John Smith is my 1 friend. He is a famous professor(教授).He is clever and 2 .He invited a robot, which could do a lot of things for him, so he won this year’s Best Scientist in California.

Last Sunday, he 3 Washington to get the prize. Before he 　4 ,a lot of reporters had already been at the airport. They waited and waited, after a long time, but my friend John didn’t appear until the plane left. The reporters were very 5　 .They shouted, ”Professor John has 6

The plane. Ha, Ha! What would he say?”

In the plane, there was a man came 7 the toilet 8　 a wig (假发) on his head. He was short and 　9 fat. He was wearing a pair of glasses and a suit with jeans. Ha, he was just Professor Smith. He disguised(乔装打扮) 10　 because he didn’t want to be seen by the reporters.

( ) 1.A. closed 　　　　　　 B. closing　 　　 C. close　 　　　　 　 D. near

( ) 2.A. work hard 　　　 B. hard-work　 C. working-hard　 D. hard-work

( ) 3.A. flew to 　　　　　 B. flies to　　　　　C. flied to 　　 　　 D. by plane to

( ) 4.A. arrived at 　　　 B. reached　　　　 C. got　　　　　　　　　 D. arrived

( ) 5.A. exciting 　　　 　 B. excited　 　　 C. worried　 　　 　　 D. worrying

( ) 6.A.left　 　　　　　　　　 B. caught　　　　　 C. missed　 　　 　　 D. lost

( ) 7.A. out of　　　　　　　 B. into　 　　　　 　 C. in　　　　　　　　　　D. outside

( ) 8.A. in 　　　　　　　　　 B. has 　　　　　　 C. wears　 　　　 　 D. with

( ) 9.A.a few 　　　　　　 B. little 　　　　　　 C. a little　　　　　　 D. a lot of

( ) 10.A. him 　　　　　　 B. himself　 　　 C. his　 　　　　　　　 D. he

Henry was a carpenter（木匠）of our village. Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I arrived home that evening, Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.. My wife said to me, quietly，“That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said loudly, "It's a beautiful table，dear，isn't it?" "I won't decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.
Henry laughed and gave me his bill for the work. It said：
BILL
One dining table June 10，1995
Cost of wood 17.00
Paint（油漆） 1.50
Work，8 hours（1 an hour) 8.00
Total（总计） 36.50
When I was looking at the bill，Henry said，"It’s been a fine day，hasn’t it?” “ Quite sunny.” "Yes，”I said. "I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.” "Me too，” said Henry, "You wait--it'll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.” "Yes. Hotter--and more expensive. Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th，won't they，Henry?”
Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile in his two blue eyes. I gave his bill back to him. "If it isn't too much trouble，Henry，”I said，"Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”
I paid him 26. 50 and he was happy to get it.
【小题1】Why did Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

根据中文意思完成句子。

1.为什么不问问那边的警察呢?

____________ ask the policeman over there?

2.莎士比亚不仅是作家还是演员。

Shakespeare was ____________ an actor.

3.今年夏天他们将去英国观光。

They ____________ in Britain this summer.

4.我花了两小时完成了这项工作。

It ____________ the work.

5.我经常帮助妈妈在家打扫卫生。

I often ____________ at home.

Yesterday and Today

Life in the twenty-first century will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.

Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.

People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1.In the next century people don’t’ have to ______________.

A. work long hours     B. work fast  C. walk on foot    D. eat meat

2.People may not eat _____________as much as they do today.

A. fruit           B. fish      C. meat     D. rice

3.One big problem in the future is that __________.

A.many people don’t have to work     

B.many people will not be able to find work

C.people won’t have enough food to eat 

D.all the work will be done by robots

4.Every family will have at least one ________ in the next century.

A. robot        B. cow        C. TV set       D. computer

5.In the future _________________.

A. traveling will be more expensive         

B. computers will be less important

C. people will be too busy to do sports.      

D. computers will be much smaller.