Somepeoplearepessimistic(悲观的)whentheythinkaboutthefuture.Theysaythatahundredyearsfromnowwewillhaveusedupmostoftheearthsresources.Wewillhavemadeourseassodirtythatwewillnotbeabletoeatfishfrom
Somepeoplearepessimistic(悲观的)whentheythinkaboutthefuture.Theysaythatahundredyearsfromnowwewillhaveusedupmostoftheearthsresources.Wewillhavemadeourseassodirtythatwewillnotbeabletoeatfishfromthem.Therewillbesomanypeopleintheworldthatwewillhavetouseallthecountrysideforhousing;therewillbenofarmlandleft.
Otherpeoplehaveadifferentideaaboutthefuture.Intheirviewthecityofthefuturewillbeahugepyramid-shaped(金字塔形的)buildingwhichwillbefloatingonthesurfaceofthesea.About5000familieswilllivethereandtherewillalsobeschoolsshopsinit.
Inahundredyears’timepeoplewillnotneedtouseoil.Theywillheattheirhomeswithpowerfromthesun.
Thinkofspace.Perhapsastationwillbesetuponthemoon;peoplewillbeabletovisitthemoonastourists.Theymayevenspendtheirholidaysinspacetravellingfromplanettoplanet.
Whataninterestingpicture!
Manypeopledon'tthinkaboutthefuture.“Idon'tcare.I’llbedead.”theysay.Butitisourdutytocarebecausetheworldofahundredyears’timewillbetheworldofourchildren’sandtheirchildrenafterthem.
小题1:Howmanyviewpointsarediscussedhereaboutthefuture?A.TwoB.ThreeC.FourD.Five小题2:Inthepessimisticviewpeoplewill inahundredyears’time.A.havetousepowerfromtheseaB.havetoliveonthemoonC.beabletogrowfoodontheseaD.finditdifficulttoliveontheearth小题3:Wherewillpeopleliveinthefutureintheoptimisticview?A.OnthemoonB.OntheseaC.InpyramidsD.Onotherplanets小题4:Thewriterofthearticleseemstoagree . A.withthosewholookatthebrightsideofthefutureB.withthosewhotakeapessimisticviewaboutthefutureC.withthosewhowon’ttroubletheirheadsaboutthefutureD.tononeoftheseviewpoints