What do you think our life will be like in 2050? Some people are talking about it on QQ.

Blue Sky

I think there won’t be any TV channels (频道) in 2050. People will be able to choose ( 选 择 ) a programme from a “menu” and a computer will send the programme to the television. In 2050, we will be able to feel the things we see on TV with our hands.

Julia

In 2050, there won’t be enough water. Some places will be drier and people will not be able to have enough food. There may be serious water shortage (缺乏).

Ashley

Don’t be so pessimistic(悲观的) about that, Julia! People will solve this problem. And I think there will be less water pollution. Water will be much

cleaner than it is now.

Linkin

I quite agree with Ashley. And I believe in 2050 doctors will be able to help blind and deaf people see and hear again. All people will be healthy because they will take a kind of special medicine when they are born.

1.Linkin believes that a kind of medicine will be able to make people

A. rich B. serious C. live happily D. keep healthy

2.Where are people talking about the life in 2050?

A. On TV B. In the newspaper C. On QQ D. On the phone

3.Ashley thinks people will have in the future.

A. cleaner water B. less healthy food C. more healthy food D. dirtier water

4.Julia thinks in 2050.

A. the water will be much cleaner B. people will have less food

C. there will be more water pollution D. some places will have more water

5.Blue Sky thinks the computer will send the to the television.

A. programmes B. pictures C. menus D. channels

Now, almost everybody knows the hottest English word "selfie". Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford (牛津) online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smart phone and send them to Wechat (微信) or Qzone (QQ 空间).

"Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone," said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.

Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. "She has used many selfies to tell us about her life and work," said Li.

What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism (自恋). "The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me!" said US psychiatrist(精神科医生) Carole Lieberman.

Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in the Guardian. (《卫报》) "The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others," wrote Freedland.

Huang Xu agrees with that. “During the summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Huang Xu.

1.According to the story, a "selfie" is ________________.

A. a person with a smart phone B. a smart phone which can take photos

C. a photo taken by oneself D. an English dictionary

2.We can tell from the story that _____________.

A. only famous people enjoy taking selfies

B. people love to share selfies online

C. all the people love selfies because of narcissism

D. US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies

3.We put the sentence “But some people don’t see it that way.” at the beginning of ______.

A. Paragraph 3 B. Paragraph 4 C. Paragraph 5 D. Paragraph 6

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