Life in the 2100s will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place. What will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer than people do now.
Computers 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 in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much easier and cheaper. More people will go to other countries on holiday.
There will be changes in our food, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day. Instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots, because of this, many people will not have work to do. This will be a problem.There will be in the future.
| A．a small population | B．few changes |
| C．more people | D．few vegetables |
In the future the computer will be .
| A．much bigger and few people will use it |
| B．much smaller and more useful |
| C．smaller and not many people will use it |
| D．bigger and a lot of people will use it |
In the future more people .
| A．will go to other countries for holidays |
| B．will study at school |
| C．will go to work earlier |
| D．will work for many hours |
People will prefer to in the future.
| A．fruit and vegetables; meat |
| B．meat; fruit and vegetables |
| C．fruit and meat; vegetables |
| D．meat and vegetables; fruit |
The robots will in the future.
| A．do the dangerous work | B．do all the work |
| C．do only housework | D．do the easy work for people |
Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will notice the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always change according to what he is talking about.
The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts(天赋) of a good actor doesn’t mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先). What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.
A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to meet the needs of his audience, which is in his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.
I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage-play because they could not keep strictly to what another had written.The word “audience” in the third paragraph means ________.
| A．students |
| B．people who watch a play |
| C．people who are not on the stage |
| D．people who listen to something |
Students in a good teacher’s class are always ________.
| A．active | B．quiet | C．noisy | D．sad |
In what way is a teacher’s work different from an actor’s?
| A．The teacher must learn everything by heart. |
| B．He knows how to control his voice better than an actor. |
| C．He has to deal with unexpected（未预料到）situations. |
| D．He has to use more facial expression. |
From the passage, we can infer(推断) ________________.
| A．Teachers have to learn by heart what they are going to say in class. |
| B．A teacher cannot decide beforehand what exactly he is going to say in class. |
| C．A teacher must speak louder than an actor. |
| D．A teacher must have a better memory than an actor. |
Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname（绰号）“Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.
As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman(董事长)of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.
“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.
“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me‘ Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s free advertisement for our company. It’s not necessary for me to get angry. Don’t you think so , Mr. Rockefeller?”
“Oh! What a wonderful man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words “Young man! Work harder, you must be successful in the future! I believe in you!”
Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.
Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat every thing actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”What was Albert in The oil company at the beginning?
| A．A worker. | B．An assistant. | C．A manager. | D．The second board chairman. |
Why wasn’t Albert angry about his nickname?
| A．He liked to have a nickname. |
| B．It could make his workmates happy. |
| C．He could become famous. |
| D．It was a free advertisement for his company. |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．Rockefeller asked young people to work harder. |
| B．It’s very important to do small things well. |
| C．You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname. |
| D．You should make more advertisements for your company. |
What would be the best title for this passage?
| A．I Believe in You | B．Albert and Rockefeller |
| C．Four Dollars a Bucket | D．The Second Board Chairman |
Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin’s idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he __________.
| A．dreamed day and night | B．liked making things |
| C．was an interesting man | D．was full of strange ideas. |
Merlin wanted to _________, so he put wheels under his shoes.
| A．play the violin well | B．arrive at the party sooner |
| C．be taller than the others | D．surprise the people at the party |
What did the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph(段落)？
| A．Merlin made a lot of trouble. |
| B．Roller skates should be improved. |
| C．The people were angry with Merlin. |
| D．Merlin was strong enough to break the mirror into pieces. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Nothing happened to Merlin at the party. |
| B．Merlin made a surprising entrance that day. |
| C．No one noticed Merlin when he entered the room. |
| D．Merlin couldn’t sleep well because he dreamed a lot. |
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It’s Friday afternoon，you can go to_______ .
| A．visit the museum | B．play soccer |
| C．play basketball | D．read children’s stories |
If you dial (拨号)66387901，you can __________.
| A．ask for some hotel information | B．do some shopping |
| C．have a good story time | D．order fast food in a restaurant |
You can not get any information about________ from the two notices．
| A．looking for a hotel | B．doing eye exercises |
| C．eating fast food | D．taking a taxi |
下面是一片摘自《上海中学生英文报》网站的报道。请仔细阅读该报道按信息表中项目要求在答卷上的信息表中填写信息。
Depending on yourself
Growing up is not always easy .When we face difficulties ,a spirit of depending yourself is more useful than crying for help .That ‘s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man with family hardship tells us .
Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua county (县),henan Province .When he was only 11,his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby girl .A year later Hong’s mother left home . She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick hus-band .So everything hard fell on to the young boy’s shoulders :to take care of his father and the sister Chenchen ,and to go on to study .
Although his life was hard ,Hong didn’t go away from hisfather and sister .He worked in part-time jobs to feed his family .He climbed tall trees to get birds’eggs for his sister .He walked two hours at weekends to the market to buy different things to sell around his school .A few years later ,he studied at a sollege .To take care of Chenchen ,he worked hard to rent a room near his college for her ,and send her to school .
After Hong’s story went public ,he became a hero in people’s eyes .But Hong refused offers-from others .He sard he felt encouraged by kind offers ,but he could depend on his own work .
Though his hard life ,he has grown up from boy to man .
From :Shanghai Middle School English Online
Information Card
| 1 |
Hong’s spirit____1____________________________________ |
| 2 |
Hong’s birthplace______2______________________________ |
| 3 |
Hong’s age when his mother left home ________3_________________________________ |
| 4 |
The distance between Hong’s school and the market ______4________________________ |
| 5 |
The way Hong fed his family ___________5___________________________ |