Reading Comprehension

Read the following passages, and choose the best answer that can answer the question.

　　In the future cookers will be ready for you to cook a complete meal at the touch of switch. Television will tell you prices at the shops and news and entertainment. Videophone will bring pictures as well as sound. Machines will control temperature, lighting, entertainment, washing and gardening. Lighting serves as wallpaper and it will make your room look nicer.

　　At work, robots will take over most jobs in factories. Working hours will fall to under 30 hours a week. Holidays will get longer. Men and women will retire at the same age. The home will become the center of entertainment through television and electronic games. More people will eat out more often than they do today, also they will have a lot more kinds of food.

　　There will be more foreign travels. Non－stop flights will be cheaper. Hobbies and education will become more and more important.

1．The main idea of this passage is that ________.

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A．there will be great changes in your work and life next century

B．you'll eat more and work less in the year 2001

C．people will spend less time at home next century than they do now

D．hobbies and education will become more and more important

2．Machines will control temperature so that ________.

[　　]

A．you won't run a fever any more

B．you won't feel hot in summer or cold in winter

C．rivers won't freeze in winter

D．there'll be no temperature

3．You can get light from ________.

[　　]

4．“Non－stop” flights means ________.

[　　]

A．the plane will not stop on the way

B．the plane will be always flying, without a stop

C．the plane won't stop but you can get off the plane

D．the plane will fly anywhere as you like

5．Life in the 21st century will be ________.

[　　]

A．more exciting and enjoyable

B．easier but less interesting as machines or robots will do most jobs instead of you

C．simpler and easier so that you won't need high education any more

D．too expensive and more people will go to have fast food

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　In the future cookers will be ready for you to cook a complete meal at the touch of a switch．Television will tell you prices at the shops and news and entertainment(娱乐) ．Videophone will bring pictures as well as sound．Machine will control temperature, lighting, entertainment, washing and gardening．Lighting serves as wall paper and it will make your room look nicer．

　At work, robots will take over most jobs in factories．Working hours will fall to under 30 hours a week．Holidays will get longer．Men and women will retire at the same age．The home will become the centre of entertainment through television and electronic games． More people will eat out than they do today, also they will have a lot more kinds of food．

　There will be more foreign travels．Non-stop flights will be cheap．Hobbies(嗜好) and education will become more and more important．

(1)The main idea of this passage is that _____．　　　

[　　]

A．there will be great changes in your work and life next century

B．you'll eat more and work less in the year 2001

C．people will spend less time at home next century than they do today

D．hobbies and education will become more and more important

(2) Machines will control temperature so that ______．　　　

[　　]

A．you won't run a fever any more

B．you won't feel hot in summer or cold in winter

C．rivers won't freeze in winter

D．there'll be no temperature

(3) “Non-stop” flights means ______．　　　

[　　]

A．the plane will not stop on the way

B．the plane will be always flying, without a stop

C．the plane won't stop but you can get off the plane

D．the plane will fly anywhere as you like

(4) Life in the 21st century will be ______．　　　

[　　]

A．more exciting and enjoyable

B．easier but less interesting as machines or robots will do most jobs instead of you

C．simpler and easier so that you won't need high education any more

D．too expensive and more people will go to have fast food．