三、阅读理解
Life in the future will be different from life in the 21st century,because many changes will take place in the future,but what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. Computers 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 in schools.
People will work fewer hours than they do in the 21st century,and they will have more free time for sports,watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And 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 meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead,they will eat more vegetables and fruit. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different,too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this,many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
()1. People may not have as much ______ as they do in the 21st century.
A. fruit B. water C. bread D. meat
()2. In the future people won't have to ______.
A. travel B. work fast C. work long hours D. eat meat
()3. Traveling will be ______.
A. less interesting B. more difficult C. more expensive D. much cheaper and easier
()4. In the future there will be ______.
A. more cows and sheep B. more people C. fewer people D. fewer buildings and houses
()5. Every family will have at least one ______ in the future.
A. computer B. cow C. child D. robot