Someday in the future we may not need to have money in our pockets. Is life easier when people don't need to carry any currency at all? Is money heavy to carry? Is it safe to carry money? Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small plastic credit card. We will use it to buy all the things we now buy with money. We will not need money to pay for things.

Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards we now have with money. Sometimes we lose money. Maybe we will lose the cards. Maybe someone will take the card. Someone may even make a card that looks like our card. Since we can't buy anything without our cards, the credit card may be no better than currency.

Is there something easier to use than credit card? Each of us has a thumbprint (拇指纹). No two thumbprints are the same. Maybe someday the government will keep people's thumbprints with a number. When you want to buy something you will put your thumb on a machine or a computer. Each store or business will have one. Everyone's thumbprint will be in the computers. It will be very difficult to lose our thumbprints! It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.

57. The underlined word "currency" probably means_______ here.

A. thumbs　　 B. coins　　　 C. plastic card　　 D. paper money

58. Our thumbprints may be used in the future because ______.

A. each store will have a computer　 B. each person's thumbprint is different

C. they will help each store　　　　 D. computers need them

59. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Each person has a different thumbprint.　

B. There are some problems with the use of credit cards.

C. There are no currency problems.　

D. There are easier things to use than credit cards.

60.Which of the following gives the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. Credit cards may be no better than currency.　

B. We use credit cards because money may be stolen.
C. We have many problems with money.　　

D. Credit cards are worse than currency.

I’d like to tell you about my dream classroom in the future．My classroom will be very  31  ，so we can do lots of activities in the classroom．In summer，it will be  32  and in winter it will be warm，so it will be  33  ．There will be a beautiful garden in front of it．We can see many trees and  34 in it．There will be a cable TV in our classroom and we can  35  it at noon．Everyone will have a  36  on the desk，so we can read information  37  the Internet．The lessons will be interesting．We  38  use pens or pencils．We will use computers to do our homework．The teachers won’t use  39  to write on the blackboard．They will  40  the lessons with the help of the computer．

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1. 1.
   1. A.
      big
   2. B.
      long
   3. C.
      small
   4. D.
      short
2. 2.
   1. A.
      cold
   2. B.
      warm
   3. C.
      hot
   4. D.
      cool
3. 3.
   1. A.
      dull
   2. B.
      comfortable
   3. C.
      boring
   4. D.
      uncomfortable
4. 4.
   1. A.
      flowers
   2. B.
      books
   3. C.
      chairs
   4. D.
      lights
5. 5.
   1. A.
      eat
   2. B.
      watch
   3. C.
      buy
   4. D.
      look at
6. 6.
   1. A.
      radio
   2. B.
      phone
   3. C.
      clock
   4. D.
      computer
7. 7.
   1. A.
      in
   2. B.
      near
   3. C.
      at
   4. D.
      on
8. 8.
   1. A.
      will
   2. B.
      can
   3. C.
      won’t
   4. D.
      aren’t
9. 9.
   1. A.
      pens
   2. B.
      chalk
   3. C.
      pencils
   4. D.
      paper
10. 10.
    1. A.
       give
    2. B.
       study
    3. C.
       have
    4. D.
       learn