Question

Yesterday and Today

Life in the twenty-first century will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.

Computers 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 in schools then.

People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.

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

1.In the next century people don’t’ have to ______________.

A. work long hours     B. work fast  C. walk on foot    D. eat meat

2.People may not eat _____________as much as they do today.

A. fruit           B. fish      C. meat     D. rice

3.One big problem in the future is that __________.

A.many people don’t have to work     

B.many people will not be able to find work

C.people won’t have enough food to eat 

D.all the work will be done by robots

4.Every family will have at least one ________ in the next century.

A. robot        B. cow        C. TV set       D. computer

5.In the future _________________.

A. traveling will be more expensive         

B. computers will be less important

C. people will be too busy to do sports.      

D. computers will be much smaller.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述二十世纪的生活将和今天的生活不同：人口迅速发展，电脑变得更小更有用，人们工作时间更少。问题也随之而来：许多人没有足够的工作。

1.细节理解题。根据第四段People will work fewer hours than they do now描述，人们比现在工作的时间更少。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据第五段Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables.描述，也许，没有人将每天吃肉，相反，他们将每天吃更多的蔬菜和水果。所以人们不像今天吃的肉一样多。故选C

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem描述，故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home.描述，每个家庭至少有一台电脑。故选D。

5.细节理解题。根据第三段Computers will be much smaller and more useful,描述，可知电脑将会更小更有用。故选D。

考点：科普类短文阅读。