Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes 阅读理解专练-2025-2026学年八年级英语上学期满分冲刺专练（人教版2024）

2025-2026学年八年级英语上学期满分冲刺专练（人教版2024） Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes 阅读理解专练 （1） 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． （2） 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. 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. （3） 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! ．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. （4） Do you want to know what our life will be like in the future? Let’s have a look. You may get a surprise. You will go to the kitchen when you are hungry. You will give orders to the kitchen robot. The robot will cook the food for you in a few minutes. Then it will bring it to you. In the kitchen you will find a special food machine. The food machine will tell you what your body needs. It will help you eat healthily. The food machine will be connected with (连接) the kitchen robot. The robot can get messages from the food machine. After having a meal, you can go to your home office. You will work at home and you don’t need to go out to work any more. You will have a special information screen. You can get any information on the screen. When you receive a message from a friend in America, your information screen will be turned on automatically (自动地). Your friend’s face appears on the screen. Then you can talk to your friend easily. 1．What is the second paragraph (段) about? A．It’s about healthy food. B．It’s about the kitchen robot. C．It’s about a nice kitchen D．It’s about a robot which can do homework 2．According to (根据) the passage, ________will tell you what your body needs. A．the kitchen robot B．the food machine C．the information screen D D．the computer 3．What does the underlined word “receive” mean in Chinese? A．丢失 B．复制 C．接收 D．保存 4．You can see your friend’s face________. A．on the wall B．on the screen C．on the Internet D．on TV 5．What’s the best title for the passage? A．Our life in the future B．A food machine C．A special information screen D．A kitchen robot. （5） Dear Doris, Can you believe？I’m in a school of 2030 now. The school is like a beautiful garden. The wall of our classroom is colorful. Our school life is interesting and wonderful. In the morning, we have three lessons. We study on the Internet. We use the e-book. The teachers are all robots. They are in different sizes and they can answer any questions about any subjects. I like my robot music teacher best, because she plays the violin very well. In the afternoon, we go to Mars (火星) to have two classes in a new plane. That looks like our planes and spaceships. Some aliens (外星人) live on the Mars. I can make friends with them. They are friendly, and know us well. I often have trip to the moon and the sun with aliens by spaceship on Sundays. After class, we play football with aliens. Then we go back to the earth. Don’t you think the life in this school is very interesting? Yours， Asa 1．What is the school of 2030 like? A．Plane B．Garden C．Ship 2．How many classes do Asa and her classmates have a day? A．Three B．Four C．Five 3．Who are Asa’s teachers in the passage? A．Doris. B．Robots. C．Aliens. 4．Where do the aliens live from the passage? A．In the space. B．On the Mars. C．On the moon. 5．Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE? A．Asa likes the school life of 2030. B．Asa’s favorite teacher is her music teacher. C．Asa goes to the Mars by spaceship. （6） What will life be like in the year 2080? No one knows, but it is fun to have a guess. Let’s make a story about you in the year 2080. Our story will be about only one day. You wake up at seven in the morning. You get dressed. Guess what the clothes are made of. Paper? Glass? Or something we don’t even know about today? The breakfast needn’t be prepared. Why? The food will be ready for eating. Now you go to work, but you don’t go by car. You step onto a moving sidewalk (人行道). It takes you to a train station. There you take a special train. How will it run? On the rail over the street? Or in the air? Three o’clock comes. Your work is over for the day. “I’ll call John, a friend of mine.” you say. John answers the videophone (可视电话). You and he can hear and see each other. “What shall we do this Saturday?” you ask. “Shall we put on our robot belts and take a short trip? Or shall we go for a ride in a flying boat?” John may say, “I want to ride in a spaceship! Let’s fly to the moon!” 1．________ what life will be like in the year 2080. A．Some people knowB．Nobody knowsC．Scientists have found out D．Only a few clever people know 2．In the year 2080, the clothes we wear will be ________ those we are wearing now. A．the same as B．heavier than C．stronger than D．different from 3．You may not need to spend any time ________ in the year 2080. A．working B．sleeping C．cooking D．traveling 4．You will take ________ to work. A．a special train B．a bus C．a car D．a plane 5．You can probably travel to the moon ________ in the year 2080. A．in a bus B．easily C．with much difficulty D．in a car （7） 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 （8） 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 （9） 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 （10） 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. （11） In English classes, our English teacher, Mr. Smith, asks us to write something about the future. Here is Mike’s writing. It is very interesting. Let’s read it. In the future, there will be more people in the world. There won’t be so many animals. Therefore, people won’t eat meat often. They will live a long life because they eat healthy food such as fruit and vegetables. People will live in the sea. Everyone will be able to swim. People will have a computer at home. They will do a lot of things on computers, so they won’t go out to work. They will work at home. They can talk to their friends on computers. People will also use ships and planes a lot. They won’t use any cars, so cars won’t be popular. And ships and planes can carry them everywhere. Maybe there will be traffic jams in the sea and air. People will live a happy life in the future. 1．What will you do if you want to live a long life? A．Eat more meat. B．Eat more bread. C．Eat more healthy food. D．Eat more ice cream. 2．People won’t go out to work in the future because they ________. A．won’t need to work any more B．won’t drive cars often C．will work under the sea D．will do things on computers at home 3．What is the best title（标题）of the passage ________. A．Mike’s School B．Life in the Future C．Eat Healthy Food D．Future Cars （12） Attention, people of earth: Fine. The big secret is out. Your finest scientists have found there is life here, on our beautiful planet Venus(金星). Congratulations! We have something to say: Stay away, no exploration (探索): We are serious. Stay away from us. If we wake up one morning and look out and see someone wandering around in a spacesuit, we are going to be really ticked off. We mean no hostility (恶意). We’re actually a very nice planet. It’s just that we’re scared by what you’ve done down there. Earth looks like a mess，it is completely ruined (破坏). You’ve got health crises (危机), environmental crises, political crises. You keep fighting about face masks. No wonder so many of you want to leave Earth for another planet. Leave us alone. Stay right where you are. We know you’d like it here. That’s what scares us. You’d all move to Venus in a minute. We’ve got beautiful weather, little traffic, a proper cost of living. On Venus, you can only buy a three-bedroom for, like $135,000. (Paragraph 7) Crazy, right? In all fairness, you’ve got some good stuff over there, too. Earth does have its attractive qualities. We’re jealous of the Qomolangma, the Amazon rainforest, and the Palace Museum. But we live in a fragile (脆弱的) solar system. We can only deal with so much. If we start having you all up here, pretty soon, the Martians and Jupiterians (火星人和木星人) are going to want to come, too. Trust us: you don’t want them sleeping on your sofa, drinking all your beer. We’ve been there before, and they left this place a mess. Cool your enthusiasm (热情). We’re not your escape plan. Venus is not Earth 2. We wish you the best in saving your planet. Sincerely, Venus 1．The underlined phrase “ticked off” in this passage is closet in meaning to ________. A．sad B．angry C．excited D．interested 2．We can infer (推断) from paragraph 7 that ________. A．the living cost on the Earth is very high B．the living conditions on Venus are very good C．the housing prices on Venus are very expensive D．Earth’s people will move to Venus because of the good weather 3．Venus wants Earth’s people to stay away because ________. A．there are only a few resources (资源) on Venus B．Earth’s people will ruin Venus like they have ruined Earth C．Earth’s people will ruin Venus people’s sofas and drink all their beer D．Venus’ people hate Earth’s people because they have explored Venus too often （13） With red handkerchiefs spinning (手绢转动) with fingertips, 16 robots were moving their feet, shaking their bodies to the music, and dancing yangge with human dancers on the stage. In the picture, the robots performed (表演) “YangBOT” at the 2025 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. It is a special performance. It is a creative combination (结合) of traditional (传统的) Chinese culture and modern technology. The show combined yangge with robots and AI (artificial intelligence). In the performance, humanoids (robots shaped like humans) dressed in colourful clothes danced yangge. Their movements were agile (灵活的), just like humans. Unitree, a Chinese robotics company, developed these robots. “YangBOT” became a hot topic on the social media and won the hearts of millions of people after the gala. People praised it for its creativity and freshness. Some even said it was their favourite performance at the gala. As a young man said, “It’s like watching the future and the past dance together!” The director of the performance explained, “This dance isn’t just fun, and it shows how technology can bring new life to traditions.” Many people said they took pride in the cultural inheritance (传承) and were amazed at how fast technology developed. It shows how much technology has improved and that it brightens up traditional culture. It is also a great way to change our life with the combination of tradition and modern technology. 1．How does the writer start the passage? A．By telling a story about the Spring Festival. B．By listing numbers about modern technology. C．By describing a scene of a special performance. D．By asking questions about the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. 2．What did the robots do in the “YangBOT” performance? A．They sang traditional folk songs. B．They played musical instruments. C．They drew pictures about the future. D．They spun handkerchiefs and danced yangge. 3．Which might NOT be people’s reaction (反应) to “YangBOT”? A．They said it was too common. B．They enjoyed the performance a lot. C．They were amazed at AI technology. D．They praised its creativity and freshness. 4．What’s the purpose of this passage? A．To teach us the latest AI technology. B．To introduce the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. C．To tell us the importance of traditional Chinese culture. D．To encourage us to develop technology and hand down culture. 5．Which one could be the best title of this passage? A．Chinese New Year’s Eve B．The Spring Festival Gala C．“YangBOT” at the Spring Festival Gala D．Humanoids Developed by Unitree （14） 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. （15） In the world of rapidly changing technology, anything we thought that was impossible could become possible. So what is likely to show in the next 50 years? ◆ Glasses with the Internet Time: by 2030 Forecaster: Professor Parviz from the University of Washington Can you imagine the day when surfing the Internet is as simple as blinking your eyes? Professor Parviz is now working on glasses lined with a collection of LED．“People can move around with it. The glasses will recognize facial features and show the life of the person who saw it,” says Parviz. ◆ The Body Organs Store Time: by 2030 Forecaster: Dr. Anthony Attalla from Wake Forest University People can order ready-made organs from the Body Organs Store that are grown from their own cells. Scientists can now grow noses, ears, bones, skins, blood vessels (血管) and heart valves (心脏瓣膜). In the next five years or so, scientists will be able to grow a liver. ◆ Come Back to Life Time: by 2070 Forecaster: Dr. Robert Lanza from US Advanced Cell Technology Company We will be able to have zoos for extinct animals in the future. Lanza was able to get usable DNA from the bodies of animals that had been dead for 25 years. Lanza inserted it into cow eggs, and nine months later, a cloned animal was born. Even though Neanderthals (尼安德特人) have been dead for tens of thousands of years, their DNA has been got, so scientists are talking about whether to clone them. 1．Who forecasts glasses with the Internet? A．Lanza. B．Parviz. C．Attalla. D．A Neanderthal. 2．Where can we order ready-made ears according to the passage? A．From the Body Organs Store. B．From the University of Washington. C．From Wake Forest University. D．From US Advanced Cell Technology Company. 3．When will we have zoos for extinct animals? A．By 2030. B．By 2050. C．By 2070. D．By 2100. 4．The passage may come from ________. A．a guidebook B．a newspaper C．a science magazine D．a post 5．What’s the best title of the passage? A．Glasses with the Internet B．The Body Organs Store C．Come Back to Life D．Super Era Phenomena 参考答案 （1） 【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。 （2） 【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。 （3） 【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。 （4） 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了我们未来的生活。如果饿了，你可以给厨房的机器人下指令，它会给你做好饭，并给你端上来。吃了饭后，还可以在家里办公，远程处理事情。 1．主旨大意题。根据“You will go to the kitchen when you are hungry. You will give orders to the kitchen robot. The robot will cook the food for you in a few minutes. Then it will bring it to you．”可知，如果饿了，你可以给厨房的机器人下指令，它会给你做好饭，并给你端上来．因此可知这一段主要介绍的是厨房机器人。故选B。 2．细节理解题。根据“The food machine will tell you what your body needs.”可知，食物机器人会告诉你，你的身体需要什么。故选B。 3．词义猜测题。根据“You can get any information on the screen.”可知，你可以在屏幕上收取信息。因此可知“receive”的意思是“接收”。故选C。 4．细节理解题。根据“Your friend’s face appears on the screen.”可知，你朋友的脸会出现在屏幕上。故选B。 5．最佳标题题。本文主要介绍了我们未来的生活。根据首句“o you want to know what our life will be like in the future? Let’s have a look.”，结合文章，主要介绍了我们未来的生活。如果饿了，你可以给厨房的机器人下指令，它会给你做好饭，并给你端上来。吃了饭后，还可以在家里办公，远程处理事情。可以推断出，最好的题目为“我们未来的生活”。故选A。 （5） 【导语】本文是Asa写给Doris的信，介绍她在2030年的学校生活。 1．细节理解题。根据“The school is like a beautiful garden.”可知，学校像一个美丽的花园。故选B。 2．细节理解题。根据“In the morning, we have three lessons.”和“In the afternoon, we go to Mars (火星) to have two classes in a new plane.”可知，一天有5节课。故选C。 3．细节理解题。根据“The teachers are all robots.”可知，老师是机器人。故选B。 4．细节理解题。根据“Some aliens live on the Mars.”可知，外星人住在火星上。故选B。 5．推理判断题。根据“In the afternoon, we go to Mars to have two classes in a new plane.”可知，是乘坐新飞机去火星，不是乘坐宇宙飞船。故选C。 （6） 【导语】本文猜测人类在2080年的生活将是什么样。 1．细节理解题。根据“What will life be like in the year 2080? No one knows, but it is fun to have a guess.”可知，没有人知道2080年的生活将是什么样子，故选B。 2．推理判断题。根据“Guess what the clothes are made of. Paper? Glass? Or something we don’t even know about today?”可知，2080年人们穿的衣服可能会是用纸、玻璃或者我们今天不知道的材料制成的，因此和现在穿的衣服不同，故选D。 3．推理判断题。根据“The breakfast needn’t be prepared. Why? The food will be ready for eating.”可知，早饭不需要花时间准备，因此推断在2080年我们可能不需要花费时间做饭，故选C。 4．细节理解题。根据“Now you go to work, but you don’t go by car. You step onto a moving sidewalk (人行道). It takes you to a train station. There you take a special train.”可知，你会乘坐特殊的火车去上班。故选A。 5．推理判断题。根据“John may say, ‘I want to ride in a spaceship! Let’s fly to the moon!’”可知，在2080年你可以在周末乘坐飞船去月球，因此可能很容易去月球旅行，故选B。 （7） 【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。 （8） 【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。 （9） 【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。 （10） 【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。 （11） 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了Mike对未来生活的展望。 1．细节理解题。根据“They will live a long life because they eat healthy food such as fruit and vegetables.”可知，如果你想长寿，你应该多吃健康食品。故选C。 2．细节理解题。根据“People will have a computer at home. They will do a lot of things on computers, so they won’t go out to work.”可知，人们会在电脑上做很多事情，所以不会出去工作。故选D。 3．最佳标题题。本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了Mike对未来生活的展望。B选项“未来的生活”符合。故选B。 （12） 【导语】本文是一封书信，作者以金星人的身份表达了自己的想法：不希望地球人到金星上去。 1．词义猜测题。根据“If we wake up one morning and look out and see someone wandering around in a spacesuit, we are going to be really ticked off.”以及“We mean no hostility”可知他们看到有人穿着宇航服四处游荡，他们很……，但是他们没有敌意，所以推断划线部分表示比较生气。故选B。 2．推理判断题。根据“We’ve got beautiful weather, little traffic, a proper cost of living. On Venus, you can only buy a three-bedroom for, like $135,000”可知在金星上，生活成本是合适的，你只花135,000美元买一套三居室，而地球人想要去火星，由此可推知地球上的生活成本比较高。故选A。 3．推理判断题。根据“It’s just that we’re scared by what you’ve done down there. Earth looks like a mess，it is completely ruined”以及“We’re not your escape plan. Venus is not Earth 2.”并结合全文内容可知，金星人认为地球人破坏了地球，想要逃到金星上去，但是金星人害怕地球人会像破坏地球一样破坏金星，所以他们想要地球人远离金星。故选B。 （13） 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了2025年央视春晚中一个名为“YangBOT”的特别节目，展示了机器人与人类舞者共同表演秧歌的情景，体现了传统文化与现代科技的结合。 1．细节理解题。根据文章第一段“With red handkerchiefs spinning (手绢转动) with fingertips, 16 robots were moving their feet, shaking their bodies to the music, and dancing yangge with human dancers on the stage.”可知，作者通过描述一个特别表演的场景来引入文章。故选C。 2．细节理解题。根据文章第二段“In the performance, humanoids (robots shaped like humans) dressed in colourful clothes danced yangge. Their movements were agile (灵活的), just like humans.”可知，机器人在“YangBOT”表演中旋转手绢并跳秧歌。故选D。 3．细节理解题。根据文章第三段“People praised it for its creativity and freshness. Some even said it was their favourite performance at the gala.”以及第四段“Many people said they took pride in the cultural inheritance (传承) and were amazed at how fast technology developed.”可知，人们对该表演的反应是积极的，称赞其创意和新鲜感，对科技发展感到惊讶，是一些人最爱的节目。选项A“他们说它太普通了”与文中描述的积极反应不符。故选A。 4．主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段“It shows how much technology has improved and that it brightens up traditional culture. It is also a great way to change our life with the combination of tradition and modern technology.”可知，文章的目的是鼓励我们发展科技并传承文化。故选D。 56最佳标题题。通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了“YangBOT”这一特别节目在春晚上的表演，展示了机器人与传统文化的结合。因此，C选项“春晚上的‘YangBOT’”准确概括全文核心，是最佳标题。故选C。 （14） 【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。 （15） 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了未来50年内可能出现的三项科技发展，包括联网眼镜、人体器官商店和灭绝动物复活技术，展现了科技对未来生活的影响。 1．细节理解题。根据“Glasses with the Internet ... Forecaster: Professor Parviz from the University of Washington”可知，联网眼镜的预测者是Parviz教授。故选B。 2．细节理解题。根据“People can order ready-made organs from the Body Organs Store that are grown from their own cells. Scientists can now grow noses, ears, bones, skins, blood vessels and heart valves.”可知，人们可以从人体器官商店订购由自身细胞培育的现成器官，包括鼻子、耳朵、骨骼、皮肤、血管和心脏瓣膜等。故选A。 3．细节理解题。根据“Come Back to Life  Time: by 2070 ... We will be able to have zoos for extinct animals in the future.”可知，到2070年可能出现灭绝动物的动物园。故选C。 4．推理判断题。综合全文可知，本文内容涉及未来科技预测，属于科学话题；因此，本文最可能出自科学杂志。故选C。 5．最佳标题题。本文讲述了未来可能出现的事物，例如2030年出现的可以上网的眼镜、人体器官商店及2070年出现的有灭绝动物的动物园；选项D“超级时代现象”最能概括全文，是本文最合适的标题。故选D。 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 2025-2026学年八年级英语上学期满分冲刺专练（人教版2024） Unit 7 When Tomorrow Comes 阅读理解专练 （1） 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． （2） 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. 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. （3） 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! ．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. （4） Do you want to know what our life will be like in the future? Let’s have a look. You may get a surprise. You will go to the kitchen when you are hungry. You will give orders to the kitchen robot. The robot will cook the food for you in a few minutes. Then it will bring it to you. In the kitchen you will find a special food machine. The food machine will tell you what your body needs. It will help you eat healthily. The food machine will be connected with (连接) the kitchen robot. The robot can get messages from the food machine. After having a meal, you can go to your home office. You will work at home and you don’t need to go out to work any more. You will have a special information screen. You can get any information on the screen. When you receive a message from a friend in America, your information screen will be turned on automatically (自动地). Your friend’s face appears on the screen. Then you can talk to your friend easily. 1．What is the second paragraph (段) about? A．It’s about healthy food. B．It’s about the kitchen robot. C．It’s about a nice kitchen D．It’s about a robot which can do homework 2．According to (根据) the passage, ________will tell you what your body needs. A．the kitchen robot B．the food machine C．the information screen D D．the computer 3．What does the underlined word “receive” mean in Chinese? A．丢失 B．复制 C．接收 D．保存 4．You can see your friend’s face________. A．on the wall B．on the screen C．on the Internet D．on TV 5．What’s the best title for the passage? A．Our life in the future B．A food machine C．A special information screen D．A kitchen robot. （5） Dear Doris, Can you believe？I’m in a school of 2030 now. The school is like a beautiful garden. The wall of our classroom is colorful. Our school life is interesting and wonderful. In the morning, we have three lessons. We study on the Internet. We use the e-book. The teachers are all robots. They are in different sizes and they can answer any questions about any subjects. I like my robot music teacher best, because she plays the violin very well. In the afternoon, we go to Mars (火星) to have two classes in a new plane. That looks like our planes and spaceships. Some aliens (外星人) live on the Mars. I can make friends with them. They are friendly, and know us well. I often have trip to the moon and the sun with aliens by spaceship on Sundays. After class, we play football with aliens. Then we go back to the earth. Don’t you think the life in this school is very interesting? Yours， Asa 1．What is the school of 2030 like? A．Plane B．Garden C．Ship 2．How many classes do Asa and her classmates have a day? A．Three B．Four C．Five 3．Who are Asa’s teachers in the passage? A．Doris. B．Robots. C．Aliens. 4．Where do the aliens live from the passage? A．In the space. B．On the Mars. C．On the moon. 5．Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE? A．Asa likes the school life of 2030. B．Asa’s favorite teacher is her music teacher. C．Asa goes to the Mars by spaceship. （6） What will life be like in the year 2080? No one knows, but it is fun to have a guess. Let’s make a story about you in the year 2080. Our story will be about only one day. You wake up at seven in the morning. You get dressed. Guess what the clothes are made of. Paper? Glass? Or something we don’t even know about today? The breakfast needn’t be prepared. Why? The food will be ready for eating. Now you go to work, but you don’t go by car. You step onto a moving sidewalk (人行道). It takes you to a train station. There you take a special train. How will it run? On the rail over the street? Or in the air? Three o’clock comes. Your work is over for the day. “I’ll call John, a friend of mine.” you say. John answers the videophone (可视电话). You and he can hear and see each other. “What shall we do this Saturday?” you ask. “Shall we put on our robot belts and take a short trip? Or shall we go for a ride in a flying boat?” John may say, “I want to ride in a spaceship! Let’s fly to the moon!” 1．________ what life will be like in the year 2080. A．Some people knowB．Nobody knowsC．Scientists have found out D．Only a few clever people know 2．In the year 2080, the clothes we wear will be ________ those we are wearing now. A．the same as B．heavier than C．stronger than D．different from 3．You may not need to spend any time ________ in the year 2080. A．working B．sleeping C．cooking D．traveling 4．You will take ________ to work. A．a special train B．a bus C．a car D．a plane 5．You can probably travel to the moon ________ in the year 2080. A．in a bus B．easily C．with much difficulty D．in a car （7） 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 （8） 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 （9） 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 （10） 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. （11） In English classes, our English teacher, Mr. Smith, asks us to write something about the future. Here is Mike’s writing. It is very interesting. Let’s read it. In the future, there will be more people in the world. There won’t be so many animals. Therefore, people won’t eat meat often. They will live a long life because they eat healthy food such as fruit and vegetables. People will live in the sea. Everyone will be able to swim. People will have a computer at home. They will do a lot of things on computers, so they won’t go out to work. They will work at home. They can talk to their friends on computers. People will also use ships and planes a lot. They won’t use any cars, so cars won’t be popular. And ships and planes can carry them everywhere. Maybe there will be traffic jams in the sea and air. People will live a happy life in the future. 1．What will you do if you want to live a long life? A．Eat more meat. B．Eat more bread. C．Eat more healthy food. D．Eat more ice cream. 2．People won’t go out to work in the future because they ________. A．won’t need to work any more B．won’t drive cars often C．will work under the sea D．will do things on computers at home 3．What is the best title（标题）of the passage ________. A．Mike’s School B．Life in the Future C．Eat Healthy Food D．Future Cars （12） Attention, people of earth: Fine. The big secret is out. Your finest scientists have found there is life here, on our beautiful planet Venus(金星). Congratulations! We have something to say: Stay away, no exploration (探索): We are serious. Stay away from us. If we wake up one morning and look out and see someone wandering around in a spacesuit, we are going to be really ticked off. We mean no hostility (恶意). We’re actually a very nice planet. It’s just that we’re scared by what you’ve done down there. Earth looks like a mess，it is completely ruined (破坏). You’ve got health crises (危机), environmental crises, political crises. You keep fighting about face masks. No wonder so many of you want to leave Earth for another planet. Leave us alone. Stay right where you are. We know you’d like it here. That’s what scares us. You’d all move to Venus in a minute. We’ve got beautiful weather, little traffic, a proper cost of living. On Venus, you can only buy a three-bedroom for, like $135,000. (Paragraph 7) Crazy, right? In all fairness, you’ve got some good stuff over there, too. Earth does have its attractive qualities. We’re jealous of the Qomolangma, the Amazon rainforest, and the Palace Museum. But we live in a fragile (脆弱的) solar system. We can only deal with so much. If we start having you all up here, pretty soon, the Martians and Jupiterians (火星人和木星人) are going to want to come, too. Trust us: you don’t want them sleeping on your sofa, drinking all your beer. We’ve been there before, and they left this place a mess. Cool your enthusiasm (热情). We’re not your escape plan. Venus is not Earth 2. We wish you the best in saving your planet. Sincerely, Venus 1．The underlined phrase “ticked off” in this passage is closet in meaning to ________. A．sad B．angry C．excited D．interested 2．We can infer (推断) from paragraph 7 that ________. A．the living cost on the Earth is very high B．the living conditions on Venus are very good C．the housing prices on Venus are very expensive D．Earth’s people will move to Venus because of the good weather 3．Venus wants Earth’s people to stay away because ________. A．there are only a few resources (资源) on Venus B．Earth’s people will ruin Venus like they have ruined Earth C．Earth’s people will ruin Venus people’s sofas and drink all their beer D．Venus’ people hate Earth’s people because they have explored Venus too often （13） With red handkerchiefs spinning (手绢转动) with fingertips, 16 robots were moving their feet, shaking their bodies to the music, and dancing yangge with human dancers on the stage. In the picture, the robots performed (表演) “YangBOT” at the 2025 CCTV Spring Festival Gala. It is a special performance. It is a creative combination (结合) of traditional (传统的) Chinese culture and modern technology. The show combined yangge with robots and AI (artificial intelligence). In the performance, humanoids (robots shaped like humans) dressed in colourful clothes danced yangge. Their movements were agile (灵活的), just like humans. Unitree, a Chinese robotics company, developed these robots. “YangBOT” became a hot topic on the social media and won the hearts of millions of people after the gala. People praised it for its creativity and freshness. Some even said it was their favourite performance at the gala. As a young man said, “It’s like watching the future and the past dance together!” The director of the performance explained, “This dance isn’t just fun, and it shows how technology can bring new life to traditions.” Many people said they took pride in the cultural inheritance (传承) and were amazed at how fast technology developed. It shows how much technology has improved and that it brightens up traditional culture. It is also a great way to change our life with the combination of tradition and modern technology. 1．How does the writer start the passage? A．By telling a story about the Spring Festival. B．By listing numbers about modern technology. C．By describing a scene of a special performance. D．By asking questions about the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. 2．What did the robots do in the “YangBOT” performance? A．They sang traditional folk songs. B．They played musical instruments. C．They drew pictures about the future. D．They spun handkerchiefs and danced yangge. 3．Which might NOT be people’s reaction (反应) to “YangBOT”? A．They said it was too common. B．They enjoyed the performance a lot. C．They were amazed at AI technology. D．They praised its creativity and freshness. 4．What’s the purpose of this passage? A．To teach us the latest AI technology. B．To introduce the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. C．To tell us the importance of traditional Chinese culture. D．To encourage us to develop technology and hand down culture. 5．Which one could be the best title of this passage? A．Chinese New Year’s Eve B．The Spring Festival Gala C．“YangBOT” at the Spring Festival Gala D．Humanoids Developed by Unitree （14） 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. （15） In the world of rapidly changing technology, anything we thought that was impossible could become possible. So what is likely to show in the next 50 years? ◆ Glasses with the Internet Time: by 2030 Forecaster: Professor Parviz from the University of Washington Can you imagine the day when surfing the Internet is as simple as blinking your eyes? Professor Parviz is now working on glasses lined with a collection of LED．“People can move around with it. The glasses will recognize facial features and show the life of the person who saw it,” says Parviz. ◆ The Body Organs Store Time: by 2030 Forecaster: Dr. Anthony Attalla from Wake Forest University People can order ready-made organs from the Body Organs Store that are grown from their own cells. Scientists can now grow noses, ears, bones, skins, blood vessels (血管) and heart valves (心脏瓣膜). In the next five years or so, scientists will be able to grow a liver. ◆ Come Back to Life Time: by 2070 Forecaster: Dr. Robert Lanza from US Advanced Cell Technology Company We will be able to have zoos for extinct animals in the future. Lanza was able to get usable DNA from the bodies of animals that had been dead for 25 years. Lanza inserted it into cow eggs, and nine months later, a cloned animal was born. Even though Neanderthals (尼安德特人) have been dead for tens of thousands of years, their DNA has been got, so scientists are talking about whether to clone them. 1．Who forecasts glasses with the Internet? A．Lanza. B．Parviz. C．Attalla. D．A Neanderthal. 2．Where can we order ready-made ears according to the passage? A．From the Body Organs Store. B．From the University of Washington. C．From Wake Forest University. D．From US Advanced Cell Technology Company. 3．When will we have zoos for extinct animals? A．By 2030. B．By 2050. C．By 2070. D．By 2100. 4．The passage may come from ________. A．a guidebook B．a newspaper C．a science magazine D．a post 5．What’s the best title of the passage? A．Glasses with the Internet B．The Body Organs Store C．Come Back to Life D．Super Era Phenomena 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$