【题目】Facing so many changes and challenges, our world is stepping from a traditional one to a brand new one.
There’s no doubt that the future is coming.
| Imagine walking into a store, you see neither staff nor cashier (收银员). Well, you may have entered Tao Cafe-the 24-hour self-service convenience store. By scanning their QR code (二维码), shoppers are followed with cameras for facial recognition. Digital systems will be able to “watch” and “remember” shoppers selection. When they are ready to leave, they go through two checkout door. Then the bills will automatically (自动地) be paid. The checkout machine can recognize goods even when shoppers put them in pockets or bags. So it is almost impossible to steal things from the store. |
| As people pay more and more attention to the problem of pollution and greenhouse gases, electric cars might become more popular. More carmakers, including Audi and Volvo, will have electric powered cars on the road in 2019. And by 2025, almost every sixth car sold in the world will be electric. Many countries are calling on people to buy clean-energy cars. They believe these cars can help lower the need of oil and reduce air pollution. |
| A smart city is a city where high technology not only serves the citizens, but also learns from them. There will be more information connections, between people, between people and things and between things. Data (数据) from the connections will be collected automatically. Developers can use this data to provide better services for people. For example, if people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone shows all bus lines that serve the stop and their arrival times. |
【1】What can shoppers do in Tao Cafe?
A. Shoppers can only do their shopping during the day.
B. Shoppers need the cashiers' help to check out after shopping.
C. Shoppers can even check out without taking goods out from bags
D. Shoppers can steal goods easily because there is no staff at all
【2】What can you learn about the electric cars from the passage?
A. Electric cars can help reduce greenhouse gases.
B. About 60% of the cars will be electric by 2025.
C. Only Audi and Volvo can make electric cars now.
D. All the countries support people to use the electric cars.
【3】How smart will the city be in the future according to the passage?
A. People will have to collect the information by themselves.
B. High technology will both serve the citizens and learn from them.
C. The bus stop will show you all the bus lines and the arrival times.
D. There will only be connections between people and things.
【4】What may the life in 2025 be like according to the passage?
A. Everyone may prefer the self-service stores.
B. More families may own the electric cars.
C. Clean-energy cars may take the place of ordinary cars.
D. The world will be smarter and problems will be fewer.
