Life in 30 years will be   36   because many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?

     The population is growing fast. There will be    37   people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be   38   smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important  39   in school.

     People will work fewer hours than they are doing now, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and   40   . And many more people will go to other countries   41   holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for   42    new towns and houses. Then there will be less   43   for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it every day, they will eat more vegetables and fruit instead. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will   44   by robots. Because of this, many people will not have   45   to do. This will be a problem. 

36. A. same         B. difference        C. different        D. difficulty

37. A. little and little  B. less and less      C. many and many  D. more and more

38. A. much         B. many           C. more           D. most

39. A. subject        B. subjects         C. way            D. games       

40. A. easily         B. more easily      C. easy            D. easier

41. A. for            B. with            C. at             D. in

42. A. build          B. building         C. to build         D. builds

43. A. rooms         B. room            C. spaces          D. sea

44. A. done          B. do              C. be done         D. be did

45. A. works enough   B. enough works    C. work enough     D. enough work

In the 13th century, Marco Polo travelled a long way to China. He was a famous Italian 31 During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he 32 was that the Chinese used paper money. People in 33 coun­tries didn't use paper money until the 17th century. However,people in China began to use paper money in the 10th century. 34     was invented by a Chinese about 2 000 years ago. His name was Cai Lun. He then 35 these pieces of paper together and made them into a 36 .

Now paper mainly comes from trees. We use it every day. 37 we waste a lot of it. If we keep on doing so, people 38 cut down many more trees. Then there will not be any trees left. If there are no 39 , there will be no paper.

So how can we 40 paper? When we mak­ing notes,we can use 41 sides of each piece of paper. We  can  buy  drinks  in bottles instead of 42  in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs ( 棉手帕) and not the paper ones.

43  we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the salesman gives us a paper bag, we can keep it and 44  it later. We can help to protect trees if we think 45 . We should to it now,before it is too late.

9. A. books         B. trees          C, leaves        D. factories

    More and more people are becoming interested in the internet. They have formed a bad habit. In fact,the bad habit has become a (31)     —Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD网络综合症）. Staying (32）   for more than six hours a day (33)    working or studying, and feeling very upset from not being able to get online, are the two major symptoms (症状)of IAD

    Internet addiction(上瘾) is （34）     in China now. A recent research （35）  that 42% Of Chinese young people get quite interested in the web, while only 18% of Americans feel in the same  (36)   .

    What causes IAD? Some people believe that It's the lack(缺乏) of family care. Most children in China are the (37)  ones in their families. They are only told to (38)  hard, but few really care about their personal interest .So some children would like to keep  (39)   away from the real world

    How can people stay away from IAD? Don t get online any more, go back to the real world and if it doesn't work, go to see the  (40)___,

31 A. disease B. task C. rule

32 A .home B. online C. in school

33. A. because of  B. Out of  C. instead of

34. A. changing B. increasing C .becoming less

35 A. shows B. notices C knows

36 A. road  B. way C. country

37 A. best  B .worst C. only

38. A. study B. play C. think

39 A. themselves B. their parents C. their teachers

40 A. friend B. teacher C. doctor

Hello, I’m  David. I’m a middle school student. It’s nice to meet you here. First, let me tell you __36___ about my family. There are five people in my __37___. They are my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and me.

My father is a worker, and my mother is an English teacher. My sister is 18 and my brother is 16. I’m 14. we are ___38____the same school. We all enjoy ___39___football games.

My __40___ is on West Street. There is a big tree and some small trees around my house. The big one is a pear tree and the small ones are apple ___41__, ___42__ there ___43__any pears or apples on them now. ____44___a photo of my house. In the photo, you can see three cats in my house. They are all black and white. We ___45___ them very much.

1.A. anything   B. something   C. thing  d. anyone