Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. but what will the changes be?
The population (人口) is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least (至少) one in every room. 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 travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.in the future there will be _______.
| A．much more fruit | B．more people |
| C．less vegetables | D．less people |
every family will have at least a _____________ in the future.
| A．robot | B．cow | C．TV set | D．computer |
in the future people don’t have to __________.
| A．work long hours | B．work fast |
| C．walk on foot | D．eat meat |
people may not eat _________ as much as they do today.
| A．fruit | B．fish | C．meat | D．rice |
one big problem in the future is that ___________.
| A．many people don’t have to work |
| B．many people will not be able to find work |
| C．people have to work fast |
| D．all the work will be done by robots |
My friend, Dick, has a large police dog. Its name is Jack. Every Saturday afternoon, Dick takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.
One Saturday afternoon, a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for a walk. But the man was still there. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man kept talking. Finally Jack could stand it no longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the man, but this time he held the man’s hat in his mouth.From the story, we know that Jack is ________.
A. Dick’s good friendB. a large police dog C. a young manWhere does Dick walk with his dog every Saturday afternoon?
A . In his roomB. In the streetC. In the parkJack became very worried one afternoon because ______.
A. he couldn’t be taken out for a walk at the usual time.
B. a young man came to visit Dick that afternoon.
C. Dick walked around his room several times.What does the word “stand” mean in the passage?
A 站立B理解C忍受Why did Jack sit down again in front of the man with the hat in his mouth?
A. Try to take the man laugh.
B. Like the young man very much.
C .Ask the young man to leave.
In the United States, people like going camping for vacation. They do everything for themselves to relax in the woods instead of staying at a modern hotel or a restaurant. They enjoy themselves far away from the noisy cities for a few days.
What should you prepare if you want to go camping like them? When you are camping, you make all of your own food. Barbeques(烤肉架) are very necessary while camping. You can bring bread, drinks, meat and vegetables to the camp. You’d better bring some wood and a lighter(打火机) to make a fire. Remember to put stones around the fire to make sure it won’t get too big and dangerous. When the fire is ready, you can cook food over it.
Children really like this activity at night. The whole family sit around the fire, eat their favorite food. Certainly they can sing songs and dance together. What a pleasant and exciting moment.
Camping is a fun activity for the family to do. Vacation does not have to mean going to visit a place far away. It could be as simple as setting up a tent in the nearby woods.Where do people in the United States like to go camping according to the passage?
| A．In big cities. | B．In a place of interest. |
| C．In a modern hotel or a restaurant. | D．In the woods. |
What are NOT necessary if you are camping?
| A．Sunglasses. | B．Barbeques. | C．Some wood. | D．Tents. |
What does the phrase “make a fire” mean in Chinese?
| A．烧烤 | B．生火 | C．煮饭 | D．搭桥 |
What should you do while using fire?
| A．Put stones around the fire. |
| B．Cover（盖） the fire with grass. |
| C．Cook food under the fire. |
| D．Keep far away from the fire. |
What can we know from the passage?
| A．Camping is popular in China. |
| B．You needn’t prepare the food for yourselves while camping. |
| C．Children like camping very much at night. |
| D．We shouldn’t go camping for it’s dangerous. |
Hong Kong Harbour Cruise By Night
Enjoy your wonderful dinner on the ferry and see the fantastic city lights.
Time: 7:00 pm~10:00 pm daily
Price: With dinner Without dinner
Adult: HK$300 HK$120
Child under 12: HK$ 210 HK$ 84
Start/ Stop: Kowloon Public Pier (Near Star Ferry Pier)
Ticket Office：Star Company (123 Canton Road)Where does the cruise start?
| A．Kowloon Public Pier. | B．Near Star Company. |
| C．On the ferry | D．Office Company |
If Mr. and Mrs. Brown want to have dinner on the ferry, how much will they pay?
| A．HK$300. | B．HK$600 | C．HK$420 | D．HK$520 |
Where can they buy the tickets?
| A．At Kowloon Public Pier. | B．Near Star Ferry Pier. |
| C．Star Company. | D．Office Company |
What can they see on the ferry?
| A．A film. | B．The city lights. |
| C．Playing sports. | D．Listen to the music |
If you are eleven years old and you don’t have dinner during the cruise, how much will you pay?
| A．HK$300 | B．HK$120 | C．HK$84 | D．HK$45 |
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There is a family of ants close to my house, but I don't know when they came here.
They work hard all day long cleaning their house and looking for food outside. There is not a lazy one in their family. They are friendly to each other and help each other. I like them very much and often go to see them.
One day I went to see the ants just before a heavy rain. They were busy carrying earth in their mouths to stop up the door of their house. Just then the rain came down. I ran back into the house. I thought,“The ants will be in danger. How heavy the rain is!”
When the rain stopped, I went out to see the ants. The earth at the door kept the rain out. They were busy carrying it away.
It was late, and the people all went home. I thought that the ants must be tired.I went to see them again with the help of the lamp. They were still working quietly. What good, hard-working neighbours they are!Who is the writer's neighbour?
What did they do all day long?
They aren't very kind to each other, are they?
What did they use to keep the rain out?
Do they go to sleep just as the people do in the evening?
Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together.
Dolphins are mammals（哺乳动物）, not fish, but they swim together in a school. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say“welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can’t hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium.(An aquarium is a zoo for fish.) People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.A school of dolphins means_____.
| A．a zoo for dolphins | B．a show by dolphins |
| C．a group of dolphins | D．a library of dolphins |
A dolphin feels _____in an aquarium.
| A．afraid |
| B．happy with people watching them |
| C．lucky |
| D．sad and lonely |
Which sentence is true?
| A．Dolphins talk with words. |
| B．Dolphins always bring good luck. |
| C．Dolphins make more sounds above water. |
| D．Dolphins can’t breathe（呼吸） under the water. |
People can’t hear the dolphins’ sounds because they are .
| A．low | B．high | C．soft | D．quiet |
From the passage we know_____.
| A．Dolphins travel together. |
| B．Dolphins talk with words when they play. |
| C．Dolphins like to live in aquariums. |
| D．All people want to catch dolphins and eat them. |