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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!
【小题1】 This kind of new machine is made by ______.

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

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. This kind of new machine is made by ______.

A．Phil Meteer

B．Terrafugia Company

C．Plattsburgh International Airport

D．both A and B

2. ___ people can sit in Transition.

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

3. Transition can travel ____ miles every hour in the air .

A．115              B．120              C．450              D．480

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

A．It can be folded up.

B．It can both run on the ground and fly in the sky.

C．It is used in hospital now.

D．It looks like a plane .

Today when a man steps onto the moon, or something new and important happens, the world learns about it immediately. What did the newspapers say about that first flight in 1903? Strangely enough, they said hardly anything about it at all. There were only a few reports about it in the papers. These reports said very little. Some of the things they said were not even correct. In 1904 the Rights built a second machine. They called it “Flyer No. Two”. They invited some reporters to a field near Dayton to watch them fly. Unfortunately there was some mechanical trouble with the plane and it did not fly at all that day. The newspapermen went away. They were disappointed and did not come back. The Rights went on with their work. In 1905 they built an even better machine, “Flyer No. Three”. They were able to stay up in the air for half an hour and more in this machine. They were ale to turn and climb in the air. Farmers, travelers on the roads around Dayton often saw them flying. But when these people told newspapermen about it, they refused to believe them.
The Rights offered “Flyer No.Three” to the United States Government. The Government was not interested. They seemed to think the Rights wanted money in order to build an airplane. They did not understand the Rights had already done this, and flown it as well. Experts were still saying that mechanical flight was impossible. At the end of 1905, the two brothers took their plane to pieces. The parts were put into a huge wooden case. It seemed nobody was interested.
1. What does the beginning sentence of the passage suggest?
A. The speed of information spreading today makes it possible to learn the world quickly.
B. People of today are only concerned with space exploration.
C. Reporters of today cover important events in a different way.
D. People in the past didn’t care about the outside world.
2. What can we know about “Flyer No.Three”?
A. The Rights had such a successful flight that it aroused the government’s interest.
B. The Rights were able to fly it for half an hour and even turn and climb in the air.
C. There was something wrong with the craft and it did not fly at all that day.
D. The Rights took the plane to pieces and put it into a wooden case immediately after the flight.
3. When the Rights offered “Flyer No.Three” to the United States Government, the Government_______.
A. decided to build an airport for the brothers
B. showed great interest in the machine
C. didn’t believe in the possibility of the flight
D. asked the brothers to put the machine in a wooden case
4. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A. There were only a few reports about the first successful flight in the papers.
B. Some reporters were invited to watch the second flight experiment.
C. Many people witnessed the successful flight but the newspapermen refused to believe them/
D. Before 1903 no one had ever stepped on the moon.