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It seems that the cities in the future will have to change. Because the world’s population

1 , there will be  2  people in the cities tomorrow.

It may be    3   for any family to live in a house with land around it. There   4  enough space for them. 5   to solve this problem may be the skyscraper city(摩天城). The highest building in the world today is in Taipei. It’s about 509 metres high. The skyscraper cities in the future will be many times 6  .

In a skyscraper city about 250,000 people will live. Nearly a million people can 7  in four of these great buildings. Each skyscraper city will have four towns in it and each town will have ten villages. They will live, work and 8   their free time in them. They won’t need to leave the city 9  they want to. They will be able to move about in the city by transport controlled 10  computers. Let’s imagine how the life will be then!

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　　Almost everyone knows Mr, Mrs and Miss. Mr is used before the f 1 name of men. Mrs is for married women and Miss is for the women who don't get married. People in the United States have used Ms before a w 2 name for some time. But what is Ms? They use Ms when they do not k 3 now whether the woman is married or not. Today many women like Ms better than Mrs or Miss. The w 4 Mr does not tell us whether or not a man is married. Many women think this is an advantage for men. They want to be equal to men in this w 5 . These women feel that it is not i 6 for people to know whether they are married or not.

　　Not all women like Ms. Some like the older ways of doing things. Some find Ms d 7 to pronounce. But young women like it b 8 than older women do. It is difficult to know whether or not Ms will be used by m 9 American in the future. What do you think of the c 10 .

1．f　　　2．w　　　3．k　　　4．w　　　5．w　　

6．i　　　7．d　　　8．b　　　9．m　　　10．c　　

Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different.
People have a lot of reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound. They chose the “new name” for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born.
Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.
In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband’s after she gets married（结婚）. But today, many women are keeping their own family name and not using their husband’s. Sometimes, women use their own name in some situations(情况) and their husband’s in other situations. And some use both their own name and their husband’s.
【小题1】Hanna changes her name to Anne because “Anne” is __________ for     
people to remember.

The Mayan（玛雅的）Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s. The Mayan achievements were many. They had farms, beautiful palaces, and cities with many buildings. The Mayan people knew a lot about nature and the world around them. This knowledge helped them to live a better life than most people of that time, because they could use it to make their lives more comfortable and rewarding（值得的）. Knowledge about tools and farming, for example, made their work easier and more productive.
The Maya believed in many gods, including rain gods, sun gods, and corn gods. The people built large temples to honor the Mayan gods. Skillful workers built cities around these temples. It was difficult for them to build these cities, because they had no horses to carry the heavy stone they used to build with. Workers had to carry all of the building materials themselves. Today, many of these ancient Mayan cities and temples are still standing.
Although the cities that the Maya built were beautiful, and the people worked hard to build them, very few of the people lived in them. Usually, only the priests（牧师）lived in the cities.
The other people lived in small villages in the forests. Their houses were much simpler than the elaborate buildings in the cities. They lived in small huts（小屋）with no windows. The walls were made of poles covered with dried mud, and the roof was made of grass or leaves. Most Maya lived a simple life close to nature.
The Mayan priests studied the Sun, the Moon, stars, and planets. They made a calendar from what they learned. The year was divided into 18 months of 20 days each with five days left over. The Mayan calendar was far more exact than the European calendars of the time.
Around the year 800, the Maya left their villages and beautiful cities, never to return. No one knows why this happened. They may have died from some disease. They may have left because the soil could no longer grow crops. Archaeologists（考古学家）are still trying to find the lost secrets of the Maya.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “elaborate’’ mean?