There’s no doubt that the future is coming.
 Self-service Store | Imagine walking into a store, you see neither staff nor cashier (收银员). Well, you may have entered Tao Cafe-the 24-hour self-service convenience store. By scanning their QR code (二维码), shoppers are followed with cameras for facial recognition. Digital systems will be able to “watch” and “remember” shoppers selection. When they are ready to leave, they go through two checkout door. Then the bills will automatically (自动地) be paid. The checkout machine can recognize goods even when shoppers put them in pockets or bags. So it is almost impossible to steal things from the store. |
 Electric Cars | As people pay more and more attention to the problem of pollution and greenhouse gases, electric cars might become more popular. More carmakers, including Audi and Volvo, will have electric powered cars on the road in 2019. And by 2025, almost every sixth car sold in the world will be electric. Many countries are calling on people to buy clean-energy cars. They believe these cars can help lower the need of oil and reduce air pollution. |
 Smart City | A smart city is a city where high technology not only serves the citizens, but also learns from them. There will be more information connections, between people, between people and things and between things. Data (数据) from the connections will be collected automatically. Developers can use this data to provide better services for people. For example, if people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone shows all bus lines that serve the stop and their arrival times. |
【小题1】What can shoppers do in Tao Cafe?
| A．Shoppers can only do their shopping during the day. |
| B．Shoppers need the cashiers' help to check out after shopping. |
| C．Shoppers can even check out without taking goods out from bags |
| D．Shoppers can steal goods easily because there is no staff at all |
| A．Electric cars can help reduce greenhouse gases. |
| B．About 60% of the cars will be electric by 2025. |
| C．Only Audi and Volvo can make electric cars now. |
| D．All the countries support people to use the electric cars. |
| A．People will have to collect the information by themselves. |
| B．High technology will both serve the citizens and learn from them. |
| C．The bus stop will show you all the bus lines and the arrival times. |
| D．There will only be connections between people and things. |
| A．Everyone may prefer the self-service stores. |
| B．More families may own the electric cars. |
| C．Clean-energy cars may take the place of ordinary cars. |
| D．The world will be smarter and problems will be fewer. |
Do you want to visit Mars(火星)? For many years, only astronauts could go there.
From 2044 on, our fast, wonderful spaceship, the Martian Express, will take us to Mars. Our travelling from Earth to Mars will take just six weeks. We plan to travel to Mars once every two years, because this is when the two planets are the closest.
Hurry!
| A．Different kinds of activities are waiting for you on Mars. |
| B．But soon everybody will be able to take a holiday on this planet. |
| C．It is much higher than the Earth’s tallest mountain. |
| D．Call us to get a place on the Martian Express NOW! |
| E．So our next leaving will be in 2046, and you can go. |
It is August 2040. People in Garden City are buying their homes and cars on the Internet from Quickbuy.com. Here is the website.
House: 26 Kennedy Road
This house is “green”. It has a layer of glass around it. The house saves heat because it stays under the glass. The heat is then used as energy to run machines in the house. All the walls are made of glass and you can move them, so you can have rooms of any size you want.
______________ The medicine cabinet(橱柜) has a computer in it, connected to your doctor’s computer. The fridge in the kitchen also has a computer, connected to the supermarket’s computer. It tells the computer when you need more food. It only orders the food that you like.
Satisfied customer:
Mr. David Yu, “When we were living in our old house, life was much more difficult and we were spending more money. We now live comfortably in a house like the one on Kennedy Road.”
Cars: The CJ3
The CJ3 is a hydrogen(氢) car. Hydrogen cars cause less air pollution in Garden City. The hydrogen is mixed with oxygen from the air to make electricity. The electricity drives the engine.
The CJ3 also has satellite navigation(卫星导航), so you can see where you are on an electronic map on the windscreen, and you can see all the traffic ahead of you. It also has an Internet connection, so the driver can get information about the weather or even book a restaurant from the car.
Satisfied customer
Mr. Jacky Hu, “I always felt sorry about the old car, because while I was driving. I was polluting our city, but I feel good driving the CJ3.”
【小题1】Which of the following is the best for the blank(空格) in Paragraph 2?| A．It is also smart. | B．It is also common. | C．It is also quiet. | D．It is also beautiful. |
①get information about the weather
②book a restaurant
③order the food
④see all the traffic ahead of us
⑤know where we are
| A．①②③⑤ | B．①②④⑤ | C．①③④⑤ | D．②③④⑤ |
| A．Large. | B．Small. | C．Cheap. | D．Green. |
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