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I.单词拼写

1. No smoking will be allowed within a future city's (范围) .

IV.补全对话根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空 白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。

W: 1. Did you go downtown yesterday?

M： No. I stayed at home all day yesterday. I bought the books online.

W：2. Are you learning Chinese now?

M：I want to. 3. I bought the books for my little nephew. He is learning Chinese now.

W: That's interesting. Why does he want to learn Chinese?

M： He is just interested in learning Chinese. He probably thinks learning Chinese is fun.

W: It's easy for kids to learn a new language.

4.

M： They have more time than us. Besides,they can memorise new words more quickly.

W： We are just too lazy. 5.

   A. Books are cheaper on the Internet.

   B. It seems they learn much faster than us.

   C. They are all Chinese books.

   D. We prefer to go shopping and hang out with friends.

   E. But it is too difficult for me.

   F. Look at all these new books.

   G. I prefer to learn English.

III. 阅读理解

Life will probably be very different in 2050. First of all,it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. Instead,people will choose a programme from a “menu” and a computer will send the programme directly to the television. Today,we can use the World Wide Web to read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometres away. By2050,music,films,programmes,newspapers,and books will come to us in this way.

In many places,agriculture is developing quickly and people are growing fruits and vegetables for export. This uses a lot of water. Therefore,there could be serious shortages. Some scientists predict that water could be the cause of war if we don't act now.

In the future,cars will run on new,clean fuels and they will go very fast. Cars will have computers to control the speed of them and there won’t be any accidents. Today,many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050,the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. Space planes will take people halfway around the world in 2 hours. Today,the United States Space Shuttle can go into space and land on earth again. By 2050,space planes will fly people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.

Some big companies now prefer to use robots that do not ask for pay rises or go on strike,and work 24 hours a day. By 2050,we will see robots everywhere—in factories,schools,offices,hospitals,shops and homes.

Nowadays,scientists will have discovered how to control genes. Scientists have already produced clones of animals. By 2050,scientists will be able to produce clones of people,and decide how they look,how they behave and how much intelligence they have. Scientists will be able to do these things,but should they?

1. By 2050,people will get information mainly by.

   A. watching TV   B. reading newspapers

   C. listening to the radio   D. turning to a website

2. From the second paragraph,we learn that .

   A. the need for water in the future will increase a lot

   B. future wars will lead to an increasing need for water

   C. there can be no agriculture without enough water

   D. the population will decrease for lack of water

3. Which of the following is NOT a reality at the present time?

   A. Scientists have found out how to control genes.

   B. Cars have computers which tell drivers their position.

   C. People can learn about what has happened anywhere on the Internet.

   D. Robots have completely replaced humans in some factories.

4. What will play the biggest part in the quality of future life?

   A. Medicine. B. Technology.

   C. Education. D. Agriculture.

5. The best title for this passage may be .

   A. Computers Will Control the Cars in 2050

   B. What Robots Will Do in 2050

   C. Life in 2050

   D. The Development of Science in 2050 

5. You don't have to pay to park your car here.

You can park your car here.

4. He was running out of money because he spent too much on drinks.

As he wasted a lot of money buying drinks,his money.

3. He predicted that Class Two would win the game.

He that Class Two would win the game.

2. No matter how late he is,his mother will wait for him to have dinner.

 he is,his mother will wait for him to have dinner.

II.同义句转换

1. They didn't help me. Instead,they laughed at me.

  me,they laughed at me.

10. It will be possible to change the colour of cars the flick of a switch.

9. All forms of recreation will be provided free charge by the city.