外研版英语七年级下册《Life in the future》主题阅读

外研版英语七年级下册《Life in the future》主题阅读

Module 4 Life in the future 主题阅读 (A) Life in the future will be different from life today, because many changes will take place in the new century, but what will the changes be? The population is 1 fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live 2 than before. 3 will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects at 4 . People will work fewer hours than they do today, and they will have more free time for sports, 5 TV and travelling. Travelling will be 6 . And much more people will go to other countries for holidays. There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so 7 will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day, 8 they eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be 9 , too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. 10 this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem. 1. A. making B. growing C. running D. doing 2. A. longer B. shorter C. faster D. taller 3. A. Trains B. Cars C. Computers D. Houses 4. A. factory B. hospital C. farm D. school 5. A. watching B. seeing C. looking D. buying 6. A. less interesting B. much easier C. more expensive D. more difficult 7. A. fruit B. vegetables C. meat D. bread 8. A. instead B. sometimes C. still D. however 9. A. dangerous B. difficult C. heavy D. different 10. A. Thanks for B. Many thanks C. Because of D. Because (B) My friend John has got a restaurant in a big city. It is near a supermarket. He gets ten robots for the restaurant. Each robot costs (价钱为) 20,000 yuan. The restaurant is not big, but very popular. Now more and more people come here for dinner. The robots have different jobs in the restaurant. Two robots cook different kinds of food; one washes the dishes; one cleans the floor and the others give food to the guests (客人). Although robots do most of the jobs in the restaurant, John is still very busy. He must do many things to keep the robots working well. Luckily, John is good at studying robots and he knows robots very well. I think in the future, there will be a lot of robot-themed restaurants (机器人主题餐厅) around the world. 1. Where is John’s restaurant? A. It is behind a park. B. It is next to a cinema. C. It is next to a supermarket. D. It is near a big bank. 2. How many robots give food to the guests in the restaurant? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. 3. What is John good at? A. Playing games. B. Studying robots. C. Cooking food. D. Making robots. 4. From the passage we can learn ______. A. John’s restaurant is in a small city B. John is always free because of the robots C. the robots cost John 200,000 yuan D. there are two robots sweeping the floor in the restaurant 5. Which of the following is TRUE? A. The restaurant is big and clean. B. It is expensive to eat in the restaurant. C. There are three robot cooks (厨师) in the restaurant. D. The restaurant is popular in John’s city. 主题阅读 (A) 1—5 BACDA 6—10 BCADC (B) 1—5 CDBCD