话题07 未来的生活 --【同步拓展阅读】2024-2025学年八年级英语话题阅读训练（通用版）

2024-2025年八年级英语上册话题阅读训练（通用版） 话题七 未来的生活 话题重点词汇 prediction 预言 pollution 污染 disagree 不同意 look for寻找 play a part 参与 hundreds of许多 environment 环境 earth 地球 plant 植物 fall down 突然倒下 space station 太空站 in the future 在未来 on paper 在纸上 live to be 200 years old 活到200岁 in 100 years 100年以后 on the earth 在地球上 play a part参与;发挥作用 be free 有空的;免费的 save the earth 拯救地球 move to other planets搬到其他星球 be in great danger处于极大危险中 话题重点句式 1. There will be...if more and more people...如果越来越多的人……,就会……。 2.If we have robots, we can finish the work with fewer people and less time.如果我们有机器人,我们可以用更少的人和时间完成工作。 3. I think that it will be difficult for a robot to do the same things as a person.我认为机器人很难像人一样做同样的事情。 实战演练 1、 语法选择。 You may send letters or e-mails to your friends or families before. But have you thought about 1._ a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? These days, more and more young people are trying 2. another type of mail—future mail. According to future mail, if the sender chooses the date of delivery(投递), the letter will reach the address at that3. special time. Take Fu Jing4. example, the girl was under heavy pressure of her busy life in Beijing.So she wrote 5. letter to herself on her twenty-fifth birthday. It would be delivered five years later on her6. birthday through“future mail”.“Future might be even 7. . I express my hopes about my future life to help me 8. the difficulty ahead(在前的) bravely.”Fu Jing said. Some experts think future mail is a good way of 9. people free themselves from pressure and anxiety(焦虑),10. they can record, express and share their feelings by writing letters to the future. ( )1. A. send B. to send C. sending D. sent ( )2. A. use B. used C. using D. to use ( )3. A. special B. specially C. especial D. especially ( )4. A. from B. in C. for D. on ( )5. A. a B. an C. the D./ ( )6. A. thirty B. the thirty C. thirtieth D. the thirtieth ( )7. A. hard B. harder C. hardest D. hardly ( )8. A. face B. facing C. faced D. faces ( )9. A. help B. to help C. helping D. helped ( )10. A. and B. but C. so D. because 2、 完形填空。 What our lives will be like in the future? Not long ago, people believed that in the future we would work less , have more free 1. , and be more excited, because robots would do lots of work for us. But we don’t think this will2. in every home. Today we work harder, work longer hours, and are much 3. than ten years ago. We work faster, talk faster but 4. less than before.5. we have machines and these machines help us save time, we have less free time than our parents and grandparents had. But 6. does this have to do with our health? An American writer James Gleick in a new 7. says that people in cities are having a kind of“hurry sickness(疾病)”—We are 8. trying to do more things in less time. So our lives are more stressful(紧张的). He says that if we don't slow down, we may not 9. as long as our parents. The book is very popular and most people agree with him. For most people, being fast doesn’t 10. being better. Will people have a relaxing life in the future? Maybe no one knows. ( )1. A. time B. money C. jobs D. space ( )2. A. predict B. take C. happen D. improve ( )3. A. healthier B. busier C. better D. funnier ( )4. A. study B. dance C. sleep D. exercise ( )5. A. Although B. Because C. If D. So ( )6. A. how B. what C. why D. which ( )7. A. book B. article C. magazine D. program ( )8. A. hardly B. never C. always D. once ( )9. A. work B. live C. think D. sleep ( )10. A. make B. say C. improve D. mean 3、 阅读理解。 A Welcome to Happy Toy Store! We have the most popular robot toys! Come here and have a look! You can't miss it! Name: Nicky Price: $210 For kids over 7 Nicky can make simple dishes. It is the most popular robot toy of the year 2020. Name: Cow Price:$195 For kids over 5 It looks like a cow and has four legs. It can move his legs freely(自由地) and dance. Name: Michael Price:$220 For kids over 10 It has a big screen on his face. You can use it to learn English online and play games on it. Name: Susan Price:$180 For kids over 8 It is the smallest robot in our store, but it can teach children to speak different languages. ( )1. What can the robot Nicky do? A. Dance for children. B. Play games with children. C. Cook food for children. D. Speak two languages. ( )2. Which robot can Ben’s parents give to him at his 6th birthday? A. Nicky. B. Cow. C. Michael. D. Susan. ( )3. What do we know about the robot Michael? A. Its price is $200. B. It's for the kids at the age of 9. C. It has a big screen on his back. D. Children can use it to study. ( )4. The robot Susan is than the other three robots. A. smaller B. more expensive C. more popular D. smarter ( )5. Sara wants to buy two robot toys, but she only has $380. Which two robots can she buy? A. Michael and Cow. B. Nicky and Susan. C. Michael and Nicky. D. Susan and Cow B What will man be like in the future—in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now? We can only make a guess, of course, but we can be sure that he will be different from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time Body part Changes Reasons Height Grow taller About 3 inches taller than 500 years ago Head Larger Man uses brains more and more Eyes Grow stronger / Arms and legs Grow weaker Used less Fingers Grow more sensitive Used a great deal in modern life Hair Disappear Does not serve a useful purpose any longer Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive creature(生物) to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes, future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being, with thoughts and emotions(情感) similar to our own. ( )6. The height of man will in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now. A. grow shorter B. be the same C. grow taller D. grow bigger ( )7. What is the reason for believing that future man will be different? A. Man began to change five hundred years ago. B. Man never stops changing. C. Man stops changing. D. Man has recently begun to change. ( )8. Why will people’s heads in the future grow larger? A.Because their brains will grow faster than at present. B Because their brains will not be used. B. Because their brains will play an important part. D. Because their brains will be used more and more. ( )9. Man uses fingers a great deal in modern life, so in the future man's fingers will grow . A. shorter B. bigger C. longer D. more sensitive ( )10. Future man's hair will . A. disappear B. grow more slowly C. stop growing completely D. grow longer C ( )1. The Future Classroom. ( )2. The Future Holiday. ( )3. The Future Car. ( )4. The Future Library. ( )5. The Future Weather. A. It will be in the air. Students will meet teachers and make friends there. The walls of it will be able to change colors. Sometimes it will be green. It's good for eyes. Sometimes it will be blue to make students relaxed. B. You can't see book shelves(书架). It is like a place to enjoy afternoon tea. There are comfortable chairs. When you sit at the table, put in some words into the screen before you, You will get anything you like to read. C. It can go everywhere, over land, over the water or even into the air. It's not heavy and you can even carry it with you when you' re not driving. D. It will be quite warm or even hot all year. There will be no more light rain and cold wind in spring. There will be heavy rain and warm wind. E. People will not do much work any more. They' ll do light work. They will always have long holidays to relax. F. People might grow plants and vegetables in the sea in about 50 years. G. What do you think the life on the earth will be like in100 years? Many scientists say that by the year 2100 the earth will become a worse place for us to live on. 4、 短文填空。 What will the future be like? Different people have different ideas. There will be a robot in every family. They will help with housework,1. people will have more free time for their hobbies. For me, it's my dream to be a 2. like Lang Lang. I take the dream seriously. So I think a robot is good for me. Schools will be different, too. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to 3. _____books to school. Some people even think that in the near future, children won't go to 4. ___to study. They will study at home on computers. That sounds so cool. In the future, cities will be more and more crowded and polluted. The environment will be in great 5. .Scientists predict that in 100 years, people will live 6. on the earth and on the moon. Some people don't think that’s 7. . However, hundreds of years ago, computers and rockets also seemed impossible. We never know what will 8. tomorrow. So 9. your friend invites you to the moon to have a party,don’t be surprised. In a word, life in the future will be much 10. . Everyone is looking forward to having a more comfortable life. 5、 读写综合。 A. 回答问题。 Have you ever wanted to travel back in time? What about traveling into the future? There's an easy way to do it.One way you can make a time travel journey is by writing a letter to your future self. To your future self, the letter will be a visit from the past. What can you gain(收获) by writing a letter to yourself? It depends on how good your letter is. You have the chance to say something to your future self. What would you want to communicate? In the next 5,10,15 years, you will be about to talk to yourself. There are many things you could include in your letter to yourself. The more you include, the better the letter will be to you. Be creative with what you put in your letter. Include a picture of yourself or family to show the time when the letter came. You can store your letter in many different ways. You can give your letter to a friend or family member to keep and mail to you. If you can get others to take part, let them write letters to themselves as well and ask someone to be the letter keeper until it's time to send the letters. You can also use a service online to store your letter and e-mail it to you. 根据短文内容回答下列问题。 1. How can you travel to the future? 2. If you want to gain more in the future, what should you do? 3. Why do you put a picture in your letter? 4. How many ways does the writer mention(提到) to store your letter in the last paragraph? 5. What does the passage mainly talk about? B. 书面表达。 随着社会科技的不断发展，我们的生活也时刻发生着变化。若干年后，我们的生活将会是什么样子？请根据以下要点提示,以“Life in the 22nd Century”为题，写一篇英语短文，向大家介绍一下你所预测的二十二世纪的生活。 要点提示：1.你的观点；2.具体的变化(至少3点)。 要求：1.语言通顺，要点齐全，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；2.词数：80 左右；开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 写作方法指导 开头：开篇点题，指出谈论对象是二十二世纪的生活； Today I want to talk about the life in the 22nd century. 主体：要点1-2：阐述自己的观点，介绍二十二世纪的生活具体是什么样的(至少3点)； Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the21st century. The population is growing fast. People will work fewer hours than they do in the 21st century. 结尾：表达自己的愿望，很期待二十二世纪的生活。 I'm looking forward to Life in the 22nd Century Hello, everyone. Today I want to talk about the life in the 22nd century_________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ That’s all.Thank you ! 参考答案： 一、1-5 CDACA 6-10 CBACD 二、1-5 ACBCA 6-10 BACBD 三、1-5 CBDAD 6-10 CBDDA 11-15 AECBD 四、1.so2.pianist 3.bring 4.school 5.danger 6.both 7possible 8 happen 9.if 10. better 五、A. 1.You can travel to the future by writing a letter to your future self. 2. Include as many thing as possible in your letter. 3. Because it can show the time when the letter came. 4.Two ways. 5. How to write a letter to your future self. B Life in the 22nd Century Hello, everyone. Today I want to talk about the life in the22nd century. Life in the 22nd century will be different from life in the21st century , because changes will take place in the new century. But what will the changes be? The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. People will work fewer hours than they do in the 21st century,and they will have more free time for sports ,watching TV and traveling. And dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem. That’s all. Thank you! 原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！2 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$