题目内容
【题目】
A. surface B. healthier C. impossible D. pushing E.no longer
Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago，most of our planet's【1】has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated（灌溉）with water and crops are【2】destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.
Farming，of course，is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just【3】a few buttons now and then.
People are now largely vegetarians（素食者）. You see，as the number of people increases，the number of animal decreases. Therefore，the people have to be vegetarians and we are【4】both in our bodies and in our minds，and we know the causes and cure of disease and pain，and it is possible to get rid of diseases. No one has to be ill any more.
Such would be our life in 2080.
【答案】
【1】A
【2】E
【3】D
【4】B
【解析】
本文讲述了在未来农业耕作会发展，人们将必须成为素食者，我们的身体和思想都更健康。
【1】句意：由于今天世界上的人口是一百年前的几倍，我们星球的大部分表面都必须被填满。
有名词所有格planet’s修饰，用名词surface，故此处为A。
【2】句意：沙漠用水灌溉，农作物不再被害虫破坏。
修饰动词destroyed用no longer，故此处为E。
【3】句意：只是通过不时地按几个按钮就有可能经营农场。
by doing sth通过做某事，因此用动名词pushing，故此处为D。
【4】句意：因此，人们必须成为素食者，我们的身体和思想都更健康，我们知道疾病和疼痛的原因和治疗方法，有可能摆脱疾病。
根据it is possible to get rid of diseases.可知，有可能除去疾病，因此人们更健康，作为系动词are的表语，用形容词healthier，故此处为B。
