In the future, at-home cookers will be ready for you to cook a big meal with a switch(开关). Televisions will tell you prices at the shops and news around the world. Videophones will bring holograms(全息影像). The home will become the centre of entertainment(娱乐) through television and electronic games. Machines will control(控制) temperature, lighting, washing and gardening. Lighting will make your room look nicer. People will also have a lot more kinds of food.
There will be different kinds of materials(材料) for clothes. Special materials will keep the clothes clean forever. They will never get dirty or wear out. We will have less work because we won’t have to wash them. So we can save water and money. And children won’t worry about what to wear to school every day. They won’t go to school. They’ll stay at home in front of their computers to study. They can wear their favourite “Saturday clothes” every day. It will be fun.
At work, robots will take over most jobs in factories. Working hours will fall to under 30 hours a week. Holidays will get longer. There will be more foreign travels. Non-stop flights will be cheaper. Hobbies and education will become more and more important.
【小题1】In the future, we can cook a meal ________.
| A．by turning on the television | B．by turning on the videophone |
| C．at the order of a computer | D．with a switch |
【小题2】What do the underlined words “
wear out” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?
【小题3】In the future, people will work for ________ 30 hours a week.
| A．less than | B．only | C．at least | D．more than |
【小题4】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Children will always worry about what to wear in the future. |
| B．People will take over most jobs in factories in the future. |
| C．There will be few kinds of food in the future. |
| D．People will have more free time in the future. |
【小题5】Which is the best title for this passage?
| A．Robots in the Future | B．Changes in People’s Life in the Future |
| C．New Kinds of Clothes in the Future | D．The Centre of Entertainment |
