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阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)

It's March, 2050.

Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and switch on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They used to read the Times, but changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.                                                

There is the usual news about space: another space flight has returned from Mars and scientists have discovered a new planet. Then they turn to business news: the US dollar has risen greatly in Shanghai, one of the world's leading business centers. Mary tells the computer to buy 5,000 dollars, and there is a quick response that it has been done.

As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them. Frank disappears into the study to join a video conference with his partners around the world. He is a computer engineer, working for several companies. This is his third job: he used to be in marketing and then television.

Mary has a quick look at the shopping channels - the usual selection of electric cars, household robots and cheap travel offers - before picking up the video phone to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical research. Both she and Frank used to have an office desk in London, but in 2014 they decided to move to the seaside and work from home.

Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own workstation at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Classrooms disappeared in 2030 because there was no longer any need for them: communications systems have made it much easier to learn at home.

Louise, now thirteen, is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as

important as English. Louise has many Chinese friends. They communicate by computer.

According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130. Her wish is to work for a

few decades (十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.

1.Do Frank and Mary get the latest news on the computer in the morning?

2.Who makes coffee for Mary and Frank?

3.What does Frank do?

4.What are the two world languages in 2050?

5.What do you think of Louise's life in 2050? Why?

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.Yes, they do.

2.One of the household robots．

3.He is a computer engineer.

4.Chinese and English.

5.I think her life in 2050 is convenient/ comfortable  because computers can help her with a lot of work.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者描绘了2050年时，一家人的生活。那时的人们生活中最重要的帮手就是电脑，很多工作都可以由电脑控制的机器人来做，学生们的学习也将变得轻松简单。

1.根据There is the usual news about space:及下文描述，可知他们从电脑上得到了最新消息，故答：Yes, they do.

2.根据As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them.描述可知是机器人太替他们做家务。故答：One of the household robots．

3.根据He is a computer engineer, working for several companies.联系上文可知he指的是弗兰克，故答：He is a computer engineer.

4.根据is studying Chinese at present, which has become a world language as important as English.描述可知在2050年的两种世界性语言是英语和中文。故答：Chinese and English.

5.通过阅读短文可知刘易斯一周只去一次学校，作业也很少，生活上不用做家务。他的生活应该是方便舒适的。故答：I think her life in 2050 is convenient/ comfortable  because computers can help her with a lot of work.

考点：有关未来的科普性阅读

点评：本题中个别小题不能直接从文中找到答案，需要自己根据相关内容分析总结。一定要弄懂全文后再动手解答问题。书写答案时，注意首字母大写，因为是回答问句，即使只有一个单词也是一个句子。为避免不必要的错误，只要能使用原文的就尽量使用原文回答问题，即使自己总结也尽量使用短句。同时并注意人称和数的变化。