【題目】What will our future look like? People have always been wondering about this question. Go on reading this text and you will know what will happen in the next fifty years.

How can we know what the future will look like? To be able to understand the future, you must know the past. What has taken us to where we are today and what has changed along the way? The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No.

What inventions have really made a difference in the last 150 years? In the past years, the inventions that have affected most people around the world for everyday living are the telephone, electricity, radio, television, computer, the car and the ability to communicate through the Internet. Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports etc. In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.

Why do we need to predict the future? Predicting the future is important for two reasons: first we need to start to think about what kind of what kind of future we would like for ourselves and to pass on to the next generation, and then we need to know what decisions we need to make today that will give the best result in the future.

【1】What does the author try to tell us in the second paragraph?

A. Humans will no longer enjoy food in the future.

B. The world will be completely changed tomorrow.

C. The world is quite different from what it was.

D. Our basic needs will not change in the future.

【2】Our past inventions have made __________.

A. our daily life more stressful

B. it easy for us to live

C. us work less time

D. our work easily done

【3】What will humans do in order to keep the world under control?

A. To focus on making more inventions.

B. To produce more cars for transportation.

C. To spend more time working on the Internet.

D. To work much harder to achieve their goals.

【4】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. What result we’ll receive in the future.

B. The decisions we make for our future.

C. The two reasons of predicting the future

D. The importance of predicting the future.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文屬于科普類短文，主要介紹未來的社會可能會變成什么樣子以及以前推動人類社會變化的主要原因，和人們預(yù)測未來的原因。

【1】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)本段最后兩句 The world has changed a lot in the last 150 years, but we humans are driven by the same basic needs as we were 150 years ago. Will this change in the next 150 years? No..可知推動我們發(fā)展向前發(fā)展的基本的需要在接下來的150年里不會有變化。故選D

【2】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Then we of course have a lot of inventions that have made life easier, like new medicine, faster transports etc.可知這些發(fā)明讓我們的生活更為容易了。故選B

【3】A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段最后2句In general, human beings have been working hard in the last 150 years to make the inventions so that they will be able to get control of the time and the world. Since there is still much to do in this area, this will be the focus at least for the next 150 years.可知在最近的150年里，人們一直在努力創(chuàng)造出更多的發(fā)明來控制時間和世界。在接下來的150年里人們?nèi)匀粫^續(xù)這樣做。也就是說繼續(xù)創(chuàng)造出更多的發(fā)明。故選A

【4】C 主旨大意題。根據(jù)第二句Predicting the future is important for two reasons可知本段主要講述的是預(yù)測未來的兩大原因。故選C

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