Life in the 21st century will be different from that in the 20th century, because many changes in the new century, what will the changes be?

First, the population is growing very fast. There more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be smaller and more useful, and there will be one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects in schools.

Second, people will work hours than they did in the 20th century, and they’ll have more free time for sports, TV and traveling. Traveling will be even cheaper and easier. And more people will go to other countries for holidays.

Third, there will be changes in our food, too. People will use more land 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 will eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be .

Last, work in the future will be , too. Robots will do the dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people won’t have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1.A. take placeB. take the placeC. will happenD. took place

2.A. butB. andC. soD. or

3.A. will beB. will haveC. areD. have

4.A. veryB. quiteC. muchD. too

5.A. at mostB. at leastC. more thanD. less than

6.A. fewB. littleC. lessD. fewer

7.A. watchB. watchingC. seeD. seeing

8.A. buildB. buildsC. to build D. for build

9.A. unhealthyB. healthC. healthiestD. healthier

10.A. dangerousB. difficultC. differentD. the same

 

The earth is about 4,600 million years old. Modern man has lived on the earth for only 35,000 years, but during that time, we have changed our planet in many ways. Many of the things that we have done are good, but more are not good for the earth.

Water pollution

A lot of people, birds and fish die each day because of water pollution. Factories have polluted the land and the water. As a result, many rivers and lakes are now dead.

Air pollution

In big cities, factories, as well as cars, trucks and buses are the main cause of air pollution. Many people in cities now have serious health problems. For example, Mexico city used to be a beautiful sunny capital, but today it is always covered by thick brown clouds.

oil pollution

In order to have a good harvest, most of the farmers use chemicals too much in their fields. That’s bad for the soil. But this kind of pollution is difficult to stop.

Hope for the future

These problems are very serious for our future, so all of us should do something to improve our environment. If we can stop pollution, our planet will become more and more beautiful and our health will be better. Let’s be greener people!

1._____ have made the earth change a lot.

A. Human beingsB. Animals

C. PlantsD. People in other planets

2.There are _____ kinds of pollution in this passage.

A. twoB. threeC.fourD.five

3.Pollution isn’t a big problem now, is it?

A.Yes, it is.B.No, it isn’t.

C.Yes, there is.D.No, there isn’t.

4.Which sentence is NOT right according to the passage?

A. Because of water pollution, many rivers and lakes are now dead.

B.We must stop the factories from pouring waste water into the rivers and lakes.

C. Most of things that we have done are good for our planet.

D.Water pollution is very serious nowadays.

5.Which sentence is RIGHT?

A.Though Mexico city is always covered by thick brown clouds, it’s still a beautiful sunny capital.

B.Air pollution can make people sick.

C.Now fewer farmers use chemicals in the fields.

D.Factories, cars, trucks and buses are the main cause of soil pollution

 

A very important world problem is the growth of population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 6,500,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but is the rate (速度) of the growth. It is about 1.63% every year after the number of dead people has been taken away.

To give you some ideas of the birth rate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second, four babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You can not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is growing faster and faster. So it goes on, hour after hour. In one day, people have to find food for over 350,000 mouths more.

This great growth of population will make a big problem by the year 2010—there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people on the earth! So this is one of the biggest problems that you are going to meet within your life.

1.What’s one of the important world problems today according to the passage?

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2.What is the growth rate of population every year?

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3.将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。

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4.From the passage, how many new babies are there to be born in a minute?

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5.What may be the population of the world by the year 2010?

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