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　　Life in the twenty-first century will be very

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　　. Many changes will take place, but

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　　will the changes be.

　　The population is growing

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　　. There will be many

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　　in the world and most of them will live

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　　than people in the twentieth century.

　　Computers will be much smaller and

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　　and there will be at least one in every

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　　. And

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　　studies will be one of the important subjects in school then.

　　People will work

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　　and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling.

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　　will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to

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　　countries for holidays.

　　There will be changes in our

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　　, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be

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　　. Work in the future will be different, too.

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　　and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this,

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　　will not have enough work to do .This will be a problem.

　　名師點評

　　本文介紹了二十一世紀我們社會將發生的各種各樣的變化，包括就業，飲食等一系列的變化。

　　(C)1. A. interesting B. hard

　　C. different

　　D. beautiful

　　【解析】C。以下講的是二十一世紀發生的一系列的變化，由于變化，生活也就變得與以前不同，故而選C。(D)2. A. why

　　B. how

　　C. when

　　D. what

　　【解析】D。這些變化會是哪些變化呢？What在這里充當的是表語。(B)3. A. slowly

　　B. fast

　　C. quietly

　　D. suddenly

　　【解析】B。眾所周知，人口增長速度很快。(A)4. A. people

　　B. workers

　　C. scientists

　　D. doctors

　　【解析】A。由上下文可知，這里指人口增多，故選people。(B)5. A. long

　　B. longer

　　C. happy

　　D. lucky

　　【解析】B。由于生活條件和習慣的改變，人們壽命將會更長，所以longer為正確選項。(A)6. A. more useful

　　B. useful

　　C. helpful

　　D. less useful

　　【解析】A。電腦將發揮更大的作用，故選比較級more useful。(C)7. A. hospital

　　B. factory

　　C. home

　　D. town

　　【解析】C。電腦將走進各家各戶。(D)8. A. science

　　B. maths

　　C. English

　　D. computer

　　【解析】D。這一小節都講的是電腦，故選D。(A)9. A. fewer hours

　　B. more hours C. eight hours D. more than eight hours

　　【解析】A。根據下文得知人們將有更多的時間用來娛樂，證明工作時間減少了，故選fewer hours。(D)10. A. Seeing doctors B. Going to the cinema

　　C. Shopping

　　D. Travelling

　　【解析】D。根據下文的for holidays可知這里說的是旅行。(B)11. A. rich

　　B. other

　　C. poor

　　D. small

　　【解析】B。由于條件好了，更多的人都能夠去其他國家旅游了，故選other。(A)12. A. food

　　B. clothes

　　C. fruit

　　D. drinks

　　【解析】A。根據下句得知，這里講的是飲食變化。(C)13. A. fatter

　　B. thinner

　　C .healthier

　　D. more pleased

　　【解析】C。由于飲食習慣發生變化，人們將更加健康。(D)14. A. Safe

　　B. Easy

　　C. Simple

　　D. Dangerous

　　【解析】D。和hard并列的詞應選擇dangerous。(C)15. A. a few people

　　B. all the people

　　C. many people

　　D. some people

　　【解析】C。因為很多工作都是由機器人來完成，那么許多人也就面臨著失業的危險。

　　完型填空（共20小題；每小題 1.5 分，滿分 30 分）

　　閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

　　In a village near Nuremberg lived a family with eighteen children. Merely to keep food on the table, the goldsmith father worked eighteen hours a day. Despite their

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　　condition, two of Durer’s children had a dream to seek their talent for

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　　. but they knew well their father would never be able to send

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　　of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.

　　The two boys finally worked out an agreement. They would toss (投擲) a coin. The

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　　would work in the nearby mines to support his brother. Albrecht Durer

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　　the toss and went off to Nuremberg. Albert went into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, financed his brother,

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　　work at the academy was almost an

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　　success. Albrecht’s woodcuts and oils were

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　　better than those of his professors and he soon was earning considerable fees

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　　his works.

　　When the young

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　　returned home, the Durer family held a festive dinner. Albrecht rose to toast to his beloved brother, “Now, Albert, it is your

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　　to seek your dream. I will support you.”

　　All heads turned to the far end of the table, where Albert sat, tears streaming down his pale face, while he

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　　and repeated, “No ...no.” Finally, Albert rose and

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　　the tears from his cheeks. He said softly, “I

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　　go to Nuremberg, brother. It is too late for me. Look at what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed at least once, and I cannot even hold a glass to

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　　your toast.”

　　Today, Albrecht Durer’s masterful works

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　　in every great museum in the world, but chances are great

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　　you, like most people, are familiar with only one of them. Albrecht Durer drew his brother’s abused hands with palms together and thin

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　　stretched skyward. He

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　　it “The Praying Hands.”

　　Next time you see that touching creation, take a second look. Let it be your reminder, if you still need one, that no one ever makes it

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　　!

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　　A. hopeful

　　B. lucky

　　C. disappointed

　　D. hopeless

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　　A. music

　　B. art

　　C. mining

　　D. farming

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　　A. all

　　B. both

　　C. each

　　D. either

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　　A. painter

　　B. loser

　　C. winner

　　D. failure

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　　A. lost

　　B. got

　　C. won

　　D. beat

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　　A. who

　　B. his

　　C. whom

　　D. whose

　　42. A. arbitrary

　　B. immediate

　　C. attractive

　　D. ordinary

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　　A. far

　　B. quite

　　C. very

　　D. more

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　　A. for

　　B. to

　　C. in

　　D. at

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　　A. miner

　　B. worker

　　C. artist

　　D. professor

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　　A. luck

　　B. turn

　　C. move

　　D. moment

　　47. A. sobbed

　　B. nodded

　　C. smiled

　　D. laughed

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　　A. recovered

　　B. wept

　　C. wiped

　　D. handed

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　　A. can’t

　　B. mustn’t

　　C. can

　　D. have to

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　　A. hold

　　B. return

　　C. move

　　D. turn

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　　A. hang

　　B. represent

　　C. present

　　D. visit

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　　A. when

　　B. that

　　C. which

　　D. as

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　　A. figures

　　B. hands

　　C. fingers

　　D. arms

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　　A. said

　　B. loved

　　C. told

　　D. called

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　　A. yet

　　B. out

　　C. alone

　　D. before

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　　Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, ? 1?

　　give your money back? Of course, it ? 2?

　　happens quite like that. The only language ? 3?

　　to learn is the mother language. And think ? 4?

　　practice is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language

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　　the literature(文學) of the country. Now most people want to ? 6?

　　a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning

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　　.

　　How do they do it? Some people try at home

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　　books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs.

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　　they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will ? 10?

　　a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or ? 11?

　　hours a day. It's much easier to learn the language in the country where it

　　?12 ?. But most people are ? 13??

　　to do this, and many people don't have to do so. Machines and good books will be very ? 14?

　　, but they can not do the students' work. ? 15?

　　the language is learned quickly or slowly, it is hard work.

　　名師點評

　　本文主要想告訴讀者，學英語是一個長期而艱苦的勞動，沒有任何捷徑可走。無論你用什么方法學習——用書、機器或在學校，不多實踐就無法達到預期的目的。

　　()1. A. so

　　B. or

　　C. and

　　D. but

　　【解析】B。這里的or是“否則”的意思。 ()2. A. can’t???????

　　B. impossible?? C. never????

　　D. often

　　【解析】C。根據作者的觀點，這種事絕對不可能發生。impossible是一個形容詞，不符語法，can’t后不可能跟happens，often意思與作者的意圖相反。 ()3. A. easily???????

　　B. difficult?????? C. able?????????

　　D. easy

　　【解析】D。唯一容易學的語言是母語。這里需要一個形容詞充當后置定語。 ()4. A. how much??? B. how long?? C. how fast?

　　D. how many

　　【解析】A。用來修飾不可數名詞，只有用how much，全句意為“母語好學，還需要那么多的練習。” 何況外語呢？。 ()5. A. studied??? B. to study??

　　C. studying?? D. study

　　【解析】B。動詞不定式充當目的狀語。意為“學習外語來研究文學”。 ()6. A. talk????

　　B. tell?????

　　C. speak????

　　D. say

　　【解析】C。說某種語言用speak，speak English，speak Chinese。 ()7. A. them?????

　　B. this??

　　C. that?

　　D. it

　　【解析】D。用it代指上文所說的a foreign language。 ()8. A. without???? B. with??????????? C. in???????????

　　D. by

　　【解析】B。這里的with是“用”的意思。 ()9. A. If???????????

　　B. When????????? C. Since????????

　　D. Until

　　【解析】A。作者在這里提出一種假設。如果他們一星期只有一兩次使用外語。 ()10. A. spend???????? B. use??????????? C. take?????????

　　D. cost

　　【解析】C。固定短語，意為“做某事花費某人多長時間”。 ()11. A. some????????? B. more???????

　　? C. other????????

　　D. less

　　【解析】B。后面省略了than 6 hours。意為6個小時或更多的時間。 ()12. A. speaks??????? B. is speaking?

　　?C. spoke????????

　　D. is spoken

　　【解析】D。it 代指上文所指的foreign language，故用被動被態。 ()13. A. able?????????

　　B. possible?????? C. unable???????

　　D. not possible

　　【解析】C。許多人不可能做到這一點。這里不可以用not possible，因為它的主語不可以用人。 ()14. A. careful?????? B. forgetful???? C. wonderful????

　　D. helpful

　　【解析】D。機器和書對于學習英語來說是很有幫助的。 ()15. A. either???????

　　B. whether??????

　　C. what???????

　　D. how

　　【解析】B。whether …or…固定短語。

　　I have tried many ways to be

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　　. I don’t wear a sweater when I

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　　, and two days ago I walked in the

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　　without my shoes. But so far nothing

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　　. Debbie once told me about a boy in her class who liked

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　　school. He would rub(摩擦) the end of the thermometer (溫度計) until it went

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　　to 39℃. Then he’d put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was

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　　ill.

　　This morning I tried doing that but it

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　　went above 35℃ and I rubbed it for ten

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　　. So I held the thermometer

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　　the light on my desk and it went up to 40℃. I thought I’d put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that.