Question

Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 20th century, because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be?

The population is       fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live     than before.      will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects at     .

People will work fewer hours than they did in the 20th century, and they will have more free time for sports,      TV and traveling. Traveling will be     . And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so     will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day,     , they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be      , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(機器人). Because of this, many people will not have enough        to do. This will be a problem.

1.A. making               B. growing      C. running               D. doing

2.A. 1onger         B. shorter           C. faster                 D. taller

3.A. Trains          B. Cars               C. Computers                     D. Houses

4.A. factory         B. hospital            C. farm                  D. school

5.A. watching       B. seeing              C. 1ooking               D. buying

6.A. 1ess interesting  B. much easier     C. more expensive              D. more difficult

7.A. fruit           B. milk               C. meat                  D. bread

8.A. instead          B. sometimes      C. still                   D. however

9.A. dangerous      B. difficult           C. heavy                D. different

10.A. job          B. work           C. homework         D. exercise

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要設想了22世紀人們生活的各個方面，分別從人口、生命長度、教育、工作、旅行、土地使用、飲食方面闡述了與20世紀的不同。

1.考查動詞形式及語境的理解。結合后面There will be more and more people in the world，可知人口正快速增長，故選B.growing,增長。

2.考查動詞搭配及語境的理解。22世紀人們的生命應該是活得更長，故選A.longer，更長的。

3.考查名詞及語境的理解。由下文電腦學習將會是學校主要科目之一，可知此處談到的是電腦，故選C,電腦。

4.考查固定短語及語境的理解。A.工廠 B.醫院 C.農場 D.學校 根據文意可知，電腦竟成為學校重要科目之一，故選D，學校。

5.考查固定短語及語境的理解。原句表達的是22世紀的人們將有更多的時間看電視和旅游，watch Tv為固定搭配，故選A，看，觀賞。

6.考查詞組辨析及語境的理解。A. less interesting,更加無趣 B. more easier更加便捷    C. more expensive更加昂貴D. more difficult更加困難，結合下文And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.可知旅行將會更加便捷，故選B.

7.考查名詞及語境的理解。結合上文Then there will be less room for cows and sheep及下文they eat more vegetables and fruit.可知因為牛羊越來越少，肉類食品就會越來越貴，故選C,meat，肉。

8.考查副詞及語境的理解。A.instead 作為替代 B. sometimes 有時候 C. still 仍舊 D. however然而，上文提到肉類越來越貴，作為替代，人們更多的選擇吃蔬菜和水果，故選A.

9.考查形容詞辨析及語境的理解。A. dangerous 危險的 B. difficult 困難的 C. heavy 沉重的D. different不同的，結合下文Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots(機器人)，可知危險、沉重、困難等工作都有機器人來做，排除法，故選D,不同的。

10.考查名詞及語境的理解A. job 職業B. work 工作C. homework家庭作業 D. exercise訓練，練習，通過上文可知，機器人承擔了大部分的工作，所以人們沒有多少事情可做，故選B，工作。

考點：科普環保類短文。