Question

Life in 30 years will be   36   because many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?

     The population is growing fast. There will be    37   people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be   38   smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important  39   in school.

     People will work fewer hours than they are doing now, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and   40   . And many more people will go to other countries   41   holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for   42    new towns and houses. Then there will be less   43   for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it every day, they will eat more vegetables and fruit instead. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will   44   by robots. Because of this, many people will not have   45   to do. This will be a problem. 

36. A. same         B. difference        C. different        D. difficulty

37. A. little and little  B. less and less      C. many and many  D. more and more

38. A. much         B. many           C. more           D. most

39. A. subject        B. subjects         C. way            D. games       

40. A. easily         B. more easily      C. easy            D. easier

41. A. for            B. with            C. at             D. in

42. A. build          B. building         C. to build         D. builds

43. A. rooms         B. room            C. spaces          D. sea

44. A. done          B. do              C. be done         D. be did

45. A. works enough   B. enough works    C. work enough     D. enough work

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本篇短文为我们描绘了３０年后世界所发生的变化。

36Ｃ　三十年后生活会与现在不同．Same 相同；difficulty困难；be后跟形容词，故答案应选Ｃ。

37Ｄ根据前一句，人口增长很快，那么世界上就会越来越多。More and more是固定短语，故答案应选Ｄ。

38A在四个选择项中，只有much能修饰形容词比较级，故答案应选Ａ。

39B因为电脑的重要，所以电脑的学习必将成为学校学习的重要科目。故排除Ｃ，Ｄ；又因one of+复数名词，故答案应选Ｂ。

40D much 修饰形容词比较级，故答案应选Ｄ。

41A go for holiday 去度假是固定短语，故答案选Ａ。

42Ｂbe used for doing 被用作干某事也是个固定用法。更多的土地被用来建新城镇和房子，故答案应选Ｂ。

43Ｂ根据上文，土地少了，牛羊就少了生存的空间。所以Ｃ，D可以排除；又因room做空间讲时，是不可数名词，故答案应选Ｂ。

44Ｃ根据句意，艰苦的工作将会被机器人代替。故本句应用被动语态，又因将来时的被动语态构成为will be+过去分词，故答案应选Ｃ。

45Ｄwork做“工作”讲为不可数名词，故排除A，Ｂ；enough修饰名词，应放在名词的前面，故答案应选D。