Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020．"What will our world be like in the year 2020?""I don’t know."says Fred．"What do you think?""Well, no one knows, but It’s interesting to guess.""In the year 2020 everyone will carry a pocket computer. The computer will give people the answers to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, too, and we’ll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we’ll be able to see them at the same time.""A lot of people will live and work under the sea. Perhaps there will be big towns, factories and farms under the sea, too.""Machines will do most of the work, and so people will have more holidays, perhaps they’ll work only two or three days a week. They’ll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there.""I’m looking forward(期待) to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon!""And I hope I’ll be able to live under the sea."says Fred."Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish!"
【小题1】根据Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2020．及下文描述,可知他们谈论的是将来的生活,故选D
【小题2】根据"Machines will do most of the work,可知选A
【小题3】根据""I’m looking forward(期待) to the year 2020. I hope to go to the moon!"描述,可知选C
【小题4】根据"And I hope I’ll be able to live under the sea."says Fred."Won’t that be very interesting? Just like a fish!"可知选B
【小题5】D
【小题6】Tom and Fred talked about          ．

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1.My American friends invite me to their dinner party. I don’t know what to bring.

2.One of my American friends invites me to dinner at eight tonight. Should I arrive earlier?

3.I’m going to a dinner party held by Americans, but I don’t know how to use the forks and knives.

4.I am going to an American friend’s party. I am not sure what to dress. Should I dress formally?

5.An American family invite me to their home for dinner. How can I let the family know that I’m thankful for their kindness after dinner?     A．Never accept an invitation unless you really plan to go. You must refuse politely.

B．Just watch the other people, and follow them. If you still have no idea of what to do, ask the person next to you.

C．If you accept a dinner invitation of your friend, tell him or her what you like and don’t like to eat.

D．You should arrive on time. Don’t get there early. If you’re going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.

E. Flowers are always nice, or you may bring a bottle of wine if you know that your friends drink it.

F. Everyday dress is OK for most visits to an American’s home.

G. You should thank them for the meal and for their kindness. It’s also a good idea to send a thank you card the day after.

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Maps are very useful and important  to us today, but  they are not a new_1.___.In fact, people have made and used maps for __2._. It is believed that the first map of the world may be a 2,600-year-old clay map from Babylonia . People in the past did not__3.____ what the world really __4.__ like ,but they had many ideas about  5.___ .

Mapmakers could not draw accurate maps of the earth until people began traveling around the world in the___6._century,mapping small areas each time .In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, people  _7.__making correct maps of countries , but the accurate maps of the world were not made until the 1890s.

Maps today are reliable , cheap , and  _8._ to understand . People depend on __9.__ every day. What would our lives be like  _10.__ them?

11.___________12.____________13.__________ 14._________15._______

16.___________17.___________18._____________19._____ ____20._______

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