Future World

　 It’s Friday morning in the year 2025, and you’re running late. You got distracted watching　 　the music video that was playing in the corner of your 　23　 　mirror while you were　　 24 　your teeth. How will you get to your office at Mega Giga Industries on time?

　 A quick check of your Internet-connected refrigerator magnet　 　25 　you your train which travels at speeds up to 250 miles an hour　 　26　 　it electromagnetically hovers (悬浮) above its guide track- is a bit behind schedule,　 too, 　27　 　you decide to drive your environmentally-friendly hydrogen fuel cell car instead - 　28　 , let your car 　29　 　you. It’s　 30 　to know the way, and it will get you there without speeding, getting lost, 　31 　crashing.

　 Settling into your 　32 　chair, which changes color to 　33 　what you’re wearing, you pick up 　34 　morning’s newspaper. Printed on　 　35 　electronic paper, it instantly rewrites 　itself with today’s headlines. Now it’s time you 36 　your big meeting. Uh-Oh! You’ve 　37 　your handwritten notes at home. No problem. The digital ink pen you used has stored an electronic copy of what you 　38 　.

　 Your wristwatch videophone suddenly rings. Your best friends’s face 　39 　on the organic screen　 40 　what you’re doing this weekend. Will you slap on your 3-D contact lenses (隐形眼镜)and play virtual (虚拟的)soccer with the U.S. Olympic team? No, no. Your friend says , so you have to take the new nanotube(纳米)lift 60,000 miles into space.

Could this scene really 　41 　in just a couple of decades?The researchers who are currently developing all this stuff think so. These gadgets may be as　 　42 　in 20 years as cell phones and DVD players are today.

23.A. bedroom　　 B. kitchen　　　 C. bathroom　　　 D.　 sitting room

24.A. setting　　　 B. cutting　　　 C. brushing　　　 D.　 showing

25.A. tells　　　　 B. informed　　 C. introduces　　　 D. says

26.A. as　　　　　 B. that　　　　 C. since　　　　　 D. because

27.A. Though　　　 B. But　　　　 C. So　　　　　 D. Yet

28.A. above all　　　 B. after all　　　 C. or rather　　　 D. all in all

29.A. drive　　　　 B. fetch　　　　 C. ride　　　　　 D. carry

30.A. told　　　　　 B. improved　　　 C. driven　　　 D. programmed

31.A. and　　　　　 B. or　　　　　　 C. so　　　　　 D. but

32.A. home　　　　 B. office　　　　 C. car　　　　 D. train

33.A. match　　　　 B. satisfy　　　　 C. suit　　　　 D. fit

34.A. Sunday　　　 B. today　　　　 C. tomorrow　　 D. yesterday

35.A. reusable　　　 B. suitable　　　　 C. clean　　　　 D. new

36.A. are holding　　 B. held　　　　　 C. are to hold　　 D. hold

37.A. fetched　　　　 B. left　　　　 C. forgot　　　　 D. put

38.A. has written　　 B. wrote　　　　 C. writing　　　 D. are writing

39.A. takes　　　　　 B. leans　　　　 C. smiles　　　 D. appears

40.A. asking　　　　 B. asks　　　　 C. to ask　　　　 D. asked

41. A. be taken place　 B. take place　　 C. were happened D. will occur

42.A. popular　　　　 B. rare　　　　 C. common　　　 D. ordinary

22.When did this word come into common _____ ?

A. service　 B. existence　　 C. effect　 D. use

21.There is a limit ___ how much I’m prepared to spend.

A. of　 B. for　 C. to　 D. with

20.----Good morning. Can I help you?

---- I’d like to have this package ____ , Madam.

A. weighted　 B. to be weighed　 C. to weight　 D. weighed

19.These events helped to ____ her future career.

A.　　 influence　 B. effect　 C. affect　 D. shape

18.---I have just had my watch repaired.

---How much did they ____ for that?

A. cost　 B. charge　 C. spend　 D. consider

17.Don’t stop trying. You’ll be sure_____.

A. success　 B. successful　 C. of succeeding　 D. to succeed

16.---Will you lend me some paper?

-----Sorry, mine _______.

A. were used up　 B. ran out　 C. has been run out　 D. has given out