeteria in America

C. How to Eat in a Cafeteria

D. Eating in an American Cafeteria

2.My friend’s father came from __________.

A. Thailand B. Australia C. Canada D. Manhattan

3.From the text, we know if you want to get SUCCESS in America, you should .

A. get help from your friends

B. know how a cafeteria works

C. get up again if you fail

D. try to get it by yourself

4.Which of the following is True?

A. The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order.

B. The woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him.

C. The woman didn’t know the old man, but she decided to pay the bill for him.

D. The woman didn’t know the old man, but she told him how to get food in the cafeteria.

5.What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph mean?

A. The food served in the cafeteria.

B. The success that one wants to achieve (实现).

C. The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria.

D. The plate used in the cafeteria.

Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Last year, he taught his students about the world's rainforests. They learned that rainforests are important because the plants and animals of the rainforest give us food, wood, and medicine.

Destruction of the world's rainforests is a serious problem. Unluckily, rainforests are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute! As part of a class project! Myers' students bought three acres of rainforest in Central America. They paid $ 25 per acre. The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not destroyed. The students became so interested in rainforests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rainforest.

So last June, Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river. They saw alligators and crocodiles. In the middle of the week, a guide took Myers and his students into the rainforest. The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at us," one of the students said. "It was a great learning experience for all of us," said Myers.

Each student chose something specific about Costa Rica to study involving the plants, animals, food, and culture. During the last few days the group had time to do fun activities They went whitewater rafting and horseback riding, and visited Costa Rica's active volcano

Myers hopes to make the trip every year with a different group of kids.

1.What did Myers and his students do at the beginning of the trip?

A. They went into the rainforest. B. They bought acres of rainforest.

C. They took a boat ride down a river. D. They visited Costa Rica's active volcano.

2.The word "Destruction" in Paragraph 2 probably means “the process of being_____.”

A. destroyed B. developed C. described D. discovered

3.When the monkeys saw Myers and his students, they_________ .

A. felt excited B. felt angry

C. jumped off the trees D. left the rainforest

4.The passage mainly shows that Myers and his students _________ .

A. did something to protect rainforests

B. wanted to buy the rainforest in Costa Rica

C. were interested in the culture of Costa Rica

D. went to the rainforest for various fun activities

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