Question

  Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the 21st century,because many changes will take place in the new century,but what will the changes be?

   The population is 1 fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 2 than before. 3 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 4 .

   People will work fewer hours than they do in the 21st century,and they will have more free time for sports,5 TV and traveling. Traveling will be 6 . 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 7 will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day,8 they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.

   Work in the future will be 9 , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. 10 this,many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

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

2. A. longer   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. looking   D. buying

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

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

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

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

10. A. Thanks for   B. Many thanks   C. Because of   D. Because

Answer 1

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. C

1. B 考査动词辨析。表示人口“增长快” 用动词grow。故选B.

2. A 考査形容词辨析。人们的寿命会更长。longer意为“更长”。故选A.

3. C 考査语境理解。下文讲述的内容与电 脑有关。computer“电脑”。故选C.

4. D 考査名词辨析。

factory“工厂'hospital “医院”，farm“农场”，school“学校”。句意: 电脑学习将成为学校重要的学科之一。故 选D.

5. A 考査动词辨析。

watch TV“看电视”。 故选A.

6. B 考査语境理解。由下文“更多的人将会 出国度假”可知，旅游会更加容易。故选B.

7. C 考査语境理解。由上文“牛、羊的数量 少了 ”可知，肉会更贵。

fmit “水果”， vegetable“蔬菜”，meat “ 肉”，bread “面包 ” . 故选C.

8. A 考査副词辨析。

instead “代替”; sometimes“有时 still “仍然”;however “然 而”。句意：没有人会天天吃它(肉) ，取而代 之，人们会吃更多的蔬菜和水果。故选A.

9. D 考査语境理解。由下文“危险及辛苦的 工作由机器人来做”可知，在未来工作也会 不同。故选D.

10. C 考査词义辨析。句意：因为这个(原 因) ，许多人没有足够的工作做。

because of“因为;由于”，其后面接名词或代词。故选C.