【Whatpicturedoyouhaveofthefuture?Willlifeinthefuturebebetterworseorthesameasnow?Whatdoyouhopeforaboutthefuture?Scientiststhinkthatlifewillprobablybeverydifferentin2050.】
Whatpicturedoyouhaveofthefuture?Willlifeinthefuturebebetterworseorthesameasnow?Whatdoyouhopeforaboutthefuture?Scientiststhinkthatlifewillprobablybeverydifferentin2050.
Firstofallitseemsthatpeoplewon’tuseTVchannels(频道)by2050.Insteadpeoplewillchooseaprogramfroma“menu”andacomputerwillsendtheprogramdirectlytothetelevision.
Waterwillbecomeaveryseriousproblem.We’llneedmuchmorewaterbuttherewon’tbeenough.Somescientiststhinkthatwaterwouldbethecauseofwar(战争).
Carswillrunonnewcleanenergyandtheywillgoveryfast.Andtherewon’tbeanyaccidentswiththehelpofcomputers.Ontheotherhandspaceplaneswilltakepeoplearoundtheworldintwohours.
Robotswillworkinfactoriesinsteadofpeople.Manyfactorieshavealreadyusedrobots.Bigcompaniespreferrobots-theydonotaskformoneyandtheyworkfor24hoursaday…
Inawordby2050ourlifewillchangealotandourfuturewillbequitedifferentfromnow.
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( )51.Maybepeoplewon’t________anymoreby2050.
A.watchTV B.usecomputer
C.useTVchannels D.useamenu
( )52.________willbeaveryseriousproblem.
A.TV B.Water C.Accidents D.Robot
( )53.Therewillbe_______accidentswiththehelpofcomputers.
A.any B.no C.more D.fewer
( )54.Bigcompaniespreferrobotsbecause_______.
A.theyarekind B.theydonotaskformoney
C.theyworkfor24hoursaday D.BandC
( )55.Accordingtothepassageourlifeinthefuturewillbe______.
A.better B.worse C.different D.thesameasnow