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 |
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A．lie in the North Island
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D．teach only local students
32．The text tells us that LSNZ ．
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B．practices large﹣class teaching
C．designs lots of exams
D．has many teachers from abroad
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Stuffy Pete sat down on a bench in the New York City Park．It was the third bench to the left as you enter the park from the east．
Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years，an Old Gentleman had come to find Stuffy there at one in the afternoon．He led Stuffy to a restaurant and watched him eat a big dinner He was trying to make it a tradition．
Stuffy had just come from a dinner so big that he had almost no power to move．How he expected that gentleman would not come this year! Then his eyes grew wider and his breath stopped．
The Old Gentleman was thin and tall，dressed all in black．He wore eye﹣glasses．His hair was whiter and thinner than it was last year．His legs did not seem as strong as they had seemed the year before，but he moved，straight and proud，to Stuffy and toward the tradition that he was building．
"I am glad to see everything's fine with you．For that blessing you and I can give thanks on this day of thanksgiving．If you will come with me，my man，I will give you a dinner that will surely make your body feel as thankful as your mind，"said the gentleman．The words themselves were almost a tradition．
Stuffy was very full，but he understood that his desire for food on Thanksgiving Day was not his own．It belonged to this kind gentleman．
The gentleman led Stuffy to the restaurant and to the same table where they had always gone．He sat at the table，watching．
The turkey and all the other food were gone almost as quickly as they appeared Stuffy saw the look of happiness on the gentleman's face．He continued to eat to keep it there．
In an hour the battle was finished．
"Thank you for my Thanksgiving dinner，"Stuffy stood up heavily．
They said goodbye，as they did each year，at the door．
Stuffy went around the first corner，stood for one minute，and fell．He was picked up and taken to a hospital．
An hour later，the Old Gentleman was brought to the same hospital．
"That nice old gentleman over there，"a doctor was talking to another．"Do you know what's wrong with him？He's almost dead for the need of food．A very proud old man，I think，He told me he hadn't eaten anything for three days．"
37．How many Thanksgiving dinners had the Old Gentleman invited Stuffy to have？
A．One．
B．Two．
C．Nine．
D．Ten．
38．Why did Stuffy's eyes grow wider and his breath stop when he saw the Old Gentleman coming？
A．He felt awful because he was too full．
B．He was afraid to have another big dinner…
C．He felt excited to see the gentleman was fine．
D．He was surprised to meet the gentleman there．
39．What does the underlined word "it" in the story refer to？
A．The gentleman's need of food．
B．Stuffy's effort to finish all the food．
C．Stuffy's thanks to the gentleman．
D．The happiness on the gentleman's face．
40．Why did the Old Gentleman still offer Stuffy the big dinner after he had been hungry for three days？
Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to believe or what to do．According to a report on the World Economic Forum （2016），critical thinking，creativity，and their practical application are widely accepted as the top three skills that young people need to possess*in their future career．
A good critical thinker usually takes the following steps before he decides what to do．Whenever he needs to do something，he would，first of all，reason．He checks why he needs to do it and whether he really needs to do it．Then，analyze．He tries to find out what it really is and the best way to do it．After that，evaluate．He makes sure whether he is able to do it and how to do it well．Finally，he makes the decision and takes action．Take the "Double 11"（a popular online shopping day in China） as an example．A few days before it，he checks carefully what he needs and whether he really needs them，and makes a shopping list．He goes to the online shops to compare the quality and the prices of the things that he is going to buy．He compares the shops that sell these things．
Then he checks whether he can afford them and in which shops he is going to buy them．Although it takes him some time to make the decisions，he would not regret after the shopping．
Then what would happen if he didn't think critically before he made the decisions？After the crazy "Double 11"，there were usually a lot of complaints on the Internet．There were regrets about buying more things than they needed．There were complaints about the poor quality and the prices of the things they bought．There were also complaints because they received wrong things or simply received nothing．There were all kinds of regrets and complaints．Why so？They had not thought critically before they made the decisions．
Critical thinking helps you make wiser decisions．It helps you avoid wasting time，money and so on．Therefore，do look before you leap．
33．According to the passage，critical thinking is a thinking skill that ．
A．helps make better choices
B．will appear in the future
C．helps make quick decisions
D．makes us spend more money
34．In Paragraph 2，how does the critical thinker analyze the things he may buy？
A．He checks what he needs to buy．
B．He studies the quality and the prices．
C．He makes a proper shopping list．
D．He checks how much money he has．
35．The underlined word "complaints" means that the people ．
A．are not satisfied
B．are not confident
C．are not interested
D．are not responsible
36．Which of the following examples is the use of "critical thinking"？
A．Daming did a new science experiment before reading instructions．
B．Lingling's parents became very angry when they knew her bad marks．
C．After looking at the other team﹣s weak points，the coach made a new plan．．
D．After hearing the stranger s words，the girl followed him into a supermarket．
When Sunday is over，the boring office may be the last place you think of，but the Apple Park in Cupertino，California may give you a different feeling．
Apple Park is like a huge landed UFO，which covers an area of 708,000 square metres．The round four﹣storey main building has hundreds of rooms．It covers an area of up to 260,000 square
metres．The outer walls are made up of huge pieces of glass．Many of them can be opened like the windows in your home，and the whole building can "breathe" like a human being．With this special ventilated*system，it only needs to use air conditioners for three months of the year．There are 75,000 square metres of solar arrays on the roofs of the building．They provide electricity for the whole Park．The Apple Park building is a bright，comfortable and convenient place for all the 12,000
Apple people to work inside．
Apple Park is not only a fantastic working place，There is a huge dining hall for all the﹣Apple people to have meals together at once．There is a four﹣storey cafe，a sports center and a 1,000 seat theatre to offer relaxing services．There are 2,000 bicycle parking spaces，so people can ride their bikes to work．The company also provides l，000 bikes for Apple people to get around all over Apple Park．In the middle of the round building is a huge park．Over 9,000 trees including many fruit trees are planted to make it a mini forest．It's an ideal place to make Apple people feel better and more energetic．
Apple Park is a gift for all the Apple people．
（1）The main building of Apple Park is ．
A. 12,000 square metres
B. 75,000 square metres
C. 260,000 square metres
D. 708,000 square metres
（2）Apple Park gets electricity from its ．
A．outer walls
B．solar arrays
C．rooms
D．trees
（3）Why does Apple Park offer many services？
A．To keep Apple people busy．
B．To invite tourists to have fun there．
C．To make itself a better gift to Apple people．
D．To build itself a better place to enjoy nature．
（4）Which of the following is TRUE？
A．There are over 9，000 fruit tree in the Park．
B．Apple people can do exercise in Apple Park．
C．Apple Park can "breathe" for three months of the year．
D．The outer walls of the main building are made of wood．
For centuries，people around the world have invented many sports．It's no surprise that more and more unusual sports have appeared．
Human Towers
Every two years，there is a strange but fun competition﹣Human Towers in Spain．The first prize goes to the highest tower．In 2015，a group of players from China and Spain set a world record：a nine﹣person﹣high human tower．In this exciting event，any visitor can hold out his arms with the local people and cheer together．
Cheese Rolling Championships
Cheese Rolling Championships take place in May every year in Britain．It is a traditional sport with the strongest smell in the world．Hundreds of people watch it on Coopers Hill．In the game，a cheese wheel of 3.5kg runs quickly down the hill．All the players run after it，trying to catch it without falling．However，most fail and get pains all over．
Outhouse Racing
Outhouse Racing has its own World Championship．It is on October 1st and 2nd in Virginia，America．Every team tries to push or pull their homemade outhouse along the street to be the first．You can see all kinds of unusual outhouses in the street．Each must have four sides，a toilet seat and toilet paper．
（1）According to the passage，the sport with the strongest smell takes place in
A．China
B．Spain
C．Britain
D．America
（2）Every outhouse in the racing must have ．
A．cheese
B．a prize
C．a surprise
D．a toilet seat
（3）John is good at climbing，but he can't run fast．He will take part in ．
A．Human Towers
B．Outhouse Racing
C．Racing World Championship
D．Cheese Rolling Championships．