Question

【题目】

Life in the 22nd century will be different from that in the 21st century, because many changes will take place. The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. 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 most important subjects at school.

People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21st century, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much easier. And 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. 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 eat more vegetables and fruit. In this way people will be healthier.

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

【1】Why will life in the 22nd century be different from that in the 21st century?

Because ____________________________________.

【2】Computers will be much smaller and more useful, won’t they?

____________________________.

【3】Will people work more hours than they did in the 21st century?

____________________________.

【4】What will more land be used for?

More land will be used for ________________________________.

【5】Who will do dangerous and hard work?

___________________________________.

【6】According to the underlined sentences in the last paragraph, can you think of one more problem in the future?

__________________________________________________.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】many changes will take place

【2】Yes, they will.

【3】No, they won’t

【4】building new towns and houses

【5】Robots

【6】Any reasonable answers will be OK. (Will many people not have enough work?)

【解析】

短文大意：本文作者主要从人口、生活、食品、土地和工作等方面介绍了未来22世纪将会发生的一些变化。

【1】题意：为什么22世纪的生活与21世纪的生活不同？Because（因为） ________________.考查细节理解。根据开头“Life in the 22nd century will be different from that in the 21st century, because many changes will take place22世纪的生活将不同于21世纪，因为会发生许多变化”，可知填many changes will take place。

【2】题意：电脑将会更小更有用，不是吗？考查细节理解。根据“Computers will be much smaller and more useful电脑将会更小，更有用”，可知答案是肯定的；问句是反意疑问句，故填Yes, they will.。

【3】题意：人们会比在21世纪工作更长时间吗？考查细节理解。根据“People will work fewer hours than they did in the 21st century人们将比在21世纪工作更少的时间”，可知答案是否定的，故填No, they won’t。

【4】题意：更多的土地将被用来做什么？More land will be used for（更多的将土地用于） _________________.考查细节理解。be used for用于，介词for后接动名词；根据“More land will be used for building new towns and houses更多的土地将用于建设新的城镇和房屋”，可知填building new towns and houses。

【5】题意：谁将做危险而艰苦的工作？考查细节理解。根据“Robots will do dangerous and hard work机器人将做危险和艰苦的工作”，可知填Robots。

【6】题意：根据最后一段中划线的句子，你能再想出将来的一个问题吗？考查综合理解。开放性试题，答案不唯一。根据划线句“Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem正因为如此，许多人将没有足够的工作去做。这将是个问题”，可知是和失业相关的问题，故填Will many people not have enough work?。