The World Future is a group of people from more than 100 countries who are interested in how modern technology(技术) is making our life better.
They think the things that we will be able to do in the future should help us live better in many ways, at home and at work, in our own country and around the world. Here are just two of them：
●People live for up to 120 years and use new technology to help when people go blind(盲), deaf(聋) and have other problems. The number of people over a hundred years old could go from 135,000 today to 2.2 million people by 2050. By 2015 people think that 100 million workers will be able to work from home for a company in a different country by using the lnternet.
●The new technology of “nanotechnology”, that is very small robots or machines, will make all the things smaller and lighter. Very, very small machines could take away rubbish, make things in factories, and help people take away fat in our bodies. By 2020 people will probably be able to wear these small machines that look like watches. They will give us lots of information about our bodies and help keep us healthy.
根据短文内容回答问题What is the World Future trying to do?
How many countries are in the work?
What can people do when they are blind, deaf or have other problems?
Will the workers be able to work for companies far away?
When will people probably be able to wear the machines like watches?
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEKEND
Captain Good Fellow
Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, Free.
Walking Tour of the Town
Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history. Meet at the front entrance of City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortable shoes!
Films at the Museum
Two European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.
International Picnic
Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm.
Take Me out to the Ballgame
It’s October, and tonight is your last chance to see the Redbirds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold; don’t forget sweaters and jackets.
Do You Want to Hear “The Zoo”
“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert(音乐会) tomorrow night at 8:00 at Rose Hall, City College.You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab food ________.
| A．at Central Park on Saturday |
| B．at the Ballgame |
| C．at 5:00 pm |
| D．at the front entrance of City Hall |
If you are going on the Walking Tour, don’t forget ________.
| A．your worries |
| B．your beautiful walk |
| C．your learning about local history |
| D．your comfortable shoes |
“The Zoo” is ________.
| A．a park with lots of animals |
| B．US concert |
| C．a music group |
| D．going to give the concert at 8:00 am |
With the development of economics (经济), the problem of left-behind children (留守儿童) has become a serious social problem. More and more people have realized we should do something to help them.
One of the biggest problems is that the children are all hungry for the love from their parents. Many of them can just get a call or a letter from their parents half a year, a year or even several years, which makes some children lost their parents’ faces. When they meet their own troubles, they have no one to talk with. Nobody gives them enough care.
Because of being too far away from their parents, the left-behind children’s study is the second biggest problem. From a survey (调查) about their study, only two per cent of the children get good results, while ten per cent of them are common and eighty-eight per cent of them are poor. What a pity!
There are also many other problems of the left-behind children, such as having no ability to protect themselves, unhealthy lifestyles, spending too much pocket money and being crazy about Internet and so on.
In a word, to solve all the problems of the left-behind children needs the government, families and schools to try their best together.Which problem is NOT mentioned in the passage?
| A．Having no place to live. |
| B．Being crazy about the Internet. |
| C．Unhealthy lifestyles. |
| D．Not study well. |
What’s the meaning of “some children lost their parents’ faces”?
| A．Some children lost their parents. |
| B．Some children couldn’t find their parents. |
| C．Some children can’t remember what their parents look like. |
| D．Some children can’t get any information about their parents. |
Which of the following sentences is RIGHT?
| A．All of the left-behind children aren’t good at study. |
| B．The left-behind children can see their parents often. |
| C．The left-behind children have much money. |
| D．The left-behind children problem is a social problem. |
What is the best title of the article?
| A．The Left-behind Children |
| B．What is Left-behind Children |
| C．The Problems of the Left-behind Children |
| D．How to help Left-behind Children |
There was once a young man called Paul in a village in the USA. Paul was very lazy because his father was a rich farmer and he didn’t have to work. Mr Smith, a neighbour of his, was a blacksmith (铁匠). He used to work in his shop all day. Paul spent hours and hours watching how the blacksmith worked every day. “Young man, why don’t you try your hand to make a shoe tack (铁钉), even it is only to pass the time?” said the blacksmith one day, “ Maybe it will be useful to you some day.” Finally, the lazy boy began to have a try. After practicing some times, he became skilled and could make very nice tacks.
Years later, Paul’s father died and he lost all the things because of a war (战争). He had to move to another country and live by himself. It happened that there were many shoemakers paying high prices to buy tacks for the shoes, because in that part of the country there was a great need of tacks for soldiers’ shoes. Paul went to talk with them. He told them that he would make the tacks if they could help him find a workshop in the village. The shoemakers agreed. Then Paul made a lot of money by making tacks. “How funny it is!” he said to himself, “Even by making shoe tacks, one can become rich.”What’s the Chinese meaning of skilled?
| A．熟练的. | B．适应的. |
| C．自信的. | D．巧妙的. |
How many kinds of people appeared in the story except Paul ?
| A．Five. | B．Four. | C．Three. | D．Two. |
What can we learn from the story?
| A．Making tacks is important. |
| B．Wars can make people hard-working. |
| C．Nothing is difficult to learn. |
| D．Everything you learned may be useful. |
I began to send e-mails when I was 17. I discovered Google 5 years later. Now, I use the internet all the time. The Internet has become so popular that 90 percent of 12-to-17-year-olds in the United States use the internet, and about half of these kids use it every day. They visit chat rooms and send e-mails. They go to websites to get information for their homework.
"Kids are now living in a virtual(虚拟的) world," says Greenfield, an expert at University of California, "As the Internet is becoming more and more important for our life, we should worry about one question: Is the Internet good or bad for kids? "
"It's ***to answer the question because the Internet involves(涉及) so many things," says Justine, who is from Northwestern University. "They include online computer games, news, messages and even e-mails to your grandmother." So more and more people believe that the online world can be helpful in some ways but dangerous in others.
“Although it's not easy to tell whether it's good or bad,”says Justine, "the Internet, at least, is very useful and can be used widely by everyone in the world.The writer discovered Google at the age of .
| A．5 | B．12 | C．17 | D．22 |
Greenfield .
| A．is an expert from Northwestern University |
| B．wants to stop all the kids from using the Internet |
| C．is worrying about whether the Internet is good or bad for kids |
| D．thinks that the Internet is good for all the kids in the world |
in the passage should be the word ““.
| A．difficult | B．possible |
| C．easy | D．Good |
Should children do chores? Yes. Chores are good for them. Doing chores teaches them many important things. It will help them in their life.
There are many things that parents can do to encourage their children to do chores. Here are some suggestions:
Start early. Parents start giving their children chores to do when they are young.
Parents should show their children how to do chores and teach them one chore at a time.
Change the chores as children grow. Parents should make sure that the chores they give to their children are appropriate to (适合于）their children’s ages and abilities( 能力）.
Pay children for the chores they do. For example, pay them 1 dollar for taking out the rubbish.
Don’t nag(唠叨）.
Don’t do chores for their children if they forget or refuse.
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