Today, we _____ work as hard as people did in the past.

A. mustn’t B. can’t C. shouldn’t D. don’t have to

Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 20th century, because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be?

The population is       fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live     than before.      will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at     .

People will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they will have more free time for sports,      TV and traveling. Traveling will be     . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so     will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day,     , they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be      , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(机器人). Because of this, many people will not have enough        to do. This will be a problem.

1.A. making               B. growing      C. running               D. doing

2.A. 1onger         B. shorter           C. faster                 D. taller

3.A. Trains          B. Cars               C. Computers                     D. Houses

4.A. factory         B. hospital            C. farm                  D. school

5.A. watching       B. seeing              C. 1ooking               D. buying

6.A. 1ess interesting  B. much easier     C. more expensive              D. more difficult

7.A. fruit           B. milk               C. meat                  D. bread

8.A. instead          B. sometimes      C. still                   D. however

9.A. dangerous      B. difficult           C. heavy                D. different

10.A. job          B. work           C. homework         D. exercise

Thanks to the modern technology, we can get several times ________ information _______ people did in the past.

Laura Brent is a manager in an important company. She has three children—the eldest is 10, and youngest is three. “My job was only possible because my husband David was prepared to take my place and become a house husband,” she says.

More and more couples are finding this arrangement suits them better in today’s world, where women are rising to the top of their careers faster and more easily than they did in the past. Many men, on the other hand, like the idea of staying at home and looking after the children. “My children see a lot more of me than I saw of my father when I was young, and I think it’s better for them, especially for the boys,” says David. “It works just as well for Laura.”

 “Now I can come home from a hard day at work, and immediately relax with the children, instead of having to do the housework and the cooking,” she says.

Is there anything David misses about going out to work?

 “Not really. I suppose the worst thing about looking after children and doing the housework is not having a lunch break! It’s a lot harder than most men think.”

1.How many people are there in Laura’s family?

    A．2．    B．3．    C．4． D. 5

2.Who does most of the housework in the family?

    A．Laura．    B．David．

    C．The children．D．David’s parents．

3.What does Laura usually do after coming back from work?

    A．Cook for the family．

    B．Take children from school．

    C．Take a good rest with the children．

    D．Wash dishes and sweep the floor．

4.What does David think of his job at home?

    A．Hard．    B．Easy．    C．Boring． D. Fun

5.One of the reasons why men choose to stay at home is that______.

  A．children hate to stay with their mothers

  B．men are better at looking after the children

  C．women do better at work than they did before

  D．children want their fathers to help them with the homework