Life in the future(将来) is different from now. There are not any paper money in the future. People use their credit cards when they go shopping. There are not so many stores. At weekends, people needn’t go out. They usually do some shopping at home on the Internet.

Children don’t get up early to go to school. They have lessons at home on the Internet, too. Teachers teach their students and give them homework on the Internet. Children give the homework to their teachers on the Internet, too.

People don’t need to do much work. There are more robots(机器人). Robots do hard work for people. Parents don’t cook or wash clothes. A cooking robot cooks breakfast. In fact, robots do all the housework for us.

There are more holidays. Parents spend much time with their children. They spend a lot of time travelling around the world.

I think life in the future is very interesting. Do you think so?

1.What is the Chinese for the underlined phrase “credit cards”?

A. 身份证 B. 户口本C. 信用卡D. 优惠卡

2.Teachers teach their students __________ in the future.

A. in the classroomB. over the radio

C. on TVD. on the Internet

3.In the future, robots can __________ for us.

A. eat dinner B. cook meals C. watch filmsD. talk with friends

4.How does the writer like the life in the future? He thinks it is__________.

A. hard B. easy C. interestingD. healthy

5.Which is the best title(标题) for the passage?

A. Life in the futureB. Studying at home

C. Working at home D. A hard life

A new survey of 100 hard-working mothers shows that they spend about 70 hours a week doing chores and looking after their families.
They spend more than ten hours a day cooking, cleaning the house, getting children ready for school and helping with homework. Cooking takes up (占用) about one hour and nine minutes a day. Doing the laundry takes about 61 minutes. Mothers also spend about 55 minutes getting children ready for school, about 53 minutes putting them to bed and about 47 minutes helping with homework.
However, 30% of those mothers with children under 16 get less than six hours’ sleep at night. 83% are not happy because they have less than an hour of their own(自己的) time every day. Only 17% are happy with this kind of life

1. 1.

   In the survey, mothers spend about 70 hours a week ______.

   1. A.
      going shopping
   2. B.
      doing chores
   3. C.
      looking after their families
   4. D.
      Both B and C
2. 2.

   It takes mothers ______ to cook every day

   1. A.
      about 69 minutes
   2. B.
      about 55 minutes
   3. C.
      about 47 minutes
   4. D.
      about 10 hours
3. 3.

   In the survey, ______ mothers with children under 16 sleep less than six hours at night

   1. A.
      100
   2. B.
      70
   3. C.
      83
   4. D.
      30
4. 4.

   From the survey, we know that ______.

   1. A.
      no mothers like this kind of life
   2. B.
      a few mothers are hard-working
   3. C.
      most mothers want to have more time to do their own things
   4. D.
      all mothers would like to work harder