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　　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 centres．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．

1．Why do Frank and Mary switch on the bedroom computer in the morning?

Because they ________．

2．Does Mary read space news or business news?

________

3．Who makes coffee for Mary and Frank?

________

4．How does Frank work with others from home?

________

5．What are the two world languages in 2050?

________

6．What do you think of Louise's life in 2050?

I think her life in 2050 is ________ because ________

Answer 1

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解析：

1．want to get the latest news． 　　2．Mary reads both space and business news(這題比較有爭議，我開始的意見是turn to是表示翻到了商務新聞版塊而不是轉到，所以選了Mary reads business news．但剛剛我在網上查了下資料在大學英語聽力中找到了資料，中考是在第二段的基礎上進行了改編，但是內容應該還是連貫的，在原文中，體現出了他們有read space news。所以這邊答案基本可以確定是both了。) 　　3．One of the household robots． 　　4．Frank works with others from home through advanced communications systems/through computers 　　5．Chinese and English 　　6．convenient computers can help her with a lot of work．