What will our world be like in2020? Maybe no one knows. Because we never know what will happen in the future. But it's very interesting to make some predictions. Here are some exciting predictions.

Languages

English should still be the most popular language,but Chinese should be the second. Now, many foreign people are studying Chinese A their second language.

Water

①Water will become as expensive as oil because many rivers will disappear. We will have to save water and pay more for clean water.

Education and Science

Students won't go to school. They will stay at home and study online. Students from all over the world may study together B the Internet. We may eat more genetically modified(转基因) food. And more robots will be around us.②Lots of danger housework will be done by them.

Living

People will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns,factories and farms under the sea,too. Everyone will carry a pocket computer.③computer,the，answers,will,all,the，to,their,people,problems,give*Everyone will have telephones in the pockets, too,and they will be able to talk to their friends all over the world.

任务一：请在文中A、B两处的横线上填人适当的单词。(每空一词)

1. A        B       

任务二：请将文中①处句子译成汉语。

2.

任务三：请将文中②处画线句中的一个单词的错误用法找出，并改正在横线上。

3.

任务四：请将文中③处的斜体单词连成句子。

4.

任务五：

(   ) 5. The passage is mainly talking about

   A.education and science

   B.the school life

   C.the life in the future

   D.the most popular language

(   ) 5. —When will you hand in your book report?

— Sorry,I'm not sure. I         writing it yet.

   A. didn't finish   B. don't finish

   C. hadn't finished   D. haven't finished

(   ) 4. We         be more careful，or we will make the same mistake in the experiment. 

   A. might   B. can

   C. may   D. should

(   ) 3. The animals in zoos should       good care of.

   A. take   B. be taken

   C. took   D. be taking 

(   ) 2. 一What         the number of the students in your school? 

    ―About two thousand. A number of them from the countryside.

   A. is;are   B. is;is

   C. are;is   D. are;are

(   ) 1. Dale used to        to office in his car,but he is used to the bus now.

 A. going;taking   B. going;take   C. go;taking

5.比尔计划写一本书来向人们表明环保的重要性。 

Bill plans            a book to show people the       of environmental       .

4.上个月她创建了一个网站，在网上卖衣服。

She               a website to sell clothes      last month.

3.我们每天都应该好好利用我们的空闲时间。

Our free time should                good use every day.

2.别扔掉你不再需要的东西，有些很有用 

Don't            things you don't need      .Some of them are very useful.