What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope for about the future? Scientists think that life will probably be very different in 2050.

First of all, it seems that people won’t use TV channels(频道) by 2050. Instead, people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly to the television.

Water will become a very serious problem. We’ll need much more water, but there won’t be enough. Some scientists think that water would be the cause of war(战争).

Cars will run on new, clean energy and they will go very fast. And there won’t be any accidents with the help of computers. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the world in two hours.

Robots will work in factories instead of people. Many factories have already used robots. Big companies prefer robots-they do not ask for money, and they work for 24 hours a day…

In a word, by 2050, our life will change a lot and our future will be quite different from now.

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(  ) 56. Maybe people won’t ________ any more by 2050.

  A. watch TV                   B. use computer

  C. use TV channels               D. use a menu

(  ) 57. ________ will be a very serious problem.

A. TV           B. Water       C. Accidents     D. Robot

(  ) 58. There will be_______ accidents with the help of computers.

A. any           B. no          C. more     D. fewer

(  ) 59. Big companies prefer robots because _______.

A. they are kind                  B. they do not ask for money

C. they work for 24 hours a day      D. B and C

(  ) 60. According to the passage, our life in the future will be ______.  

A. better          B. worse       C. different      D. the same as now

Save the Wild Tiger

   When people think of tigers, they think: strong and dangerous.

But now, the big animal is calling for our help.

   There were once eight kinds of   46   in the world, but three died out during the 20th century. In the last 70 years, the 47  of Siberian tigers (东北虎) has gone from as many as 300 to   48  22 somewhere. The Siberian tiger has been   49 dying out completely. If the government doesn't make any efforts, it'squite   50  that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in ten to twenty years.

   In order to double the number of wild tigers in the   51   ten years, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program recently. It  52  save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing. China, together with twelve other  53  , has joined in.

   Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main   54  of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat (威胁) to tigers. So the most important thing is  55   the animals that tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.

46. A. pigs           B. tigers        C. deer

47. A. name          B. kind         C. number

48. A. less than         B. more than       C. bigger than

49. A. in need of        B. in danger of       C. in front of

50. A. possible         B. impossible        C. necessary

51. A. last           B. next          C. past

52. A. aims to         B. used to         C. refuses to

53. A. cities          B. provinces       C. countries

54. A. friends          B. food          C. members

55. A. to sell          B. to kill         C. to save

  In the year 2050, there will be different kinds of materials for clothes. Special materials will keep the clothes clean for ever. They will never get dirty or wear out. We will have less work because we won’t have to wash them. So we can save water and money. And children won’t worry about what to wear to school every day. They won’t go to school. They’ll stay at home in front of their computers to study. They can wear their favorite “Saturday clothes” every day. It will be fun. Do you think so? What do you think school clothes and school life will be like in 2050?

61. Maybe we     wash clothes in the year 2050.

   A. didn’t                            B. needn’t

   C. mustn’t                           D. won’t be allowed to

62. Why won’t the children go to school?

   A. because they’ll play at home.        

B. because they hate to go to school.

   C. because they’ll study on the Internet.     

D. because they’ll wash clothes to make money.

63. Will the clothes get dirty in the year 2050?

A. No, it won’t.     B. Yes, they will.     C. Yes, it will.       D. No, they won’t.

64. In the year 2050, the clothes will not       for ever

A. wear out or get dirty B. wear well      C. be thinner and thinner     D. be fantastic

65. From the passage,which of the following is NOT true?

   A. There will be different kinds of materials for clothes .

   B. The children can wear their favorite clothes.

   C. The children always worry about what to wear .

   D. The children can study at home in front of their computers.

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