40. When will The Guinness(吉尼斯) World Records Museum open?
A . May B. March C September D July
B
What might the future be like? Here
are some predictions: things to come, things to go.
The Spring Festival, the most
important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for
millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making
getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring
Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than
120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve
90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people
will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a
problem.
Newspaper will come to an end in
2043. In the future, digital(数字的) newspapers
will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics
with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found
something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural
gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as
sources of energy(能源).
Schools will go electronic(电子化). Computers
will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the
computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find
information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will
be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with
the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships,
comfortable and safe.