Question

What do you think the future will be like? Here are some answers from some students.

Mary: If we don’t take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with much pollution(污染). There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people.

Jack: I agree with Mary. Things will be worse(更糟). The weather in the future will be much hotter. Humans(人类)won’t be able to live on the earth. They will have to look for another planet to live on.

Linda: I think the life in the future will be better. Most people in the world will use “green cars” by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old. As for(至于)space travel, I would say, we will visit Mars(火星) in about fifty years.

1.They are talking about________.

A. pollution　B. weather in the future

C. life in the futureD. Mars in about fifty years

2.What does Mary think life will be like in the future?

A. There will be fewer trees. B. Everybody will have a car.

C. People will live longer. D. People will live on Mars.

3.What does the underlined word “planet” mean in Chinese?

A. 沙漠　　　B. 岛屿　　　C. 星球　　　D. 海底

4.Why does Jack think humans will have to look for another planet to live on? Because____.

A. there will be too many buildings

B. the earth will be too hot to live on

C. there will be too many people

D. the earth will disappear(消失)

5.How many things does Linda predict(预测)?

A. OneB. TwoC. Three D. Four

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述了几个学生关于未来生活的不同预测。Mary认为地球的污染会越来越严重，树木会更少，房屋更多；Jack认为地球气温会变得很高，不适合居住；Linda则认为生活会变得更好。

1.细节理解题。根据文中内容What do you think the future will be like? Here are some answers from some students.未来的生活会是怎么样？这里有一些学生的答案。从而判断他们谈论的是未来的生活，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据文中第二段内容There will be fewer trees and more buildings,树会更少，建筑物会更多；故选A。

3.词义猜测题。由前文得知地球不适合人类生存，此句为：人们不得不寻找另外一个生活的星球。Planet星球，故选C。

4.细节理解题。根据文中第三段内容The weather in the future will be much hotter. Humans(人类)won’t be able to live on the earth.气候会变得非常热，人们不能在地球上生存。故选B，地球太热而不能生存。

5.判断推理题。根据文中第四段内容，Linda预测了绿色环保车，变少的污染，人的寿命，太空旅行，故选D。

考点：科普环保类短文阅读。