Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and switch on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They used to read the Times, but changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.
There is the usual news about space: another space flight has returned from Mars and scientists have discovered a new planet. Then they turn to business news: the US dollar has risen greatly in Shanghai, one of the world"s leading business centres. Mary tells the computer to buy 5,000 dollars, and there is a quick response that it has been done.
As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them. Frank disappears into the study to join a video conference with his partners around the world. He is a computer engineer, working for several companies. This is his third job: he used to be in marketing and then television.
Mary has a quick look at the shopping channels - the usual selection of electric cars, household robots and cheap travel offers - before picking up the video phone to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical research. Both she and Frank used to have an office desk in London, but in 2014 they decided to move to the seaside and work from home.
Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own workstation at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Classrooms disappeared in 2030 because there was no longer any need for them: communications systems have made it much easier to learn at home.
Louise, now thirteen, is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as
important as English. Louise has many Chinese friends. They communicate by computer.
According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130. Her wish is to work for a
few decades (十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.
Because they ________________________________________________ .
2. Does Mary read space news or business news?
__________________________________________________________
3. Who makes coffee for Mary and Frank?
__________________________________________________________
4. How does Frank work with others from home?
__________________________________________________________
5. What are the two world languages in 2050?
__________________________________________________________
6. What do you think of Louise"s life in 2050?
I think her life in 2050 is ____________ because ___________.
1. want to get the latest news. (答案不唯一)
2. Mary reads both space and business news(答案不唯一)
3. One of the household robots.(答案不唯一)
4. Frank works with others from home through advanced communications systems/through computers(答案不唯一)
5. Chinese and English(答案不唯一)
6. convenient, computers can help her with a lot of work.(答案不唯一)
"You are welcome to have dinner with me on Sunday," said John. "But I don"t know where your house
is." said Herry.
"It"s easy. You get off the bus. Then you cross the road. You take the first road on the left. You walk
for five minutes. Then you come to a big tree. You take the second on the right after the tree. About one
hundred meters down this road there is a big red house. You go past the big house, and after about
hundred meters, you"ll see a small yellow house beside a little tree. Open the door with your foot."
"With my foot?" said Henry.
"Why yes," said John, "well, you won"t come to my house with empty hands, will you?"
1. From the story we know that John asked Henry _____.
A. to go to the cinema
B. to have supper with Jim
C. to go to the bus stop
2. "You take the first on the left" means _____.
A. go ahead on the left
B. take the first bus on the left
C. take the first road on the left.
3. How far is it from the big tree to the big red house?
A. about one hundred meters away.
B. five minutes" walk.
C. about five hundreds feet
4. Where was John"s house? It was _____.
A. on the right after the big house
B. a small yellow house
C. beside a little tree.
5. Why did John asked Henry to open the door with his foot? Because Henry _____.
A. had no hands
B. was afraid to open with his hands
C. would carry a lot of things in his hands.
Mr Brown usually went to a bar near his house, but he 1 took his son, Tom, because he was too 2 .
Then, 3 Tom"s 18th birthday, Mr Brown took him to his usual bar 4 the first time. They drank for half
an hour, and then Mr Brown 5 , "Now, Tom, I will tell you a 6 . You must always be careful not to
drink too much. And how do you know when you"ve had 7 ? Well, I"ll tell you. Can you see those two
lights 8 the end of the bar? When they seem to have become 9 , you"ve had enough and 10 go home. "
"But Dad, "said Tom, "I can see only one light there !"
( )2. A. short
( )3. A. in
( )4. A. for
( )5. A. talked
( )6. A. story
( )7. A. little
( )8. A. in
( )9. A. one
( )10. A. may
B. young
B. on
B. to
B. told
B. word
B. much
B. by
B. two
B. can
C. poor
C. at
C. with
C. spoke
C. lesson
C. some
C. at
C. three
C. will
D. small
D. by
D. in
D. said
D. class
D. enough
D. on
D. four
D. should
Shlander is a man from space. He thinks the people and things on the earth are very strange. He is now writing a letter to his friend at home. Here is part of his letter. Read it and answer the questions.
Now I am in a strange world. It is very nice. There are many new things here. There are many earth monsters (怪物 ) here, too. The earth monsters look very funny. They have just one head, two arms and two legs. They have thin black strings(细绳) on their heads. Some earth monsters have brown or yellow strings. The earth monsters have a hole in their faces. Every day, they put nice things and balls from the trees into the hole. They put water into the hole, too. The earth monsters do not walk very fast. They move from place to place in tin boxes.
At night, the earth monsters like to look at a square window box. This box has very small earth monsters in it.
A. strange
B. nice
C. different
D. beautiful
A. a monkey
B. an earth monster
C. a tin box
D. a strange world
B. brown or yellow strings on its head
C. a hole in its face
D. a wing on its body
B. balls
C. fire
D. water
B. a very small earth monster
C. a TV set
D. a radio
I had a very unusual e _1_ ! Yesterday I stayed at home. When I was sleeping in the b _2 .
the door bell r __3_ . opened it and found a strange boy standing outside. I looked at him in s _4 .
Then I asked him, "Hello ! Who are you? Are you an alien or a human? Please tell me!" W __5_ I
was saying the words, he left. Oh! Dear! He made me feel s 6__ .After two hours, he came back again. Oh! My God! What did he want to do? I 7_ about letting him go out. But it was difficult. At that time,
he said, "I"m from the f 8 _ . You can call me ""A"".I hope you can help me, please give me some food
and water. Then I can f _9 to the future. " So I gave him some food and water, then he left my home.
Two months later, I got a thanks letter from him. I was very happy.
Oh! How s _10 it was!
1._________2._________ 3._________ 4.________5._________
6._________7._________ 8._________ 9.________ 10.________
of a shoe store on Broadway, barefooted (光着脚),peering(凝视) through the window, and shivering (颤抖着) with cold. A lady walked to the boy and said, "My little boy, why are you looking so seriously
in that window? "
"I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes. " The boy replied.
The lady took him by the hand and went into the store, and asked the clerk to get six pairs of socks
for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin(盆)of water and a towel. The clerk quickly
brought them to her. She took the little boy to the back part of the store and, taking off her gloves, knelt
down,washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel. By this time the clerk had returned with the
socks.Placing a pair upon the boy"s feet, she then bought him a pair of shoes, and tying up the rest pairs
of socks gave them to the boy. She patted him on the head and said, "My little boy, do you feel more
comfortable now?"
As she turned to go, the surprised boy caught her by the hand, and looking up iii her face! with tears
in his eyes, answered the question with these words, "Are you Good"s wife?"
1. What"s the season in this passage?
_________________________________________
2. Why was the boy looking so seriously in that window?
__________________________________________
任务二:翻译文中划线的句子。
3. ________________________________________.
4. ________________________________________.
任务三:给本文拟一标题。
5. ________________________________________.
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