Whatpicturedoyouhaveofthefuture？Willlifeinthefuturebebetterworseorthesameasnow？Whatdoyouhopeaboutthefuture?Futurologistspredictthatlifewillprobablybeverydifferentin2050inallthefieldsofactivityfr

　　Whatpicturedoyouhaveofthefuture？Willlifeinthefuturebebetterworseorthesameasnow？Whatdoyouhopeaboutthefuture?

　　Futurologistspredictthatlifewillprobablybeverydifferentin2050inallthefieldsofactivityfromentertainmenttotechnology.FirstofallitseemsthatTVchannelswillhavedisappearedby2050.Insteadpeoplewillchooseaprogramfroma“menu”andacomputerwillsendtheprogramdirectlytothetelevision.By2050，musicfilmsprogramsnewspapersandbookswillcometousbycomputer.

　　Inwhatconcernstheenvironmentwaterwillhavebecomeoneofourmostseriousproblems.Demandforwaterwillincreasetentimesbetweennowand2050andtherecouldbeseriousshortages.Somefuturologistspredictthatwatercouldbethecauseofwarifwedon'tactnow.Intransportcarswillrunonnewcleanfuelsandtheywillgoveryfast.Carswillhavecomputerstocontrolthespeedofthecarandtherewon'tbeanyaccidents.Todaymanycarshavecomputersthattelldriversexactlywheretheyare.By2050thecomputerwillcontrolthecaranddriveittoyourdestination.

　　Inthedomainoftechnologyrobotswillhavereplacedpeopleinfactories.Manyfactoriesalreadyuserobots.Bigcompaniespreferrobots—theydonotaskforpayrisesorgoonstrikeandtheywork24hoursaday.By2050wewillseerobotseverywhere—infactoriesschoolsofficeshospitalsshopsandhomes.

　　Lastbutnotleastmedicinetechnologywillhaveconqueredmanydiseases.Todayscientistshavediscoveredhowtocontrolgenes.Theyhavealreadyproducedclonesofanimals.By2050scientistswillbeabletoproduceclonesofpeopleanddecidehowtheylookhowtheybehaveandhowmuchintelligencetheyhave.Scientistswillbeabletodothesethings—butshouldthey?

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　　1．What'sthepurposeofthefirstparagraph?

　　A．Toarousetheinterestofthereader.

　　B．Totellthebackgroundofthepassage.

　　C．Tointroducethetopicofthepassage.

　　D．Todescribethepicturesofthefuture.

　　2．Wecanknowfromthepassagethat________．

　　A．computerswillfinallytaketheplaceofthemedianowadays

　　B．robotswillcompletelyhavereplacedpeopleinfactories

　　C．comput