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

阅读下面短文内容,然后根据短文内容完成表格,每空一词。

Mayme Clayton collected books, magazines and letters written by African Americans. Her son, Avery Clayton, thought her collection was important. Unlike most books, these were rare and hard to find. They were written by writers who helped shape African American culture.

One book in the collection was written by Phillis Wheatley. Wheatley was a slave who wrote poetry. She was the first African American to publish a book. Wheatley herself signed (签名) the book in the Claytons’ collection. No one else owns a copy signed by Phillis Wheatley.

By the time she passed away at age 83, Mrs. Clayton had more than 30,000 books by or about black people. Her collection also includes papers about slaves, photographs, movies, sheet music, and personal letters by black leaders and artists. It is one of the biggest personal collections of African American history and culture in the United States.

Avery Clayton’s dream was to create a museum for his mother’s treasures. Scholars say that Mrs. Clayton’s collection is very important. Without her work, part of African American heritage (遗产) would have been lost. “We didn’t know these things existed,” says Sara Hadron of California’s Huntington Library.

The collections new home is likely to be in Culver City, California. Part of Avery Clayton’s dream is to share the cultural riches his mother collected with others. He especially wants children to have a chance to see the collection. “ At present African American culture is being explained by pop culture,” he says, “ It’s important to offer a more complete picture.”

Mayme Clayton and Her Collection

Personal information

● She liked 1. books, magazines and letters written by African Americans.

●She 2. when she was 83years old.

Her collection

● Compared with other books, the books she collected couldn’t be found 3. .

● The only copy 4. and signed by Phillis Wheatley was in her

collection.

● She had a large collection , 5. books, paper, photographs and

other things by black leaders and artists.

● Her collections is 6. to African American history and

culture.

Her 7. dream

● A 8. for the treasure would be created.

● He hopes to 9. the culture riches collected by his mother with

more people, especially 10. .

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