Life in 30 years will be   31  because many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be    32   people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers will be   33  smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important  34  in school.
People will work fewer hours than they are doing now, and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and  35 . And more people will go to other countries  36  holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for  37   new towns and houses. Then there will be less  38  for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it every day, they will eat more vegetables and fruit instead. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will  39  by robots. Because of this, many people will not have  40  to do. This will be a problem. 
【小題1】A. same                    B. difference                C. different      
【小題2】A. little and little     B. less and less              C. more and more
【小題3】A. much                   B. many                   C. more          
【小題4】A. subject                  B. subjects                 C. way                   
【小題5】A. easily                   B. more easily              C. easier           
【小題6】A. for                     B. with                    C. at           
【小題7】A. build                   B. building                 C. to build        
【小題8】A. rooms                  B. room                    C. spaces        
【小題9】A. done                   B. do                      C. be done       
【小題10】A. works enough             B. enough works             C. enough work

What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.

The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.

Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(數(shù)字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.

Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源).

Schools will go electronic(電子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.

1. More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during                .

2.The newspapers will disappear                .

3.               is not mentioned in the passage as sources of energy.

4.From the passage we can know                 in the future.

5.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?                 .

The one-child policy has been carried out for about 20 years .Most Chinese families have only one child. By the year 2008,the number of only children in China had already been 330 million ,which was about the population of the United States .In the next twenty years ,the only-child generation (一代人) will become the main builders of our society .No one knows how much he or she will change the world .

Only children in families often receive the best care, sometimes ,even get a lot of indulgence .Parents always try their best to satisfy their children’s needs .Those children, who are called “l(fā)ittle emperors” ,are in danger of too much love .

However these kids often fell lonely because neither their parents nor their classmates can take the place of a brother or a sister.

It seems that only children are still not ready to do their duty .some elder only children have already graduated from college .But they still depend on their parents .They need a longer time to change for their jobs, because they were brought up in a safe environment. When their parents get older, a couple of only children will have four parents and even more grandparents to look after. It will surely be the biggest problem if they don’t well prepare to face it. 

1.What was the population of the U.S.A in the year 2008?

 A. About 3, 300, 000.   B. About 330, 000, 000.  C. About 33, 000, 000.

2.In this passage the word  “indulgence” means ________.

A. 溺愛             B. 批評(píng)               C.指導(dǎo)

3. Why do only children feel lonely?

A. Their parents have no time for them.  

B. They don’t have free time for activities.

C. They have no brothers or sisters.

4.What’s the biggest problem for the family that is made up of two only children?

A. They have to look after four parents and even more grandparents.

B. They they still depend on their parents.         

C. They need a longer time to change for their jobs

5.The best title for the passage is ____________.

A. Parents for Only Children  B. The Only-child Generation  C. The Only-child Policy

What might the future be like? Here are some predictions: things to come, things to go.

The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult. But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.

Newspaper will come to an end in 2043. In the future, digital(數(shù)字的) newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet. Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.

Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源).

Schools will go electronic(電子化). Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.

1.More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during                .

    A. Christmas Day        B. National Day

    C. the Spring Festival      D. the Mid-autumn Festival

2.The newspapers will disappear                .

    A. in 28 years      B. by 2020      C. by 2053     D. in 33 years

3. __________ is not mentioned in the passage as sources of energy.

    A. Coal    B. Wind    C. Nuclear power        D. Water

4. From the passage we can know                 in the future.

    A. the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem

    B. 90% of the population will live in the city

    C. robot teachers will check homework

    D. readers can discuss topics with each other through Internet

5. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?                 .

    A. Schools will go electronic      B. Computers will be important

    C. There will be robot teachers    D. School buses will be like spaceships