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      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 1 fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 2 than before. 3 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 4 .

      People will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century,and they will have more free time for sports, 5 TV and travelling. Travelling will be 6 . And many more peo-

ple 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 7 will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day,8 , they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.

      Work in the future will be 9 , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots.Because of this,many people will not have enough 10 to do. This will be a problem.

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

() 2. A. longer   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. looking   D. buying

() 6. A. less 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

Answer 1

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B

[解析]这篇短文主要设想了 22世纪人们生活的各个方面，分别从人口、生命长度、教育、工作、旅行、土地使用、饮食方面阐述了与20世纪的不同。

1. B 结合后面 There will be more and more people in the world…可知选B.

2. A 22世纪人们的生命应该是活得更长，故选A. longer ,更长的。

3. C 由下文电脑学习将会是学校主要科目之一，可知此处谈到的是电脑，故选C.电脑。

4. D 根据文意可知，电脑将成为学校重要科目之一，故选D.学校。

5. A 原句表达的是22世纪的人们将有更多的时间看电视和旅游，故选A.看，观赏。

6. B 结合下文 And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.可知选B.

7. C 结合上文 Then there will be less room for cows and sheep …及下文…they eat more vegetates and fruit. 可知因为牛羊越来越少，肉类食品就会越来越贵，故选C. meat ,肉。

8. A 上文提到肉类越来越贵，作为替代，人们更多的选择吃蔬菜和水果，故选A.

9. D 结合下文 Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots (机器人) ，可知危险、沉重、困难等 工作都由机器人来做，排除法，故选D.不同的。

10. B 机器人承担了大部分的工作，所以人们没有多少事情可做，故选B.工作。