What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope for about the future? Scientists think that life will probably be very different in 2050.

First of all, it seems that people won’t use TV channels(频道) by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly to the television.

Water will become a very serious problem. We’ll need much more water, but there won’t be enough. Some scientists think that water would be the cause of war(战争).

Cars will run on new, clean energy and they will go very fast. And there won’t be any accidents with the help of computers. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the world in two hours.

Robots will work in factories instead of people. Many factories have already used robots. Big companies prefer robots－they do not ask for money, and they work for 24 hours a day…

In a word, by 2050, our life will change a lot and our future will be quite different from now.

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(　 ) 56. Maybe people won’t ________ any more by 2050.

　 A. watch TV　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. use computer

　 C. use TV channels　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. use a menu

(　 ) 57. ________ will be a very serious problem.

A. TV　　　　　　　　　　 B. Water　　　　　　 C. Accidents　　　　 D. Robot

(　 ) 58. There will be_______ accidents with the help of computers.

A. any　　　　　　　　　　 B. no　　　　　　　　　 C. more　　　　 D. fewer

(　 ) 59. Big companies prefer robots because _______.

A. they are kind　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. they do not ask for money

C. they work for 24 hours a day　　　　　 D. B and C

(　 ) 60. According to the passage, our life in the future will be ______.　　

A. better　　　　　　　　　 B. worse　　　　　　 C. different　　　　　 D. the same as now

On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was worried. Her   36   had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his way back home from work as usual.

　　The lady wondered, "Is the man going to __37___ me? He looks very cold and hungry." But to her surprise, he stopped and said with a smile. "What's wrong, madam?" The lady told him what was happening.

　　After a while, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him. "No, that is ___38___, madam." he said, "I was just helping someone in __39___. If you really want to pay me back, I hope whenever you see someone in trouble, you should give him a hand." A few minutes later, the lady __40___ a shabby(破旧的)house by the road. She remembered Robert's words, so she stopped. The hostess(女主人)warmly asked her    41  . The lady could see that was a __42___ family and that they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady ___43___ 500 dollars on a table and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how __44___ their life was. Their baby was to be born the next month but there was not _45__ money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, "Don't worry, dear! A stranger has helped us out!"

　　Let's always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.

　　(36) A. bike        B. motorbike       C. bus         D. car

　　(37) A. help        B. save            C. kill         D. find

　　(38) A. nothing      B. something      C. everything     D. anything

　　(39) A. picture       B. rain           C. need          D. danger

　　(40) A. saw         B. heard          C. smelt          D. felt

　　(41) A. out          B. in             C. away          D. along

　　(42) A. terrible       B. sad            C. rich          D. poor

　　(43) A. dropped      B. forgot          C. left         D. lay

　　(44) A. exciting      B. hard            C. happy       D. interesting

　　(45) A. many        B. some           C. enough       D. few