Unit 5 When Tomorrow Comes（短文填空专练）英语新教材鲁教版五四学制七年级下册

Unit 5 When Tomorrow Comes 短文填空专练 话题：人与社会—预测未来 基础篇 01 The future 1. (be) full of surprises. What will life be like 2.________ 50 years? Robots 3. (work) everywhere. They will help with housework and save 4._______ (life). We 5. (have) better health care. People will live 6 (long) than before. AI will change our lives, 7.________ it can’t replace humans. Our 8 (create) and emotional intelligence are important. We should accept change and keep 9 (learn). We must try 10 (we) best to prepare for the future. 【答案】1．will be 2．in 3．will work 4．lives 5．will have 6．longer 7．but 8．creativity 9．learning 10．our 【解析】 【导语】本文畅想未来生活，介绍了机器人、人工智能、医疗发展等方面的变化，并启示我们要不断学习、为未来做好准备。 1．句意：未来将会充满惊喜。由主语The future以及全文将来时语境可知，用一般将来时will be。故填will be。 2．句意：50年后的生活会是什么样子？“in + 一段时间”用于一般将来时，表示“多久之后”。故填in。 3．句意：机器人将无处不在工作。全文讲述未来生活，用一般将来时will work。故填will work。 4．句意：它们会帮忙做家务并拯救生命。life表示“生命”时为可数名词，此处表泛指用复数lives。故填lives。 5．句意：我们将会有更好的医疗保健。整篇文章用一般将来时，此处用will have。故填will have。 6．句意：人们会比以前活得更长久。根据后面的than可知要用形容词比较级，long的比较级为longer。故填longer。 7．句意：人工智能会改变我们的生活，但它无法取代人类。前后语义表转折，用连词but。故填but。 8．句意：我们的创造力和情商很重要。形容词性物主代词Our后接名词，create对应的名词“创造力”为creativity。故填creativity。 9．句意：我们应该接受改变并坚持学习。固定搭配keep doing sth.坚持做某事，learn的动名词形式为learning。故填learning。 10．句意：我们必须尽最大努力为未来做好准备。固定搭配try one’s best 尽某人最大努力，we对应的形容词性物主代词为our。故填our。 02 What will the future be like? I believe life in the future will be much 1.________ (good) than it is now. Every person will have a computer. People can look 2.________ the information on the Internet. Students won’t go to school anymore. They’ll stay at home and have lessons on 3.________ (they) computers every day. Everyone will watch shows on computers. There will be no fights in houses 4.________ people want to watch different shows at the same time. Robots will play 5.________ important role in the future. They will help people with housework, such as cleaning, cooking or 6.________ (wash). They can also look after kids. If something dangerous 7.________ (happen), the robots will protect the kids. People will travel more, 8.________ they won’t travel by car in the future. Everyone will take electric (电动的) buses and trains with robot drivers. These green buses and trains are 9.________ (real) good for the environment. People will go on vacation to the moon and other10.________ (planet). 【答案】1．better 2．up 3．their 4．when/if 5．an 6．washing 7．happens 8．but 9．really 10．planets 【解析】 【导语】本文畅想未来生活，从网络学习、机器人服务、绿色出行等方面，描述未来更美好便利的生活场景。 1．句意：我相信未来的生活将会比现在好得多。根据句中than可知，此处需使用形容词比较级，good的比较级为better。故填better。 2．句意：人们可以在互联网上查阅信息。根据“People can look...the information on the Internet.”可知，此处指在互联网上查阅信息，look up是固定搭配，意为“查阅”，符合句子语义。故填up。 3．句意：他们会待在家里，每天在他们的电脑上上课。根据空后名词computers可知，此处需用形容词性物主代词修饰名词，they对应的形容词性物主代词是their。故填their。 4．句意：当人们同时想看不同的节目时，家中不会出现争执。/如果人们同时想看不同的节目，家中不会出现争执。根据“people want to watch different shows at the same time”可知，此处表示人们同时想看不同的节目时/如果人们同时想看不同的节目，when引导时间状语从句，体现动作发生的时间背景；if引导条件状语从句，体现假设的情况，二者语法均成立、语义都通顺。故填when/if。 5．句意：机器人在未来将发挥重要作用。固定搭配play an important role，表示“发挥重要作用”，important以元音音素开头，前面用不定冠词an。故填an。 6．句意：它们会帮人们做家务，比如打扫、做饭或者清洗。such as后接动名词形式，空处与cleaning、cooking保持形式一致，wash的动名词为washing。故填washing。 7．句意：如果危险的事情发生，机器人会保护孩子。此处是If引导的条件状语从句，遵循主将从现，主句为一般将来时，从句用一般现在时，主语something为不定代词，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式happens。故填happens。 8．句意：人们会更多地旅行，但是未来他们不会开车旅行。根据“People will travel more...they won’t travel by car in the future.”可知，前后句表示转折，用连词but表转折。故填but。 9．句意：这些绿色公交车和火车对环境真的很好。根据空后形容词good可知，此处需用副词修饰形容词，real的副词形式为really。故填really。 10．句意：人们会去月球和其他星球度假。other后接可数名词复数，planet的复数形式为planets。故填planets。 03 根据短文内容，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每词只能用一次。 industry  simple  appear  if  careful  we  worry  space  smart  like Do you think there will be more robots in the future? What do you think life with robots will be 1. in the future? In the past, robots could only do 2. tasks. They only served a small number of 3. . But in the future, robots will be much 4. and more common in our lives. They will do a lot of things that we can’t even think of. Robots will help 5. in many different ways. For example, they will help us with the housework. And 6. we aren’t at home, they will help us look after our pets. Besides, they will also help us with more difficult and dangerous jobs, such as building houses in 7. . Robots hardly make mistakes because they always prepare for tasks 8. __________ Of course, some people think robots will quickly adapt (适应) to the environment. They keep 9. that robots will take over the jobs of humans. However, others believe that robots will create new jobs for people. They think more robots will 10. to meet people’s growing needs. At that time, the world will be more wonderful. 【答案】1．like 2．simple 3．industries 4．smarter 5．us 6．if 7．space 8．carefully 9．worrying 10．appear 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讨论了未来机器人在生活中的应用及人们的不同看法。 1．句意：你认为未来与机器人一起的生活会是什么样的？根据“What do you think life with robots will be…in the future?”并结合备选词汇可知，此处是固定句型 “What will sth. be like?” 表示“……是什么样的？”。因此用like“像……”。故填like。 2．句意：在过去，机器人只能做简单的任务。根据“They only served a small number of…”并结合备选词汇可知，过去机器人能力有限，只能做简单的任务。因此用simple“简单的”。故填simple。 3．句意：它们只服务少数行业。根据“They only served a small number of…”并结合备选词汇可知，a small number of后接可数名词复数。因此用industry“行业”，复数形式为industries。故填industries。 4．句意：但在未来，机器人将变得更加智能，在我们的生活中更常见。根据“They will do a lot of things that we can’t even think of.”并结合备选词汇可知，未来的机器人会更加聪明，因此用smart“聪明的”，空格前有much，much后接形容词比较级，smart的比较级是smarter。故填smarter。 5．句意：机器人将在许多不同方面帮助我们。根据“Robots will help…in many different ways.”及 “they will help us”并结合备选词汇可知，机器人会在很多不同方面帮助我们，help后接宾语，结合下文，因此用we“我们”的宾格us。故填us。 6．句意：如果我们不在家，它们会帮我们照顾宠物。根据“they will help us look after our pets”并结合备选词汇可知，此处表示如果我们不在家，机器人会帮忙照顾宠物，此处引导条件状语从句，因此用if “如果”。故填if。 7．句意：此外，它们还会帮助我们完成更困难、更危险的工作，比如在太空建造房屋。根据“they will also help us with more difficult and dangerous jobs”并结合备选词汇可知，机器人会帮忙完成更困难的工作，in space表示“在太空”，固定搭配。因此用space“太空”，故填space。 8．句意：机器人很少犯错，因为它们总是认真地为任务做准备。根据“they always prepare for tasks…”并结合备选词汇可知，空处需填副词修饰动词prepare，表示准备的方式。因此用careful“认真的”，其副词形式为carefully“认真地”。故填carefully。 9．句意：他们一直担心机器人会抢走人类的工作。根据“They keep…that robots will take over the jobs of humans.”并结合备选词汇可知，keep后需填动词ing形式作宾语，表示持续担心。因此用worry“担心”，其动名词为worrying“担心”。故填worrying。 10．句意：他们认为会出现更多的机器人来满足人们不断增长的需求。根据“more robots will…to meet people’s growing needs.”并结合备选词汇可知，空处需填动词原形，表示机器人的出现。因此用appear“出现”。故填appear。 04 What will the future be like? Almost every person has a picture of the future world 1__________ his or her mind. Then, how did people in the past dream of today’s world? Did their dreams come true? Jules Gabriel Verne, a French writer, was a big dreamer. He was famous 2__________ his science fiction (科幻小说). His stories are very interesting. More surprisingly, he 3__________ (create) so many wonderful things in his books, and those things have become reality (现实) in today’s world. In the book From the Earth to the Moon, Verne discussed the idea of taking a trip to the moon. He 4__________ (describe) so many things about how to take people to the moon. About one hundred years 5__________ (late), scientists made it possible. Not only that, but in his book 24,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the 6__________ (character) go all around the world on an electric submarine (电动潜艇). He finished the book in 1870. The idea of the electric submarine was 7__________ (surprise) as the use of electricity was not common at the time. Although Verne didn’t invent the submarine, his book helped some people come up 8__________ wonderful ideas to make submarines work better. Many people are surprised at Verne’s creative mind. In fact, his creative 9__________ (predict) went hand in hand with his hard work. He read a lot of different subjects, studied science and often talked with scientists so that he knew what was 10__________ (happen) in his time and let the new things feed the fires of his creative ideas. 【答案】1．in 2．for 3．created 4．described 5．later 6．characters 7．surprising 8．with 9．predictions 10．happening 【解析】 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要讲述了法国科幻作家儒勒·加布里埃尔·凡尔纳在作品中畅想的诸多事物如今已成为现实，同时介绍了他的创作源于勤奋与对科学的关注。 1．句意：几乎每个人的脑海里都有一幅未来世界的图景。根据“Almost every person has a picture of the future world...his or her mind”，结合固定搭配“in one’s mind（在某人脑海里）”可知，此处指在每个人的脑海里。故填in。 2．句意：他因他的科幻小说而出名。根据“He was famous... his science fiction”，结合固定搭配“be famous for（因……而出名）”可知，此处指他因他的科幻小说而出名。故填for。 3．句意：更令人惊讶的是，他在书中创造了如此多奇妙的事物，而这些事物在如今的世界里已经成为了现实。根据“he... so many wonderful things in his books”，结合上下文的过去时态（“was”“finished”等）可知，此处描述过去的动作，应用“create”的过去式“created”。故填created。 4．句意：他描述了很多关于如何将人类送上月球的事情。根据“He...so many things about how to take people to the moon”，以及“Verne discussed the idea”可知，此处描述过去的动作，应用“describe”的过去式“described”。故填described。 5．句意：大约一百年后，科学家们让这一切成为了可能。根据“About one hundred years... , scientists made it possible”，结合固定搭配“时间段+later（……之后）”可知，此处应填“late”的变形“later”。故填later。 6．句意：不仅如此，在他的《海底两万里》一书中，角色们乘坐电动潜艇环游世界。根据“the...go all around the world on an electric submarine”，结合语境可知，此处指书中的多个角色，应用“character”的复数形式“characters”。故填characters。 7．句意：电动潜艇的想法令人惊讶，因为当时电的使用并不普遍。根据“The idea of the electric submarine was...”，可知本句是主系表结构，此处需用形容词形式作表语，“surprising”修饰事物，意为“令人惊讶的”，此处应填“surprising”。故填surprising。 8．句意：虽然凡尔纳没有发明潜艇，但他的书帮助一些人想出了让潜艇更好运作的绝妙主意。根据“his book helped some people come up... wonderful ideas”，结合固定搭配“come up with（想出）”可知，此处指他的书帮助一些人想出了让潜艇更好运作的绝妙主意。故填with。 9．句意：事实上，他富有创意的预测与他的努力是相辅相成的。根据“his creative...”，可知形容词“creative”修饰名词，此处需用predict的名词形式“prediction”，结合语境可知，此处指他在作品中的预测，表泛指，用复数“predictions”。故填predictions。 10．句意：他阅读了很多不同的学科，研究科学，还经常和科学家交流，这样他就能了解他所处时代正在发生的事情，并让这些新事物为他的创意之火添柴加薪。根据“so that he knew what was... in his time”，结合“was+现在分词”构成过去进行时可知，此处应填“happen”的现在分词“happening”。故填happening。 05 In the world that we are creating very quickly, there might be some new kinds of jobs in the future. Robots will become more common in our homes and schools, so we’ll need people who know 1.__________ to fix them. These workers will be like robot doctors. They will find 2._________ what’s wrong with a robot and help it get better. 3.__________ the fast development of AI, we’ll need people to check that it works properly. We call 4.__________ AI rule keepers. They will make sure that AI will do something helpful to humans. The best way to get ready for these future jobs 5.__________ to be open to new ideas and never stop learning. Knowledge is important, and problem solving skills will be needed for our future education and work. 【答案】1．how 2．out 3．With 4．them 5．is 【解析】 【导语】本文主要探讨了未来可能出现的新职业类型及其所需的技能，强调了持续学习和适应新知识的重要性。 1．句意：机器人将在我们的家庭和学校变得更常见，所以我们需要了解如何修理它们的人。根据“...know...to fix them. These workers will be like robot doctors.”可知，机器人医生是要知道如何修理它们，用how引导不定式短语。故填how。 2．句意：他们会弄清机器人的问题所在，并帮助它变好。find out“查明；弄清”，固定搭配。故填out。 3．句意：随着人工智能的快速发展，我们需要人们检查它是否正常工作。根据“the fast development of AI,”可知，是随着AI的快速发展，用介词with引导名词短语，作伴随状语，句首要大写首字母。故填With。 4．句意：我们称他们为AI规则守护者。根据“we’ll need people to check that it works properly”可知，我们称这些人为AI守护者，用them指代“这些人”。故填them。 5．句意：为未来的工作做好准备的最好方法是对新想法持开放态度，永远不要停止学习。空处缺少谓语，主语The best way是单数，用be动词is作谓语，构成主系表结构。故填is。 提高篇 06 选词填空，每词限用一次，其中有两个多余项。 they  because  few  happen  clear  hour  probable  appear  robot  travel  prediction  know What will our world be like in 2200? Maybe no one 1.________. Because we never know what 2.________ in the future. But it’s very interesting to make some 3.________. Water will become as expensive (昂贵的) as oil. Because many rivers will 4.________. We will have to save water and pay more for clean water than before. Cities will be very big and crowded (拥挤的) with people. There will be 5.________ trees and more pollution. The environment will be in great danger. Students won’t go to school. They just stay at home and study online. Students from all over the world may study together on the Internet. It’s common for 6.________ to do their homework and exercises on the computer. Each family will have a robot. You can ask it to do almost everything for you. It will serve you twenty-four 7.________ a day. The robot will look like a human. It can talk with you when you are alone. You won’t know whether it is a human or a robot when you meet it. People will have less time to work and more time 8.________. The vehicles (交通工具) will 9.________ fly in the skies and they will take you to any place. You can go to sleep during your travel when you feel tired. All vehicles will be safe 10.________ robots drive them. 【答案】1．knows 2．will happen 3．predictions 4．disappear 5．fewer 6．them 7．hours 8．to travel 9．probably 10．because 【解析】 【导语】本文对2200年的生活进行了一些预测。 1．句意：或许没人根据所给词和后句“Because we never know...”可知，此处是说可能没人知道。know“知道”，动词，在句中作谓语，此句为一般现在时，主语“no one”为第三人称单数，know用第三人称单数。故填knows。 2．句意：因为我们永远无法预知未来会发生什么。根据所给词和句中“what...in the future”可知，此处是说无法知道未来会发生什么。happen“发生”，动词，根据句意可知，此句用一般将来时，其构成为“will do”。故填will happen。 3．句意：但做一些预测倒是很有趣。根据所给词和下文“Water will become as expensive (昂贵的) as oil.”和“Students won’t go to school.”可知，此处是说做一些预测很有趣。prediction“预测”，可数名词，根据修饰词“some”可知，此处用复数。故填predictions。 4．句意：因为许多河流将会消失。根据所给词和句中“Water will become as expensive (昂贵的) as oil”可知，此处是说很多河会消失。appear“出现”，动词，此处用其反义词disappear，意为“消失”，且根据“will”可知，此处用一般将来时，其构成为“will do”。故填disappear。 5．句意：树木将会更少，污染将会更严重。根据所给词和句中“and more pollution”和“The environment will be in great danger.”可知，此处是说树木会更少，few“少”，形容词，其比较级为fewer，意为“更少”。故填fewer。 6．句意：他们在电脑上完成作业和练习是很普遍的。根据所给词和句中“Students from all over the world may study together on the Internet.”可知，此处是说学生们在电脑上做作业和进行练习很普遍，应用人称代词they的宾格them，意为“他们”。故填them。 7．句意：它每天会为你服务 24 小时。根据所给词和句中“twenty-four...a day.”可知，此处是说每天会服务24小时。hour“小时”，可数名词，此处应使用复数。故填hours。 8．句意：人们将有更少的工作时间，而有更多的时间去旅行。根据所给词和句中“People will have less time to work”可知，此处是说人们会有更多的时间去旅行。travel“旅行”，动词，此处用动词不定式作定语修饰“more time”。故填to travel。 9．句意：交通工具可能会在空中飞行，它们能带你去任何地方。根据所给词和句中“they will take you to any place”可知，此处是说交通工具可能会在天上飞。probable“可能的”，形容词，此处用其副词probably在句中作状语，意为“可能”。故填probably。 10．句意：所有的交通工具都会很安全，因为是由机器人来驾驶的。前句“All vehicles will be safe”和“robots drive them”构成因果关系，后句表示原因，应用because引导原因状语从句，意为“因为”，故填because。 07 根据短文内容,选择适当的单词填空,使短文意思完整。每个选项只用一次,有两项剩余。 dangerous, working, them, be, sports, have, easier, healthily, subjects, fast, building, difficult Life in 30 years will be different because many changes will take place, but what will the changes 1. ? The population is growing 2. . There will be more and more people in the world and most of 3. live to be 100 years old. People will live longer than before.Robots will be even smarter and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important 4. at school. People will work fewer hours than they are 5. now. And they will have more free time for 6. , watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and 7. _________. And more people will go to other countries for holidays. There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for 8. new towns and houses. Then there will be less food for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it every day and they will eat more vegetables and fruit instead. Maybe people will live more 9. . Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do the most 10. and hardest work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. That will be a problem. 【答案】1．be 2．fast 3．them 4．subjects 5．working 6．sports 7．easier 8．building 9．healthily 10．dangerous 【解析】 【导语】本文是说明文，主要介绍了30年后生活将发生的各种变化，涵盖人口、科技、工作、饮食等多个方面。 1．句意: 30年后的生活会有所不同，因为会发生许多变化。但变化会是什么？ 根据“will”可知，其后接动词原形，此处用be。故填be。 2．句意：人口增长得很快。此处修饰动词“growing”，备选词fast“快速地”符合语境。故填fast。 3．句意：世界上的人会越来越多，而且他们中的大多数将活到100岁。介词“of”后接宾格代词。故填them。 4．句意：并且计算机课程将成为学校最重要的科目之一。根据“at school”可知，computer属于subject，“one of + 可数名词复数”表示“……之一”。故填subjects。 5．句意：人们的工作时长会比现在正在做的（时长）更短。根据“People will work fewer hours than they are…now.”可知，句子为现在进行时，其结构为be doing，此处表示正在工作。故填working。 6．句意：他们会有更多空闲时间用于运动、看电视和旅行。根据“watching TV and traveling”可知，空处应为名词或动名词，备选词sports表示“运动”，符合语境。故填sports。 7．句意：旅行会变得更便宜、更容易。根据“cheaper and”可知，空处应为形容词的比较级，且指“更容易”，需比较级easier。故填easier。 8．句意：更多的土地将用于建设新城镇和房屋。根据“new towns and houses”可知，此处表示建设，be used for doing sth.表示“被用来做某事”。故填building。 9．句意：也许人们会生活得更健康。根据“more”可知，此空应为形容词或副词的原级，结合所给的词汇，可确定空处为healthy的副词形式healthily“健康地”， 修饰动词live。故填healthily。 10．句意：机器人将做最危险和最辛苦的工作。根据“Robots will do the most…and hardest work.”可知，此处指“最危险的”，dangerous符合句意。the most后应为形容词原级。故填dangerous。 08 Life of the future is full of changes and surprises. In terms of energy, renewable energy sources will be 1. (wide) used. Solar energy, wind energy and hydrogen energy (氢能) will replace fossil fuels. This will not only solve the problem of energy shortage but also make our environment 2. (clean). Our homes will become much smarter. Intelligent systems will control the temperature, lighting and security of the house. Robots will be common in households, helping 3. housework such as cleaning and cooking. We can also communicate with our household appliances through voice commands, 4. (make) our lives more convenient. In social life, the way people interact will change. Virtual reality and social media will enable people to connect with each other more 5. (easy), regardless of distance. Online communities will become more diverse and active, and people will be able to find like-minded friends with different 6. (hobby) from all over the world. The fashion industry will also be affected by technology. Clothes will be 7. (make) of smart materials that can adjust to different temperatures and environments. They may even have the function of self cleaning and anti-bacteria, reducing the frequency of washing. 8. , with these changes, there will also be some challenges. For example, the over-reliance on technology may lead to the weakness of people’s practical abilities. We need to find 9. balance between technology and human nature to ensure that we can enjoy the benefits of the future life while maintaining our traditional values and skills. In conclusion, the future life holds great potential. By including new technologies and facing challenges bravely, we can create a more wonderful future for 10. (we). 【答案】1．widely 2．cleaner 3．with 4．making 5．easily 6．hobbies 7．made 8．However 9．a 10．ourselves 【解析】 【导语】本文主要讲述了随着科技的发展，未来生活将会是什么样子。 1．句意：在能源方面，可再生能源将会被广泛使用。此处应用副词修饰动词used，wide是形容词，其副词形式为widely，意为“广泛地”，故填widely。 2．句意：这不仅会解决能源短缺问题，还会让我们的环境变得更干净。根据前文“renewable energy sources will replace fossil fuels”可知，可再生能源替代化石燃料会对环境产生积极影响，存在“替代前与替代后”的隐含对比，“make+宾语+形容词”为固定结构，此处需用clean的比较级cleaner体现环境的改善，故填cleaner。 3．句意：机器人在家庭中会很常见，帮助做打扫、做饭之类的家务。根据“helping...housework”可知，这里指帮助处理家务，help with sth.意为“帮助做某事”，故填with。 4．句意：我们也可以通过语音指令和家用电器沟通，让我们的生活变得更便利。分析句子结构可知，此处应用现在分词作状语，故填making。 5．句意：虚拟现实和社交媒体将让人们更容易地相互联系，不受距离的限制。此处应用副词修饰动词connect，easy是形容词，其副词形式为easily，意为“容易地”，故填easily。 6．句意：网络社区将会变得更加多样和活跃，人们能够从世界各地找到有着不同爱好的志同道合的朋友。different后接可数名词复数形式，hobby是可数名词，意为“爱好”，其复数形式为hobbies，故填hobbies。 7．句意：衣服将会由智能材料制成，这种材料可以适应不同的温度和环境。be made of意为“由……制成”，故填made。 8．句意：然而，伴随着这些变化，也会出现一些挑战。前文均描述未来生活的优势，此句转而提及挑战，所以存在转折关系，且空格后有逗号，所以用副词however，意为“然而”，句首首字母大写，故填However。 9．句意：我们需要在科技和人性之间找到一个平衡点，以确保我们在享受未来生活益处的同时，能保持传统的价值观和技能。此处表泛指，指“一个平衡点”，balance以辅音音素开头，所以用不定冠词a，故填a。 10．句意：通过接纳新技术并勇敢面对挑战，我们可以为自己创造一个更美好的未来。根据“create a more wonderful future for...”可知，这里指为自己创造一个更美好的未来，所以此处应用反身代词ourselves，意为“我们自己”，故填ourselves。 ( 1 / 13 ) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $ Unit 5 When Tomorrow Comes 短文填空专练 话题：人与社会—预测未来 基础篇 01 The future 1. (be) full of surprises. What will life be like 2.________ 50 years? Robots 3. (work) everywhere. They will help with housework and save 4._______ (life). We 5. (have) better health care. People will live 6 (long) than before. AI will change our lives, 7.________ it can’t replace humans. Our 8 (create) and emotional intelligence are important. We should accept change and keep 9 (learn). We must try 10 (we) best to prepare for the future. 02 What will the future be like? I believe life in the future will be much 1.________ (good) than it is now. Every person will have a computer. People can look 2.________ the information on the Internet. Students won’t go to school anymore. They’ll stay at home and have lessons on 3.________ (they) computers every day. Everyone will watch shows on computers. There will be no fights in houses 4.________ people want to watch different shows at the same time. Robots will play 5.________ important role in the future. They will help people with housework, such as cleaning, cooking or 6.________ (wash). They can also look after kids. If something dangerous 7.________ (happen), the robots will protect the kids. People will travel more, 8.________ they won’t travel by car in the future. Everyone will take electric (电动的) buses and trains with robot drivers. These green buses and trains are 9.________ (real) good for the environment. People will go on vacation to the moon and other10.________ (planet). 03 根据短文内容，从方框中选择恰当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每词只能用一次。 industry  simple  appear  if  careful  we  worry  space  smart  like Do you think there will be more robots in the future? What do you think life with robots will be 1. in the future? In the past, robots could only do 2. tasks. They only served a small number of 3. . But in the future, robots will be much 4. and more common in our lives. They will do a lot of things that we can’t even think of. Robots will help 5. in many different ways. For example, they will help us with the housework. And 6. we aren’t at home, they will help us look after our pets. Besides, they will also help us with more difficult and dangerous jobs, such as building houses in 7. . Robots hardly make mistakes because they always prepare for tasks 8. __________ Of course, some people think robots will quickly adapt (适应) to the environment. They keep 9. that robots will take over the jobs of humans. However, others believe that robots will create new jobs for people. They think more robots will 10. to meet people’s growing needs. At that time, the world will be more wonderful. 04 What will the future be like? Almost every person has a picture of the future world 1__________ his or her mind. Then, how did people in the past dream of today’s world? Did their dreams come true? Jules Gabriel Verne, a French writer, was a big dreamer. He was famous 2__________ his science fiction (科幻小说). His stories are very interesting. More surprisingly, he 3__________ (create) so many wonderful things in his books, and those things have become reality (现实) in today’s world. In the book From the Earth to the Moon, Verne discussed the idea of taking a trip to the moon. He 4__________ (describe) so many things about how to take people to the moon. About one hundred years 5__________ (late), scientists made it possible. Not only that, but in his book 24,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the 6__________ (character) go all around the world on an electric submarine (电动潜艇). He finished the book in 1870. The idea of the electric submarine was 7__________ (surprise) as the use of electricity was not common at the time. Although Verne didn’t invent the submarine, his book helped some people come up 8__________ wonderful ideas to make submarines work better. Many people are surprised at Verne’s creative mind. In fact, his creative 9__________ (predict) went hand in hand with his hard work. He read a lot of different subjects, studied science and often talked with scientists so that he knew what was 10__________ (happen) in his time and let the new things feed the fires of his creative ideas. 05 In the world that we are creating very quickly, there might be some new kinds of jobs in the future. Robots will become more common in our homes and schools, so we’ll need people who know 1.__________ to fix them. These workers will be like robot doctors. They will find 2._________ what’s wrong with a robot and help it get better. 3.__________ the fast development of AI, we’ll need people to check that it works properly. We call 4.__________ AI rule keepers. They will make sure that AI will do something helpful to humans. The best way to get ready for these future jobs 5.__________ to be open to new ideas and never stop learning. Knowledge is important, and problem solving skills will be needed for our future education and work. 提高篇 06 选词填空，每词限用一次，其中有两个多余项。 they  because  few  happen  clear  hour  probable  appear  robot  travel  prediction  know What will our world be like in 2200? Maybe no one 1.________. Because we never know what 2.________ in the future. But it’s very interesting to make some 3.________. Water will become as expensive (昂贵的) as oil. Because many rivers will 4.________. We will have to save water and pay more for clean water than before. Cities will be very big and crowded (拥挤的) with people. There will be 5.________ trees and more pollution. The environment will be in great danger. Students won’t go to school. They just stay at home and study online. Students from all over the world may study together on the Internet. It’s common for 6.________ to do their homework and exercises on the computer. Each family will have a robot. You can ask it to do almost everything for you. It will serve you twenty-four 7.________ a day. The robot will look like a human. It can talk with you when you are alone. You won’t know whether it is a human or a robot when you meet it. People will have less time to work and more time 8.________. The vehicles (交通工具) will 9.________ fly in the skies and they will take you to any place. You can go to sleep during your travel when you feel tired. All vehicles will be safe 10.________ robots drive them. 07 根据短文内容,选择适当的单词填空,使短文意思完整。每个选项只用一次,有两项剩余。 dangerous, working, them, be, sports, have, easier, healthily, subjects, fast, building, difficult Life in 30 years will be different because many changes will take place, but what will the changes 1. ? The population is growing 2. . There will be more and more people in the world and most of 3. live to be 100 years old. People will live longer than before.Robots will be even smarter and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important 4. at school. People will work fewer hours than they are 5. now. And they will have more free time for 6. , watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and 7. _________. And more people will go to other countries for holidays. There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for 8. new towns and houses. Then there will be less food for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it every day and they will eat more vegetables and fruit instead. Maybe people will live more 9. . Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do the most 10. and hardest work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. That will be a problem. 08 Life of the future is full of changes and surprises. In terms of energy, renewable energy sources will be 1. (wide) used. Solar energy, wind energy and hydrogen energy (氢能) will replace fossil fuels. This will not only solve the problem of energy shortage but also make our environment 2. (clean). Our homes will become much smarter. Intelligent systems will control the temperature, lighting and security of the house. Robots will be common in households, helping 3. housework such as cleaning and cooking. We can also communicate with our household appliances through voice commands, 4. (make) our lives more convenient. In social life, the way people interact will change. Virtual reality and social media will enable people to connect with each other more 5. (easy), regardless of distance. Online communities will become more diverse and active, and people will be able to find like-minded friends with different 6. (hobby) from all over the world. The fashion industry will also be affected by technology. Clothes will be 7. (make) of smart materials that can adjust to different temperatures and environments. They may even have the function of self cleaning and anti-bacteria, reducing the frequency of washing. 8. , with these changes, there will also be some challenges. For example, the over-reliance on technology may lead to the weakness of people’s practical abilities. We need to find 9. balance between technology and human nature to ensure that we can enjoy the benefits of the future life while maintaining our traditional values and skills. In conclusion, the future life holds great potential. By including new technologies and facing challenges bravely, we can create a more wonderful future for 10. (we). ( 1 / 13 ) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $