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　In the future cookers will be ready for you to cook a complete meal at the touch of a switch．Television will tell you prices at the shops and news and entertainment(娱乐) ．Videophone will bring pictures as well as sound．Machine will control temperature, lighting, entertainment, washing and gardening．Lighting serves as wall paper and it will make your room look nicer．

　At work, robots will take over most jobs in factories．Working hours will fall to under 30 hours a week．Holidays will get longer．Men and women will retire at the same age．The home will become the centre of entertainment through television and electronic games． More people will eat out than they do today, also they will have a lot more kinds of food．

　There will be more foreign travels．Non-stop flights will be cheap．Hobbies(嗜好) and education will become more and more important．

(1)The main idea of this passage is that _____．　　　

[　　]

A．there will be great changes in your work and life next century

B．you'll eat more and work less in the year 2001

C．people will spend less time at home next century than they do today

D．hobbies and education will become more and more important

(2) Machines will control temperature so that ______．　　　

[　　]

A．you won't run a fever any more

B．you won't feel hot in summer or cold in winter

C．rivers won't freeze in winter

D．there'll be no temperature

(3) “Non-stop” flights means ______．　　　

[　　]

A．the plane will not stop on the way

B．the plane will be always flying, without a stop

C．the plane won't stop but you can get off the plane

D．the plane will fly anywhere as you like

(4) Life in the 21st century will be ______．　　　

[　　]

A．more exciting and enjoyable

B．easier but less interesting as machines or robots will do most jobs instead of you

C．simpler and easier so that you won't need high education any more

D．too expensive and more people will go to have fast food．

Terrafugia Company has said that its flying car, named Transition, has successfully finished a 37- second test flight
On March 5, 2009, at Plattsburgh International Airport in New York. It was piloted by Phil Meteer, the company's chief pilot.
Transition is a two-seat airplane that can take off and land at airports as well as drive on roads.  
The company said that the flying car can travel at speeds up to 115 mph for 450 miles in the air, drive at highway speeds on the ground, and fold up(折叠) to fit in a garage (车库) 81 inches wide, and 80 inches high.
This could be used in hospitals to transport patients so as to avoid road traffic. It may start running on wheels, and when it gets to traffic lights it can fly overhead the lights and keeps its way forward. So it’s good news to avoid traffic  problem and the traffic accidents.  
But some people say this is a going airplane rather than a flying car, at least on the appearance. Anyway, we are happy for scientific-technical progress, what a fantastical world in the near future!

1. 1.

   This kind of new machine is made by ______

   1. A.
      Phil Meteer
   2. B.
      Terrafugia Company
   3. C.
      Plattsburgh International Airport
   4. D.
      both A and B
2. 2.

   ___ people can sit in Transition

   1. A.
      3
   2. B.
      5
   3. C.
      4
   4. D.
      2
3. 3.

   Transition can travel ____ miles every hour in the air

   1. A.
      115
   2. B.
      120
   3. C.
      450
   4. D.
      480
4. 4.

   Which of the following sentences about Transition is not true? __________

   1. A.
      It can be folded up
   2. B.
      It can both run on the ground and fly in the sky
   3. C.
      It is used in hospital now
   4. D.
      It looks like a plane