Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live 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 cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

 There will be changes in our food,too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep,so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead,they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different,too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this,many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1.In the future there will be ______.

A. much more fruit  B. fewer people

C. less vegetables  D. less people

2.Every family will have at least a ______ in the future.

A. robot           B. cow                   C. TV set       D. computer

3.In the future people don't have to ______.

A. work long hours  B. work fast C. walk on foot  D. eat meat

4.People may not eat ______ as much as they do today.

A. fruit         B. fish    C. meat    D. rice

5.One big problem in the future is that ______.

A. many people don't have to work

B. many people will not be able to find work

C. people have to work fast

D. all the work will be done by robots

 

Everybody can suffer from stress.No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life.Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group.Being a teenager is hard.You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions.Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home.or problems with brothers and sisters.Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends.Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school.Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university.The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers.There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them.Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it.Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress.It may sound simple, but it is true.A problem shared is a problem halved.

1.Why is being a teenager often difficult?

A.Because even though you are not an adult, you must deal with adult problems.

B.Because even though you are an adult, you must deal with children’s problems.

C.Because even though you are a teenager, you must do a lot of homework.

D.Because adults often make them feel stressed.

2.Families can add to the stress a teenager might experience ______.

A.by asking them to go to university

B.by helping them with their homework

C.as teenagers quarrel with their parents, and their brothers or sisters

D.as families never support their children enough

3.Why can finding a job after finishing school be difficult?

A.Because there is a lot of competition for jobs.

B.Because there are no jobs.

C.Because a job is more difficult than school work.

D.Because there is a lot of competition for places at university.

4.We can deal with the stress in our life ______.

A.by not trying to find a job

B.by forgetting about our problems

C.by getting a place at university   

D.by sharing our problems with our friends

 

The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over 5. 5 meters tall. Its neck alone may be 1. 9 meters long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the humans’. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe’s neck is very long, while the bones in a human’s neck are short. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1. 9 meters tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees.

1.In this passage the underlined word “giraffe” means _______.

A.鲸鱼             B.长颈鹿           C.大象             D.河马

2.The bones in a bird’s neck are _______.

A.as big as in a human’s neck               B.as big as in a giraffe’s neck

C.many more than in a human’s neck         D.much smaller in a giraffe’s neck

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.A giraffe has only seven bones.

B.The giraffe is the largest animal on the land.

C.It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up.

D.Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten up by giraffes.

4.When a giraffe is born, it is about _______.

A.5. 5 meters long                        B.5. 5 meters tall

C.1. 9 meters long                        D.1. 9 meters tall

5.We can guess when a giraffe sees a tiger _______.

A.it will run away as fast as possible

B.it will run to eat the tiger

C.it will make the tiger bring it something to eat

D.it will make one of the smallest animals bring the tiger something to eat

 

Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And businesses found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father from their shops.

By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have a Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do — buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present — not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.

The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.

1.Father’s Day was started just because _______________.

A.there was a Mother’s Day

B.there was a Children’s Day

C.businesses wanted to get a lot of money

D.people liked their fathers very much

2.The word “special” in the second paragraph means ________________________.

A.great

B.nice

C.useful

D.not usual

3.In America, people have a Father’s Day to ________________________.

A.buy some presents for their fathers

B.show their love for their fathers

C.let their fathers have a good rest

D.help their fathers do something

4.On Father’s Day, businesses always want ________________________.

A.people to buy many more presents

B.children to buy presents only for their fathers

C.women to buy presents only for their husbands

D.people to buy presents only for their parents

5.It can be learned from the passage that ________________________.

A.the writer is against Father’s Day

B.many countries have a Father’s Day

C.Businesses can get more money on Father’s Day

D.Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day

 

In the 13th century, Marco Polo travelled a long way to China. He was a famous Italian 31 During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he 32 was that the Chinese used paper money. People in 33 coun­tries didn't use paper money until the 17th century. However,people in China began to use paper money in the 10th century. 34     was invented by a Chinese about 2 000 years ago. His name was Cai Lun. He then  35 these pieces of paper together and made them into a 36 .

Now paper mainly comes from trees. We use it every day. 37 we waste a lot of it. If we keep on doing so, people 38 cut down many more trees. Then there will not be any trees left. If there are no 39 , there will be no paper.

So how can we 40 paper? When we mak­ing notes,we can use 41 sides of each piece of paper. We  can  buy  drinks  in bottles instead of 42  in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs ( ??????) and not the paper ones.

43  we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the salesman gives us a paper bag, we can keep it and  44  it later. We can help to protect trees if we think 45 . We should to it now,before it is too late.

1. A. traveller       B. actor         C. doctor       D. driver

2. A. disliked        B. disagreed        C. invented     D. discovered

3. A. Eastern        B. Western         C. Southern     D. Northern

4. A. Iron           B. Paper           C. Television    D. Silk

5. A. collected       B. divided         C. moved       D. put

6. A. magazine       B. newspaper      C. book         D. dictionary

7. A. Sometime       B. Some time      C. Sometimes    D. Some times

8. A. have to         B. mustn't         C. used to       D. shouldn't

9. A. books          B. trees           C, leaves        D. factories

10. A. make          B. use C.save       D. buy

11. A. all            B. each            C. every        D. both

12. A. them          B. those           C. these        D. ones

13. A. Before         B. After           C. As soon as    D. When

14. A. repair          B. record         C. reuse         D. return

15. A. carefully        B. badly          C. quickly      D. freely

 

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