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閱讀短文, 根據短文內容回答問題。(共10分，每小題2分)

It's March, 2050.
Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and switch on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They used to read the Times, but changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.                                                
There is the usual news about space: another space flight has returned from Mars and scientists have discovered a new planet. Then they turn to business news: the US dollar has risen greatly in Shanghai, one of the world's leading business centers. Mary tells the computer to buy 5,000 dollars, and there is a quick response that it has been done.
As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them. Frank disappears into the study to join a video conference with his partners around the world. He is a computer engineer, working for several companies. This is his third job: he used to be in marketing and then television.
Mary has a quick look at the shopping channels - the usual selection of electric cars, household robots and cheap travel offers - before picking up the video phone to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical research. Both she and Frank used to have an office desk in London, but in 2014 they decided to move to the seaside and work from home.
Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own workstation at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Classrooms disappeared in 2030 because there was no longer any need for them: communications systems have made it much easier to learn at home.
Louise, now thirteen, is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as
important as English. Louise has many Chinese friends. They communicate by computer.
According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130. Her wish is to work for a
few decades (十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.
【小題1】Do Frank and Mary get the latest news on the computer in the morning?
【小題2】Who makes coffee for Mary and Frank?
【小題3】What does Frank do?
【小題4】What are the two world languages in 2050?
【小題5】What do you think of Louise's life in 2050? Why?

Answer 1

【小題1】Yes, they do.
【小題2】One of the household robots．
【小題3】He is a computer engineer.
【小題4】Chinese and English.
【小題5】I think her life in 2050 is convenient/ comfortable  because computers can help her with a lot of work.

解析試題分析：這篇短文中作者描繪了2050年時，一家人的生活。那時的人們生活中最重要的幫手就是電腦，很多工作都可以由電腦控制的機器人來做，學生們的學習也將變得輕松簡單。
【小題1】根據There is the usual news about space:及下文描述，可知他們從電腦上得到了最新消息，故答：Yes, they do.
【小題2】根據As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them.描述可知是機器人太替他們做家務。故答：One of the household robots．
【小題3】根據He is a computer engineer, working for several companies.聯系上文可知he指的是弗蘭克，故答：He is a computer engineer.
【小題4】根據is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as important as English.描述可知在2050年的兩種世界性語言是英語和中文。故答：Chinese and English.
【小題5】通過閱讀短文可知劉易斯一周只去一次學校，作業也很少，生活上不用做家務。他的生活應該是方便舒適的。故答：I think her life in 2050 is convenient/ comfortable  because computers can help her with a lot of work.
考點：有關未來的科普性閱讀
點評：本題中個別小題不能直接從文中找到答案，需要自己根據相關內容分析總結。一定要弄懂全文后再動手解答問題。書寫答案時，注意首字母大寫，因為是回答問句，即使只有一個單詞也是一個句子。為避免不必要的錯誤，只要能使用原文的就盡量使用原文回答問題，即使自己總結也盡量使用短句。同時并注意人稱和數的變化。