二、请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容从下面的七个选项中选择五个还原到文中,使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

    We all love new inventions.1.______ But have all these inventions really improved the quality of our lives? Imagine this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. 2.___________. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, have no telephone, no car, even no any electricity often seem to be happier? 3. _________.

   One family in the UK went back to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10and Thomas, 7. spent nine weeks in a house of the 1940s. 4 ______________________. The grandmother, Lyn, said, “5______________________”. The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy(时尚), beer-drinking granny to one who cooked things.

A. They had no washing machine, microwave oven,computer or mobile phone.

B. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work.

C. Perhaps because they live simpler lives.

D. The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.

E. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.

F.I love my chldren very much.

G.The new inventions are really boring.


                                 A


        Life in the 2050s will be different from it is now, because many changes will take place. What will the changes be? 

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

         Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer study will be one of the important subjects in schools. 

        People will work fewer hours, but have more free time for sports, TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many people will go to other countries for holiday. 

       There will be changes in our food, too. Because more and more people know the importance of healthy diet, maybe no one will eat meat. Instead they will eat more vegetables and fruit. So people will be healthier. 

       Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people won’t have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

 (  ) 1. In the 2050s, there will be _________ . 

A. more trees  B. more people C. fewer countries D. more work to do 

(  ) 2. In the future, people will not have to _______. 

A. travel  B. work hard   C. work long   D. eat meat  

(  ) 3. Every family will have at least one ______  in the 2050s according to the passage. 

A. computer  B. house   C. TV   D. robot 

(  ) 4. Traveling will be ________ in the 2050s. 

A. less interesting      B. more difficult  C. more expensive   D. much cheaper and easier 

(  ) 5. People in the 2050s may not have as much _______  as we do now. 

A. fruit  B. vegetables  C. bread  D. meat

三、阅读短文。掌握大意,然后用方框内所给的词的适当形式填空,每个词限用一次。

    order            change        head         clean             wear

         another       agree           if               difficult          allow

          Every school has its own rules to keep saudents disciplined(守纪律的). The rules change from one school to 1._______. Here are some funny school rules:

Tough Japanese rules
          Most schools demand that students 2.__________ uniforms, such as sports suits or skirts. But many 
 Japanese schools even order the colour of underwear(内衣)!They also 3.__________ that girls should wear white socks  and boys' 4._____ should  be shaved(剃过的).
         Other  Japanese schools also tell students that they they can not date, go to movies, leave home after sunset or play video games without 5._______ from the school.

Different shoes in the US
         For safety at some US schools, students must have a pair of indoor shoes to 6._______ at school every day. This makes sure students won't fall over on the wet slippery floors and keeps the schools 7.__________
         Gum chewing  is not allowed in many US school buildings, as it is 8.________ to clean up. And 9.______  students chew gum in class, they may not focus on their study.

No strange hairstyles in the UK
         Strange hairstyles are not 10._________ in some British schools. But they might allow students to keep certain hairstyles during the World Cup years. 

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