Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes单元话题阅读理解练习-2025-2026学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（人教版2024）

Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes 单元话题阅读理解练习 Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes单元话题：展望未来 本资料共10篇专题训练，从上到下依次按照难度分为基础语篇巩固练和重难语篇提升练 基础语篇巩固练 Our life will be different from nowadays, with robots appearing in our lives. So what will the future be like? Here are some students’ ideas. I expect to live in a more beautiful and cleaner city. The street will be cleaned by robots once a day. —Ben There will be more kinds of food to choose from and the food will be more delicious. The robots can make food for us. —Karen We do not have to spend much time on heavy work because robots will take up most of our work, like washing the clothes. So we will have more vacations. We can take a vacation on the moon. We will not live on earth but on the moon or other planets. —Mark I expect that most families will have their own planes made by their robots, so travelling will become more convenient. The plane is faster than any other vehicle (交通工具). —Sue I hope robots can make clothes for us. The clothes could change their sizes and colours by themselves. —Sam 1．There will be ________ for us in the future. A．fewer vacations B．more money C．more kinds of food D．more work 2．Which is NOT true according to the passage? A．We can travel to the moon. B．There may be no person on earth. C．We can spend a little time on housework. D．The train will be the fastest vehicle. 3．In the passage, the underlined word "convenient" means “________”. A．easy B．crowded C．boring D．quiet 4．What is the best title for the passage? A．Robots in the Future B．Cities in the Future C．Transport in the Future D．Future Life with Robots What will our future life be like? Here are some predictions from four students. Steve: We will take the flying cars to go anywhere. We will improve space travel. There will be many spaceships. It’s easier for us to travel. One day, our neighbours will come from another planet. Lisa: I think science will improve a lot in the future. Every family will have their own robot. People will have more free time to enjoy life because robots will do lots of jobs. Mary: I think the world will be more polluted. We will find medicine for deadly (致命的) illnesses, so people will live to be 200 years old. There will be more people and cities will be more crowded. There will be fewer trees because people need to cut down trees to build houses. Tony: I think people will look different in the future. Our heads will be bigger and our legs will be thinner. We don’t need to walk on legs because we will go out by car, by plane or even by spaceship. However, we need to work hard to make robots work for us. 1．What is Steve’s prediction about the way of future travel? A． B． C． D． 2．What does Lisa think our future life will be like? A．More difficult. B．More boring. C．More comfortable. D．Much busier. 3．In Tony’s eyes, people in the future will ________. A．have smaller heads B．have thinner legs C．not have legs D．not do any work 4．What can be the best title for this passage? A．Future Travel B．Future Life C．Future Work D．Future Humans Four students are talking about the future after class. In 2050, China will be much richer than it is now. Shanghai will be ready for the 40th Olympic Games in 2052. The sky will be bluer and cleaner and the air will be fresher. ▲ A holiday on the moon will not be a dream. We can also travel to other planets and talk with aliens (外星人). We might eat something like pills instead of today’s meals. Everyone will enjoy a longer life. Robots will be very popular. They’ll do what people don’t want to do. We’ll build new homes on other planets. By then, I’ll be over thirty years old. Maybe I’ll have an exciting talk with my friends in my new home on another planet! In 2050, cloning (克隆) will be used in many ways . It will bring back animals that disappeared many years ago. The whole world will be a big family. We’ll live a much easier and better life. 1．What are the four students talking about? A．Robots. B．Traveling. C．Protecting the environment. D．The life in the future. 2．Which of the following can be put in ▲ ? A．We will live in big houses. B．We will travel around the world. C．We will buy lots of beautiful things. D．Humans and animals share the world peacefully. 3．Which of the words can replace the underlined word “pills”? A．Oil. B．Fruit. C．Medicine. D．Food. 4．What does Zhang Lan think will happen in 2050? A．Many animals will disappear. B．Cloning will be very useful. C．We’ll live on other plants. D．People will have a much harder life. 5．What’s the attitude of the four students? A．Positive. B．Sad. C．Negative (消极的). D．Unbelievable. In real life, you can see science and technology everywhere now. In the near future, your life will be full of more amazing technologies. They will make your life easier and make learning more exciting! Before school Imagine waking up in the morning, your breakfast machine has already prepared a meal for your family. There is no need to carry heavy schoolbags because all your textbooks, notebooks, and even homework will be in a small magical tablet (平板电脑). As you sit down at the table, your tablet will show you a to-do list (清单) for the day. On the way to school Instead of walking to school, you will usually use self-driving cars. They can take you right there. These cars know where to go and can even tell you fun facts about science or history. If the road is busy, you might even take school planes. At school The walls of classrooms can turn into big screens for you to watch 10D videos. The school library can “think” and make you feel the “real” environment. When the teacher tells a story about the forest, the trees will “appear” around you. You can smell the flowers and hear the birds singing. You can even feel the raindrops falling on your faces. Lunchtime will be super cool! There might even be a robot cook in the dining hall who prepares healthy and delicious meals just for you. ▲ Your family smart helper knows about your learning needs. They can help you practice reading or math skills in a fun way. You can join clubs like “Robot Builders”. In the clubs, you can make your own robots that can do housework or play games with you. A better future is within (在……之内) reach. Scientists and engineers are working hard to make it come true. Soon, life will be more wonderful. 1．What kind of life is this passage about? A．School life. B．Family life. C．Future life. D．Space life. 2．How will you usually go to school according to the passage? A．By car. B．On foot. C．By bus. D．By bike. 3．Where can you feel the “real” environment? A．In the school library. B．In the dining hall. C．In the classroom. D．In the teachers’ office. 4．Which one can you put in the “ ▲ ”? A．On the playground. B．After school. C．In school clubs. D．In the classroom. 5．What’s the structure of the passage? A． B． C． D． Future clothes won’t just be for wearing. They will do more things from sending information to giving directions (方向). Some may even wash themselves! Clean themselves. You may say goodbye to the washing machine in the future. Scientists are studying a kind of special clothes. These clothes will be able to clean themselves in just a few minutes. You just need to put them under sunlight or a light. Be a screen. What can a bike rider do when he or she is lost? A coat made with electronic textiles (电子织物) may help. It can give light and work like a screen. Wear it and you can send information, check directions or read the news. Chinese scientists can make such textiles. The coats may not be far away. Power up. Your mobile phone is going to die? No worries. You can charge it with your coat! Scientists are trying to make clothes with solar panels inside. When people wear the clothes, the solar panels can get power (电力) from sunlight. They can save power and charge the phone later. 1．How can people make future clothes clean themselves? A．By putting them in the sun. B．By sending information to them. C．By wearing them at night. D．By working before a screen. 2．What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? A．The coats are close to bike riders. B．Bike riders can go far away in the coats. C．People will be able to wear the coats soon. D．It’s difficult to make the coats in the future. 3．What does the underlined word “charge” in Paragraph 4 mean? A．Take power into. B．Pay money into. C．Say bad words to. D．Get ready for. 4．What can people do with future clothes? ①send information   ②wash machines  ③check directions   ④save power A．①②③ B．①②④ C．②③④ D．①③④ What will our life be like in 50 years? I think we will live on Mars. Here is what life will be like there. First of all, transport should be much better. Now, our spaceships (宇宙飞船)  are too slow to carry lots of people to space—it takes months. However, in the future, it will take us two or three days to get to Mars by spaceship! Many people believe that robots will do most of our work, so we will have more time for our hobbies. How about the food, water, and air? Scientists will be able to develop plants that can be grown on Mars. These plants will produce (产 出) the food and air we need. However, can these plants give water to us? There is no answer now. There are also some problems for us. Mars pulls us much less than the Earth does. This will be dangerous because we can easily jump too high and fly slowly away into space. To stop this, humans on Mars have to wear special shoes to put on weight (重量). What’s more, food will look like pills (药片) and will not be as delicious as it is today. 1．What will the future spaceship be like? A．It will be much slower. B．It will become much faster. C．It will be more expensive. D．It can carry people to any place. 2．What does the underlined word “this” refer to? A．Flying away into space. B．Becoming much heavier. C．Looking more beautiful. D．Eating too many pills. 3．Who may be interested in this passage? A．Miss Xie, a traveler, who tries to fly around the world. B．Ms. Liang, a reporter, who loves reading history books. C．Mr. Smith, a food service worker, who studies food plants. D．Ann, a student, who wants to learn about life in outer space. What will the future be like? I believe new science technologies (技术) will change our life in different ways. ▲ They will work for us, like bringing us useful things, taking away our rubbish and cooking for us. The robots can help look after our pets too. So our life will become easier and more comfortable. We will be able to go into computer games and films, and everything will feel real. With the help of computer science, we will even be able to make our homes look like forests, sunny beaches or anything else. In the future, we will have many machines. They can copy almost anything. Just put a cake in the machine, and it will make a new one. The machines can also help send food and gifts to our friends far away like a fax machine (传真机). We will travel faster and safer around the world, and even into space (太空) . We will be able to visit different places with a new kind of travel bag. The bag has two legs and it can carry us anywhere. Maybe one day we can work on the earth, sleep on the moon, and even take a holiday on the sun. How amazing! We believe that day will come soon. 根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。 1．How does the writer start the passage? A．By asking questions. B．By giving facts. C．By telling stories. 2．What can be put in the “ ▲ ” ? A．Schools will make robots help us. B．There will be many new robots for farming. C．We will have clever home robots. 3．What does the underlined word “copy” in Paragraph 3 mean? A．举起 B．控制 C．复制 4．What may the new kind of travel bag look like? A． B． C． 5．How does the writer feel about the future life with science technologies? A．Unsure. B．Hopeful. C．Worried. ①In the future cities, will we have smart buildings and flying cars? Or robots that will do our housework? What about schools? Will we still travel to school or will we study online at home? ②Maybe ... or maybe not, but what we do know is that in the future, cities are going to have more and more people living in them. More than half of the world’s people already live in cities, and by 2050, cities will become home to about 6.5 billion people. That’s a lot of people and very little space! More people means that we’re going to have more pollution, traffic and noise. It also means that we’ll need more homes, schools, hospitals and jobs. We’ll need more resources, like water and trees, and more ways to grow food too. Oh, and more parks to play in! ③Many cities are already planning for the future. For example, Bristol is a cycling city in England. You can ride bikes on the cycle road. In Singapore, people are looking “up” to grow food! To save land (土地), they grow vegetables in lots of layers (层) in special tall buildings, called “vertical farms”. In Amsterdam in North Europe, there are “floating (漂浮) houses” built on water instead of on land! 1．Why does the writer ask the questions in the first paragraph? A．To predict what cities will be like. B．To describe the old cities. C．To introduce new ways of life. D．To show the importance of cities. 2．What is the second paragraph mainly about? A．Problems in future cities. B．Plans about building future cities. C．Ways of feeding people in future cities. D．Advice on managing (管理) future cities. 3．What does the word “resources” mean in Chinese? A．经历 B．效率 C．信息 D．资源 4．What do “vertical farms” and “floating houses” have in common? A．They are easy-made. B．They are good-looking. C．They are land-saving. D．They are water-covered. 5．In which part of a magazine may the passage appear? A．Culture Corner (角). B．Future Life. C．Art World. D．Science Study. 重难语篇提升练 Computers have become smarter in recent years. The AI-powered chatbot (人工智能聊天机器人) ChatGPT is able to answer questions, write articles and do translations like a human. It has caused excitement all over the world. Like most products these days, ChatGPT wasn’t made by just one person. Instead, it was developed by a group of engineers at OpenAI. But according to the company, one man played an especially important role. That man is Jakub Pachocki. Pachocki is a programmer (程序员). He has been interested in AI for many years. He wants to use this technology to make computers smarter. In 2017, the man joined OpenAI. There he taught a robot to play Dota 2, an online game. Pachocki made the robot play against itself over and over until it reached the professional level. Pachocki began working on ChatGPT in 2018. His job was to pretrain (预训练) the AI system. The man and his team made computers study billions of words. These words came from books, magazines, websites and so on. They covered many different topics. By studying these words, the system learnt the patterns (模式) of human language. This process (过程) helped it develop the ability to “chat” about different topics like a real person. Although Pachocki is very talented, he has kept a low profile (保持低调). He seldom talks to the media. He is not active on social media either. The programmer, instead, focuses on his work. He spends most of his time trying to make computers smarter. Does ChatGPT’s intelligence (智力) surprise you? Well, now you know there are smart minds like Pachocki behind it. Computers are not getting smarter on their own. 1．Why has ChatGPT made people all over the world excited? A．Because it can play online games. B．Because it can work better than human beings. C．Because it was developed by a group of engineers. D．Because it can do many things just like a human. 2．What does the third paragraph mainly talk about? A．How to help ChatGPT “chat”. B．When to pretrain the AI system. C．Where to get different topics. D．What the system learnt from the patterns of human language. 3．What do you know about Pachocki according to the text? A．He joined Open AI 10 years ago. B．He is talented and hard-working. C．He is often active on social media. D．He makes computers smarter by himself. 4．What may be the best title for the text? A．The History of ChatGPT B．The Use of ChatGPT C．Great Minds Behind ChatGPT D．The Importance of ChatGPT 阅读下面短文，回答下列小题。 Scientists have made some very surprising predictions about the future. They say that in the next fifty years, the way we live will change (改变) greatly. Here are some of their predictions. Which is surprising to you? Growing body parts Scientist Ellen says, “In 50 years we can repair (修) sick body parts in the same way as we repair a car.” But doctors will need lots of body parts. Where will they come from? Scientists say these could be grown inside animals from human cells (细胞). In a hospital in London, scientists have already started to use human cells to grow noses and ears. Living longer In 50 years, living to be 100 years old while still enjoying active and healthy lives will be a common thing. Scientist Richard Miller says, “it’s now possible to make the animals in the lab (实验室) live longer than before. And we believe we can do the same for humans.” With new medicine, people in their 100s will be as lively (生气勃勃的) as today’s sixty-year-olds. Women will be able to give birth well at an old age. ________ According to scientist Daniel from Canada, a special machine will be able to “read” feelings and thoughts. It could first work with primates (灵长类动物), then mammals, then other vertebrates like fish. This way we can “talk” to animals. Soon people on the planet will probably say no to meat and many of them may become vegetarians. 1．The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________. A．doctors B．animals C．humans cells D．body parts 2．Which of the following can be put in the blank? A．Working with animals B．Saying no to meat C．Understanding animals D．Making a special machine 3．From the text we can infer (推断) that ________. A．everyone can live up to 100 years old in the future B．old women can give birth as well as young women C．animals can speak the human language and talk to people D．human cells may grow inside animals to be new body parts 4．Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A．Scary Changes in 50 Years B．Surprising Ideas about the Future C．Useful Machines in the Future D．Funny Facts about Life in 2070 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes 单元话题阅读理解练习 Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes单元话题：展望未来 本资料共10篇专题训练，从上到下依次按照难度分为基础语篇巩固练和重难语篇提升练 基础语篇巩固练 Our life will be different from nowadays, with robots appearing in our lives. So what will the future be like? Here are some students’ ideas. I expect to live in a more beautiful and cleaner city. The street will be cleaned by robots once a day. —Ben There will be more kinds of food to choose from and the food will be more delicious. The robots can make food for us. —Karen We do not have to spend much time on heavy work because robots will take up most of our work, like washing the clothes. So we will have more vacations. We can take a vacation on the moon. We will not live on earth but on the moon or other planets. —Mark I expect that most families will have their own planes made by their robots, so travelling will become more convenient. The plane is faster than any other vehicle (交通工具). —Sue I hope robots can make clothes for us. The clothes could change their sizes and colours by themselves. —Sam 1．There will be ________ for us in the future. A．fewer vacations B．more money C．more kinds of food D．more work 2．Which is NOT true according to the passage? A．We can travel to the moon. B．There may be no person on earth. C．We can spend a little time on housework. D．The train will be the fastest vehicle. 3．In the passage, the underlined word "convenient" means “________”. A．easy B．crowded C．boring D．quiet 4．What is the best title for the passage? A．Robots in the Future B．Cities in the Future C．Transport in the Future D．Future Life with Robots 【答案】1．C 2．D 3．A 4．D 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了一些学生对于拥有机器人的未来生活的畅想。 1．细节理解题。根据Karen的观点“There will be more kinds of food to choose from and the food will be more delicious.”可知，未来会有更多种类的食物可供我们选择。故选C。 2．推理判断题。根据Sue的观点“The plane is faster than any other vehicle (交通工具).”可知，飞机是最快的交通工具，而非火车，因此D选项表述错误。故选D。 3．词义猜测题。根据Sue的观点“I expect that most families will have their own planes made by their robots, so travelling will become more convenient.” 可知，多数家庭会有机器人制造的飞机，旅行会更便捷，“convenient”在此处意为“easy”。故选A。 4．最佳标题题。文章围绕机器人出现在生活中，几位学生对未来生活的设想展开，涵盖食物、工作、旅行、服装等多方面与机器人相关的未来生活内容。因此最佳标题是“Future Life with Robots”。故选D。 What will our future life be like? Here are some predictions from four students. Steve: We will take the flying cars to go anywhere. We will improve space travel. There will be many spaceships. It’s easier for us to travel. One day, our neighbours will come from another planet. Lisa: I think science will improve a lot in the future. Every family will have their own robot. People will have more free time to enjoy life because robots will do lots of jobs. Mary: I think the world will be more polluted. We will find medicine for deadly (致命的) illnesses, so people will live to be 200 years old. There will be more people and cities will be more crowded. There will be fewer trees because people need to cut down trees to build houses. Tony: I think people will look different in the future. Our heads will be bigger and our legs will be thinner. We don’t need to walk on legs because we will go out by car, by plane or even by spaceship. However, we need to work hard to make robots work for us. 1．What is Steve’s prediction about the way of future travel? A． B． C． D． 2．What does Lisa think our future life will be like? A．More difficult. B．More boring. C．More comfortable. D．Much busier. 3．In Tony’s eyes, people in the future will ________. A．have smaller heads B．have thinner legs C．not have legs D．not do any work 4．What can be the best title for this passage? A．Future Travel B．Future Life C．Future Work D．Future Humans 【答案】1．B 2．C 3．B 4．B 【导语】本文主要描述了四位学生对未来生活的预测。 1．细节理解题。根据“Steve: We will take the flying cars to go anywhere. We will improve space travel. There will be many spaceships. It’s easier for us to travel. One day, our neighbours will come from another planet.”可知，史蒂夫预测未来旅行的方式是乘坐飞行汽车或宇宙飞船。故选B。 2．推理判断题。根据“Lisa: I think science will improve a lot in the future. Every family will have their own robot. People will have more free time to enjoy life because robots will do lots of jobs.”可推知，莉萨认为我们未来的生活将会更舒适。故选C。 3．细节理解题。根据“Tony: I think people will look different in the future. Our heads will be bigger and our legs will be thinner.”可知，在托尼的眼中，未来人们将会拥有更细的腿。故选B。 4．最佳标题题。根据“What will our future life be like? Here are some predictions from four students.”以及通读全文可知，本文主要描述了四位学生对未来生活的预测，选项B“未来的生活”应是最佳标题。故选B。 Four students are talking about the future after class. In 2050, China will be much richer than it is now. Shanghai will be ready for the 40th Olympic Games in 2052. The sky will be bluer and cleaner and the air will be fresher. ▲ A holiday on the moon will not be a dream. We can also travel to other planets and talk with aliens (外星人). We might eat something like pills instead of today’s meals. Everyone will enjoy a longer life. Robots will be very popular. They’ll do what people don’t want to do. We’ll build new homes on other planets. By then, I’ll be over thirty years old. Maybe I’ll have an exciting talk with my friends in my new home on another planet! In 2050, cloning (克隆) will be used in many ways . It will bring back animals that disappeared many years ago. The whole world will be a big family. We’ll live a much easier and better life. 1．What are the four students talking about? A．Robots. B．Traveling. C．Protecting the environment. D．The life in the future. 2．Which of the following can be put in ▲ ? A．We will live in big houses. B．We will travel around the world. C．We will buy lots of beautiful things. D．Humans and animals share the world peacefully. 3．Which of the words can replace the underlined word “pills”? A．Oil. B．Fruit. C．Medicine. D．Food. 4．What does Zhang Lan think will happen in 2050? A．Many animals will disappear. B．Cloning will be very useful. C．We’ll live on other plants. D．People will have a much harder life. 5．What’s the attitude of the four students? A．Positive. B．Sad. C．Negative (消极的). D．Unbelievable. 【答案】1．D 2．D 3．C 4．B 5．A 【导语】本文记录了四名学生课后关于未来的讨论，他们分别畅想了2050年及以后的生活。 1．主旨大意题。根据“Four students are talking about the future after class”及后文对2050年生活、科技、环境等的畅想可知，四人讨论的是未来的生活。故选D。 2．推理判断题。根据“In 2050, China will be much richer tha n it is now. Shanghai will be ready for the 40th Olympic Games in 2052. The sky will be bluer and cleaner and the air will be fresher.”可知，第一段描述2050年中国更富裕、上海可能举办奥运会、环境更优（天空更蓝、空气更新鲜），空格处应延续“美好未来”的主题，选项D符合语境。故选D。 3．词义猜测题。根据“We might eat something like pills instead of today’s meals.”可知，我们可能会吃类似药片的东西来代替现在的食物。“pills”意为“药片”，与“medicine”相近。故选C。 4．理解理解题。根据第四段“cloning will be used in many ways. It will bring back animals... We’ll live a much easier and better life”可知，张兰认为克隆技术会有很多用途。故选B。 5．观点态度题。学生们畅想未来中国更富裕、环境更好、科技进步（星际旅行、机器人、克隆技术）、生活更美好，整体态度是积极乐观的。故选A。 In real life, you can see science and technology everywhere now. In the near future, your life will be full of more amazing technologies. They will make your life easier and make learning more exciting! Before school Imagine waking up in the morning, your breakfast machine has already prepared a meal for your family. There is no need to carry heavy schoolbags because all your textbooks, notebooks, and even homework will be in a small magical tablet (平板电脑). As you sit down at the table, your tablet will show you a to-do list (清单) for the day. On the way to school Instead of walking to school, you will usually use self-driving cars. They can take you right there. These cars know where to go and can even tell you fun facts about science or history. If the road is busy, you might even take school planes. At school The walls of classrooms can turn into big screens for you to watch 10D videos. The school library can “think” and make you feel the “real” environment. When the teacher tells a story about the forest, the trees will “appear” around you. You can smell the flowers and hear the birds singing. You can even feel the raindrops falling on your faces. Lunchtime will be super cool! There might even be a robot cook in the dining hall who prepares healthy and delicious meals just for you. ▲ Your family smart helper knows about your learning needs. They can help you practice reading or math skills in a fun way. You can join clubs like “Robot Builders”. In the clubs, you can make your own robots that can do housework or play games with you. A better future is within (在……之内) reach. Scientists and engineers are working hard to make it come true. Soon, life will be more wonderful. 1．What kind of life is this passage about? A．School life. B．Family life. C．Future life. D．Space life. 2．How will you usually go to school according to the passage? A．By car. B．On foot. C．By bus. D．By bike. 3．Where can you feel the “real” environment? A．In the school library. B．In the dining hall. C．In the classroom. D．In the teachers’ office. 4．Which one can you put in the “ ▲ ”? A．On the playground. B．After school. C．In school clubs. D．In the classroom. 5．What’s the structure of the passage? A． B． C． D． 【答案】1．C 2．A 3．A 4．B 5．C 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，文章主要预测了未来学生的生活。 1．细节理解题。根据“In the near future, your life will be full of more amazing technologies.”可知本文讲的是未来生活，故选C。 2．细节理解题。根据“Instead of (代替) walking to school, you will usually use self-driving cars.”可知未来会坐自动驾驶车去学校，故选A。 3．细节理解题。根据“The school library can ‘think’ and make you feel the ‘real’ environment.”可知在图书馆能感受到“真实的”环境，故选A。 4．推理判断题。根据小标题“Before school”“On the way to school”“At school”可知接下来要讲放学后的生活，且根据“Your family smart helper knows about your learning needs. They can help you practice reading or math skills in a fun way. You can join clubs like...”可知，接下来介绍的是课后的生活，故选B。 5．篇章结构题。文章第一段是引出话题，第二、三、四、五段分别说明学生不同时段的未来生活，最后一段总结，故是总分总结构，故选C。 Future clothes won’t just be for wearing. They will do more things from sending information to giving directions (方向). Some may even wash themselves! Clean themselves. You may say goodbye to the washing machine in the future. Scientists are studying a kind of special clothes. These clothes will be able to clean themselves in just a few minutes. You just need to put them under sunlight or a light. Be a screen. What can a bike rider do when he or she is lost? A coat made with electronic textiles (电子织物) may help. It can give light and work like a screen. Wear it and you can send information, check directions or read the news. Chinese scientists can make such textiles. The coats may not be far away. Power up. Your mobile phone is going to die? No worries. You can charge it with your coat! Scientists are trying to make clothes with solar panels inside. When people wear the clothes, the solar panels can get power (电力) from sunlight. They can save power and charge the phone later. 1．How can people make future clothes clean themselves? A．By putting them in the sun. B．By sending information to them. C．By wearing them at night. D．By working before a screen. 2．What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? A．The coats are close to bike riders. B．Bike riders can go far away in the coats. C．People will be able to wear the coats soon. D．It’s difficult to make the coats in the future. 3．What does the underlined word “charge” in Paragraph 4 mean? A．Take power into. B．Pay money into. C．Say bad words to. D．Get ready for. 4．What can people do with future clothes? ①send information   ②wash machines  ③check directions   ④save power A．①②③ B．①②④ C．②③④ D．①③④ 【答案】1．A 2．C 3．A 4．D 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了未来的衣服将具备多种功能，如自我清洁、提供信息和充电等等。 1．细节理解题。根据第二段“These clothes will be able to clean themselves in just a few minutes. You just need to put them under sunlight or a light.”可知，人们可以通过把衣服放在阳光下或光线下来使它们自行清洁。故选A。 2．词句猜测题。根据第三段“Chinese scientists can make such textile. The coats may not be far away.”可知，这种外套可能很快就会问世，与选项C“人们很快就能穿这种外套了。”意思相近。故选C。 3．词句猜测题。根据最后一段“Power up. Your mobile phone is going to die? No worries. You can charge it with your coat!”可知，手机没有电了，可以用外套给手机充电；据此可以推断，划线单词“charge”意为“给……充电”，与“take power into”意思相近。故选A。 4．细节理解题。根据第三段“Wear it and you can send information, check directions or read the news.”和第四段“They can save power and charge the phone later.”可知，未来的衣服可以做的事情包括：发送信息、检查方向以及节省电力。故选D。 What will our life be like in 50 years? I think we will live on Mars. Here is what life will be like there. First of all, transport should be much better. Now, our spaceships (宇宙飞船)  are too slow to carry lots of people to space—it takes months. However, in the future, it will take us two or three days to get to Mars by spaceship! Many people believe that robots will do most of our work, so we will have more time for our hobbies. How about the food, water, and air? Scientists will be able to develop plants that can be grown on Mars. These plants will produce (产 出) the food and air we need. However, can these plants give water to us? There is no answer now. There are also some problems for us. Mars pulls us much less than the Earth does. This will be dangerous because we can easily jump too high and fly slowly away into space. To stop this, humans on Mars have to wear special shoes to put on weight (重量). What’s more, food will look like pills (药片) and will not be as delicious as it is today. 1．What will the future spaceship be like? A．It will be much slower. B．It will become much faster. C．It will be more expensive. D．It can carry people to any place. 2．What does the underlined word “this” refer to? A．Flying away into space. B．Becoming much heavier. C．Looking more beautiful. D．Eating too many pills. 3．Who may be interested in this passage? A．Miss Xie, a traveler, who tries to fly around the world. B．Ms. Liang, a reporter, who loves reading history books. C．Mr. Smith, a food service worker, who studies food plants. D．Ann, a student, who wants to learn about life in outer space. 【答案】1．B 2．A 3．D 【导语】本文通过想象的方式描绘了50年后人类可能在火星上的生活，包括交通、工作、饮食、空气和遇到的问题，展现了未来太空生活的可能图景。 1．细节理解题。根据第二段“in the future, it will take us two or three days to get to Mars by spaceship”可知，未来的宇宙飞船速度会更快，只需要两三天就能到达火星。故选B。 2．词句猜测题。根据前文“This will be dangerous because we can easily jump too high and fly slowly away into space.”可知，人类在火星上因为重力小可能跳得太高而飞向太空，“this”指的就是这种危险的情况。故选A。 3．推理判断题。文章讲的是未来人类在火星上的生活，包括科技发展和可能遇到的问题，因此对想了解外太空生活的学生Ann最感兴趣。故选D。 What will the future be like? I believe new science technologies (技术) will change our life in different ways. ▲ They will work for us, like bringing us useful things, taking away our rubbish and cooking for us. The robots can help look after our pets too. So our life will become easier and more comfortable. We will be able to go into computer games and films, and everything will feel real. With the help of computer science, we will even be able to make our homes look like forests, sunny beaches or anything else. In the future, we will have many machines. They can copy almost anything. Just put a cake in the machine, and it will make a new one. The machines can also help send food and gifts to our friends far away like a fax machine (传真机). We will travel faster and safer around the world, and even into space (太空) . We will be able to visit different places with a new kind of travel bag. The bag has two legs and it can carry us anywhere. Maybe one day we can work on the earth, sleep on the moon, and even take a holiday on the sun. How amazing! We believe that day will come soon. 根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。 1．How does the writer start the passage? A．By asking questions. B．By giving facts. C．By telling stories. 2．What can be put in the “ ▲ ” ? A．Schools will make robots help us. B．There will be many new robots for farming. C．We will have clever home robots. 3．What does the underlined word “copy” in Paragraph 3 mean? A．举起 B．控制 C．复制 4．What may the new kind of travel bag look like? A． B． C． 5．How does the writer feel about the future life with science technologies? A．Unsure. B．Hopeful. C．Worried. 【答案】1．A 2．C 3．C 4．A 5．B 【导语】本文主要讲述了未来科技将如何改变我们的生活。 1．细节理解题。根据“What will the future be like?”可知，作者是以提问的方式开始文章的。故选A。 2．推理判断题。根据“They will work for us, like bringing us useful things, taking away our rubbish and cooking for us. The robots can help look after our pets too.”可知，空处应是与家庭机器人相关，选项C“我们将有聪明的家庭机器人”符合。故选C。 3．词义猜测题。根据“Just put a cake in the machine, and it will make a new one.”可知，这些机器能够复制东西，划线单词表示“复制”。故选C。 4．细节理解题。根据“The bag has two legs and it can carry us anywhere.”可知，这种旅行包有两条腿，A图片符合。故选A。 5．观点态度题。根据“How amazing! We believe that day will come soon.”可知，作者相信那一天很快就会到来，因此作者对未来的生活充满希望。故选B。 ①In the future cities, will we have smart buildings and flying cars? Or robots that will do our housework? What about schools? Will we still travel to school or will we study online at home? ②Maybe ... or maybe not, but what we do know is that in the future, cities are going to have more and more people living in them. More than half of the world’s people already live in cities, and by 2050, cities will become home to about 6.5 billion people. That’s a lot of people and very little space! More people means that we’re going to have more pollution, traffic and noise. It also means that we’ll need more homes, schools, hospitals and jobs. We’ll need more resources, like water and trees, and more ways to grow food too. Oh, and more parks to play in! ③Many cities are already planning for the future. For example, Bristol is a cycling city in England. You can ride bikes on the cycle road. In Singapore, people are looking “up” to grow food! To save land (土地), they grow vegetables in lots of layers (层) in special tall buildings, called “vertical farms”. In Amsterdam in North Europe, there are “floating (漂浮) houses” built on water instead of on land! 1．Why does the writer ask the questions in the first paragraph? A．To predict what cities will be like. B．To describe the old cities. C．To introduce new ways of life. D．To show the importance of cities. 2．What is the second paragraph mainly about? A．Problems in future cities. B．Plans about building future cities. C．Ways of feeding people in future cities. D．Advice on managing (管理) future cities. 3．What does the word “resources” mean in Chinese? A．经历 B．效率 C．信息 D．资源 4．What do “vertical farms” and “floating houses” have in common? A．They are easy-made. B．They are good-looking. C．They are land-saving. D．They are water-covered. 5．In which part of a magazine may the passage appear? A．Culture Corner (角). B．Future Life. C．Art World. D．Science Study. 【答案】1．A 2．A 3．D 4．C 5．B 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章设想了未来的城市生活。 1．推理判断题。根据“In the future cities, will we have smart buildings and flying cars? Or robots that will do our housework? What about schools? Will we still travel to school or will we study online at home?”可知，是为了预测未来的城市，故选A。 2．主旨大意题。分析第二段内容可知，主要介绍未来城市会出现的问题，故选A。 3．词句猜测题。根据“like water and trees, and more ways to grow food too.”可知，“resources”指的是水、树、食物，这些都是“资源”，故选D。 4．推理判断题。根据“In Singapore, people are looking “up” to grow food! To save land (土地), they grow vegetables in lots of layers (层) in special tall buildings, called “vertical farms”. In Amsterdam in North Europe, there are “floating (漂浮) houses” built on water instead of on land!”可知，为了节省土地，新加坡和东京的人们在被称为“垂直农场”的高层建筑中种植蔬菜。在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹，有建在水上而不是陆地上的“浮动房屋”。由此可知，二者的共同之处是为了节省土地。故选C。 5．推理判断题。本文设想了未来的城市生活。因此可以在杂志的未来生活部分看到，故选B。 重难语篇提升练 Computers have become smarter in recent years. The AI-powered chatbot (人工智能聊天机器人) ChatGPT is able to answer questions, write articles and do translations like a human. It has caused excitement all over the world. Like most products these days, ChatGPT wasn’t made by just one person. Instead, it was developed by a group of engineers at OpenAI. But according to the company, one man played an especially important role. That man is Jakub Pachocki. Pachocki is a programmer (程序员). He has been interested in AI for many years. He wants to use this technology to make computers smarter. In 2017, the man joined OpenAI. There he taught a robot to play Dota 2, an online game. Pachocki made the robot play against itself over and over until it reached the professional level. Pachocki began working on ChatGPT in 2018. His job was to pretrain (预训练) the AI system. The man and his team made computers study billions of words. These words came from books, magazines, websites and so on. They covered many different topics. By studying these words, the system learnt the patterns (模式) of human language. This process (过程) helped it develop the ability to “chat” about different topics like a real person. Although Pachocki is very talented, he has kept a low profile (保持低调). He seldom talks to the media. He is not active on social media either. The programmer, instead, focuses on his work. He spends most of his time trying to make computers smarter. Does ChatGPT’s intelligence (智力) surprise you? Well, now you know there are smart minds like Pachocki behind it. Computers are not getting smarter on their own. 1．Why has ChatGPT made people all over the world excited? A．Because it can play online games. B．Because it can work better than human beings. C．Because it was developed by a group of engineers. D．Because it can do many things just like a human. 2．What does the third paragraph mainly talk about? A．How to help ChatGPT “chat”. B．When to pretrain the AI system. C．Where to get different topics. D．What the system learnt from the patterns of human language. 3．What do you know about Pachocki according to the text? A．He joined Open AI 10 years ago. B．He is talented and hard-working. C．He is often active on social media. D．He makes computers smarter by himself. 4．What may be the best title for the text? A．The History of ChatGPT B．The Use of ChatGPT C．Great Minds Behind ChatGPT D．The Importance of ChatGPT 【答案】1．D 2．A 3．B 4．C 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了ChatGPT的发展以及背后的研发团队成员。 1．细节理解题。根据“The AI-powered chatbot (人工智能聊天机器人) ChatGPT is able to answer questions, write articles and do translations like a human. It has caused excitement all over the world.”可知，ChatGPT能像人类一样做很多事，所以让全世界兴奋。故选D。 2．主旨大意题。第三段主要讲了Pachocki从2018年开始参与ChatGPT项目，他的工作是对人工智能系统进行预训练，让计算机学习数十亿来自书籍、杂志、网站等的文字，通过学习这些文字，系统了解人类语言模式，进而获得像真人一样“聊天”的能力，也就是在讲如何帮助ChatGPT“聊天”。A选项“How to help ChatGPT ‘chat’”符合段落大意。故选A。 3．细节理解题。根据“Although Pachocki is very talented, he has kept a low profile (保持低调)…The programmer, instead, focuses on his work. He spends most of his time trying to make computers smarter.”可知，Pachocki有天赋且努力工作。故选B。 4．最佳标题题。文章主要介绍了ChatGPT背后的重要人物Jakub Pachocki，讲述了他在ChatGPT开发中的工作等，强调有像他这样聪明的人在推动其发展，C选项“ChatGPT背后的杰出人物”符合文意。故选C。 阅读下面短文，回答下列小题。 Scientists have made some very surprising predictions about the future. They say that in the next fifty years, the way we live will change (改变) greatly. Here are some of their predictions. Which is surprising to you? Growing body parts Scientist Ellen says, “In 50 years we can repair (修) sick body parts in the same way as we repair a car.” But doctors will need lots of body parts. Where will they come from? Scientists say these could be grown inside animals from human cells (细胞). In a hospital in London, scientists have already started to use human cells to grow noses and ears. Living longer In 50 years, living to be 100 years old while still enjoying active and healthy lives will be a common thing. Scientist Richard Miller says, “it’s now possible to make the animals in the lab (实验室) live longer than before. And we believe we can do the same for humans.” With new medicine, people in their 100s will be as lively (生气勃勃的) as today’s sixty-year-olds. Women will be able to give birth well at an old age. ________ According to scientist Daniel from Canada, a special machine will be able to “read” feelings and thoughts. It could first work with primates (灵长类动物), then mammals, then other vertebrates like fish. This way we can “talk” to animals. Soon people on the planet will probably say no to meat and many of them may become vegetarians. 1．The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________. A．doctors B．animals C．humans cells D．body parts 2．Which of the following can be put in the blank? A．Working with animals B．Saying no to meat C．Understanding animals D．Making a special machine 3．From the text we can infer (推断) that ________. A．everyone can live up to 100 years old in the future B．old women can give birth as well as young women C．animals can speak the human language and talk to people D．human cells may grow inside animals to be new body parts 4．Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A．Scary Changes in 50 Years B．Surprising Ideas about the Future C．Useful Machines in the Future D．Funny Facts about Life in 2070 【答案】1．D 2．C 3．D 4．B 【导语】本文预测了50年后我们的生活可能发生的惊人变化。 1．推理判断题。根据“But doctors will need lots of body parts. Where will they come from?”可知，“they”指代前一句中医生所需要的身体部位。故选D。 2．标题归纳题。根据“a special machine will be able to “read” feelings and thoughts...This way we can “talk” to animals.”可知，未来我们可能能够与动物对话，所以C项“理解动物”最适合作该段小标题。故选C。 3．推理判断题。根据“Scientists say these could be grown inside animals from human cells (细胞). In a hospital in London, scientists have already started to use human cells to grow noses and ears.”可知，人体细胞可能在动物体内生长成为新的身体部位，D项正确。故选D。 4．标题归纳题。根据首段“They say that in the next fifty years, the way we live will change (改变) greatly. Here are some of their predictions. Which is surprising to you?”可知，本文预测了50年后我们的生活可能发生的惊人变化。B项“关于未来的惊人想法”最适合做标题。故选B。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$