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Life will probably be very different in 2050. First of all,it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. Instead,people will choose a programme from a “menu” and a computer will send the programme directly to the television. Today,we can use the World Wide Web to read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometres away. By2050,music,films,programmes,newspapers,and books will come to us in this way.

In many places,agriculture is developing quickly and people are growing fruits and vegetables for export. This uses a lot of water. Therefore,there could be serious shortages. Some scientists predict that water could be the cause of war if we don't act now.

In the future,cars will run on new,clean fuels and they will go very fast. Cars will have computers to control the speed of them and there won’t be any accidents. Today,many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050,the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. Space planes will take people halfway around the world in 2 hours. Today,the United States Space Shuttle can go into space and land on earth again. By 2050,space planes will fly people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.

Some big companies now prefer to use robots that do not ask for pay rises or go on strike,and work 24 hours a day. By 2050,we will see robots everywhere—in factories,schools,offices,hospitals,shops and homes.

Nowadays,scientists will have discovered how to control genes. Scientists have already produced clones of animals. By 2050,scientists will be able to produce clones of people,and decide how they look,how they behave and how much intelligence they have. Scientists will be able to do these things,but should they?

1. By 2050,people will get information mainly by.

   A. watching TV   B. reading newspapers

   C. listening to the radio   D. turning to a website

2. From the second paragraph,we learn that .

   A. the need for water in the future will increase a lot

   B. future wars will lead to an increasing need for water

   C. there can be no agriculture without enough water

   D. the population will decrease for lack of water

3. Which of the following is NOT a reality at the present time?

   A. Scientists have found out how to control genes.

   B. Cars have computers which tell drivers their position.

   C. People can learn about what has happened anywhere on the Internet.

   D. Robots have completely replaced humans in some factories.

4. What will play the biggest part in the quality of future life?

   A. Medicine. B. Technology.

   C. Education. D. Agriculture.

5. The best title for this passage may be .

   A. Computers Will Control the Cars in 2050

   B. What Robots Will Do in 2050

   C. Life in 2050

   D. The Development of Science in 2050 

Answer 1

III. 1. D解析：细节理解题。由第一段中的 Instead,people will choose a programme from a “menu” and a computer will send the programme directly to the television.可推知正确答案。

2. A解析：推理判断题。第二段提到人 们大量种植蔬菜和水果以供出口，这需 要很多水，因此会带来水资源危机，由此 可以推知未来人们的用水量会大增。

3. D解析：细节理解题。由第四段内容 可知，机器人会出现在工厂、学校、办公 室、医院、商店及家庭中，但文中并没有 说人类会完全被机器人所取代。

4. B解析：推理判断题。综合全文内容 可知，到2050年，人们的生活会发生很 大变化，而这些变化都是由科技的发展 引起的，故B项正确。

5. C解析：主旨大意题。本文主要描述 了 2050年的生活与现在生活的不同，而 A、B、D三项只是文章内容的一部分，不 具有概括性。