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

Here is the bulletin board of Class 3. Some of the students put their notes on it. Please read them and answer the following questions.

56. The Chinese meaning of "bulletin board" is _______.

　 A. 电影广告　 　　　　　　　　 B.寻人启事　　　　　　　　 C. 公告栏　　　 　　　　　　 D. 通缉令

57. According to the notes on the bulletin board, what holiday might be coming?

　 A. Christmas　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Halloween　　　

C. Thanksgiving　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. New Year's Day

58. When Julia is busy, what does Alex always help her do?

A. To do math homework.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 B. To clean the windows.

　 C. To have P. E. class together. D. To take books to school.

59. From the bulletin board, we know that Mr Chen is a ___________.

　 A. repeater　　　　　 　　　　 B. P.E. teacher　　　 C. doctor　　　　　 D. pilot

60. Why does Bill lend books to Mario?

A. They are classmates.　　　　　　 　　

　 B. Miss Li wants him to do so.

　 C. Bill has too many books.

　 D. Mario forgot to bring his books to school.

A: Are those cars or buses?

B: ____________.

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A. They are buses　　　　　  B. Yes, they are

C. Yes, those are cars　　 　D. bus

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　　Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something different or do something exciting. So people from the country come to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays. During the holidays(在假期) trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It is very hard to buy train tickets. Many people take cars or buses for traveling.

　　Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holiday. There was too much traffic on the road, so we had to move very slowly. It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we came to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought this was a good place for a picnic(野炊), so we stopped and took the food, fruit and drinks out of the car. We sat down and began to eat. Suddenly a strong wind blew(吹)and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to our car and have our picnic in the car.Then we drove back home. What a sad trip!

　　(1)Where do people from the country go for holidays?

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　　(2)Because during the holidays trains, buses and planes are all very busy, ___________

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　　A. many people can buy train tickets or air tickets easily

　　B. many people take buses or drive cars to travel

　　C. many people needn't buy train tickets or air tickets

　　D. nobody wants to travel

　　(3)How did the family go to the country last May Day?

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　　A. They drove there.

　　B. They rode their bikes there.

　　C. By bus.

　　D. On foot.

　　(4)It took us ________ to get out of the town.

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　　(5)“What a sad trip” means“________”.

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　　A. They had a good time

　　B. They don't like traveling

　　C. The weather isn't fine

　　D. They didn't enjoy themselves