Deng Yu ：In 2050, China will be richer than it is now, Beijing will be getting ready for the 40th Olympic Games in 2052. We will see the blue and clear sky and smell the fresh air. There will be more pandas living happily China. I believe that 2050 will be the year of China.
Liu Yuan ：A holiday to the moon will no longer be a dream. We can also travel far to other planets and talk with the spacemen. We might also eat something like pills（药丸）instead of today’s meals. Everyone will enjoy a longer life.
Sun Wei ：Robots will be very popular. They will do what people don’t want to do. We’ll build new homes on other planets. By then, I’ll be sixty years old. Maybe we will have an exciting talk in my new home on another planet!
Zhang Lan：By the year of 2050, cloning（克隆）will be used in many ways. It will bring back animals which disappeared many years ago. There will be no pollution, the whole world will be one big family. There will be no wars. As time passes, we’ll live a much easier and better life.

1. 1.

         thinks that people can spend their holidays on the moon in the future.

   1. A.
      Deng Yu             
   2. B.
      Zhang Lan           
   3. C.
      Liu Yuan
2. 2.

   .What does Zhang Lan think will happen in the future.

   1. A.
      There’ll be more animals which disappeared many years ago.
   2. B.
      Robots will do the things that people don’t want to do.
   3. C.
      People can talk with the spacemen.
3. 3.

   The 40th Olympic Games will be hosted in       .

   1. A.
      Paris               
   2. B.
      Beijing             
   3. C.
      London
4. 4.

   How old will Sun Wei be        by 2050?

   1. A.
      50                  
   2. B.
      60                  
   3. C.
      70
5. 5.

   .From the talk, we can know that       .

   1. A.
      the 40th Olympic Games will take place in 2052.
   2. B.
      we will have the same food in 2050 as we do now.
   3. C.
      all the people will move to another planet in the future.

Maybe you know a lot about the city you live in. You may even know some interesting facts about Earth, but 16  do you know about Mars? Will there be  17  there just like people on Earth?

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and it's the most like Earth, but it's much 18   than Earth because it's farther from the sun. It's also the only planet whose surface can be 19   from Earth.

Mars is often called "the red planet" because the rocks on it have a dark   20   color. There are strong winds on Mars that can 21  dust into the hills.

For many years, people have 22 Mars. They have sent instruments and robots there. Some of the robots got there, 23  most failed.

NASA(美国国家宇航局) sent two robots to Mars two years ago. They wanted to  24   signs of water and life on Mars. Some day, humans will travel to Mars and have an even 25  look at our red neighbor. Maybe it could be you!

(   )16.  A. when          B. what          C. which           D. how

(   )17.  A. sound         B. life          C. air             D. water

(   )18.  A. hotter        B. colder        C. bigger          D. smaller

(   )19.  A. seen          B. wrote         C. heard           D. visited

(   )20.  A. red           B. black         C. white           D. yellow

(   )21.  A. blow          B. look          C. mix             D. fly

(   )22.  A. lived on      B. landed on     C. studied         D. written

(   )23.  A. but           B. and           C. however         D. or

(   )24.  A. leave         B. use           C. find            D. give

(   )25.  A. faster        B. farther       C. closer          D. lower

It is predicted that there will be five scientific achievements in the 21st century．

    We'll know where came from．

    We'll know where humans came from．We can get more information about this by using new technologies（技术）．We will know better about ourselves．

    We'll find the answer to the genetic code（遗传密码）．

    Scientists will learn more about the genetic code and how our bodies work．Many serious illness will be less dangerous because there will be a cure（疗法）．

    We'll live longer．

    People will live longer because people won't get serious illness．New medicine will keep us strong and healthy．Maybe we will live to be 120 years old，but what shall we do with such a long time?

    We'll “manage” the earth．

    In the next hundred years，we'll stop talking about the weather but to do something to make the damage（破坏）less．We'll know what human activities can bring to the earth，and with that knowledge we will make our planet（行星）better．

    We'll have a map of the brain（大脑）．

    We will try to make a map of the brain．We’ll be able to say which part is working

 when we read a word，say a word，or think about a word，and so on．

1．We can get more information about where we came from by                            ．

A．new technologies                                     B．genetic code

    C．Shenzhou TV                                             D．astronauts

2．What will be the five scientific achievements in the 21st century?

    a．Finding out where we came from

    b．Taking a picture of the earth

    c．Finding the answer to the genetic code．

    d．Making our lives longer．

    e．Living on the moon and Mars．

    f．Making it clear how our brains work．

    g．Making our planet better．

A．a，b，c，d，g                                         B．a，c，d，e，g

C．a，c，d，f，g                                          D．b，d，e，f，g

3．Many serious illness will become less dangerous because                   ．

A．everybody will be very healthy

B．the genetic code will be known．

C．there will no longer be illnesses

D．people will live longer

4．If a storm（风暴）is coming，we may               in the future．

    A．make it less serious                                  B．stop it

    C．make it longer                                            D．clear it away

5．What does the passage mainly（主要地）talk about?

    A．We will know everything about the world．

B．Five scientific achievements are predicted．

    C．All the five things must come true in the 21st century：

    D．We will never die in the next century．

阅读理解

　　From a plane you can see the fields, cities, mountains or rivers below. If we go into space, we see more and more of the earth. People and man-made satellites are sent out into space to look at the earth, the stars and other planets (行星) and learn more about them.

　　The moon is our nearest neighbor (邻居) in space. It is our satellite and man that have visited it already. It is smaller than the earth. Plants can't grow on the moon because there is no air or water on it.

　　The moon hasn't its own light. It shines back the light of the sun. When the sun is shining on the side of the moon that faces (面向) us, it looks like a great round ball. We can't see the moon when the sun is shining on the side of the moon that faces away from us.

　　In fact (实际上), the moon isn't as near as it looks. It is three hundred and eighty thousand kilometers away from the earth. Of course we can fly to the moon in a spaceship. A spaceship flies very, very fast, and it flies at about eleven kilometers a second. So it only takes more than three days to get there by spaceship.

1．From a plane you can see________ than on land.

[　　]

2．We can know from the passage (段落) that________ can live on the moon.

[　　]

3．The moon sometimes isn't seen because ________.

[　　]

A．it is too far away from us

B．the sun is shining on the side of the moon facing us

C．the sun is shining on the other side of the moon that faces away from us

D．it is rainy or windy

4．The moon looks bright because ________.

[　　]

A．it has its own light

B．it shines back the light of the sun

C．it is near enough to see

D．it can shine itself as the sun does

5．Which of the following is right?

[　　]

A．The moon is the nearest planet to the earth.

B．Some people have been to the moon by plane.

C．People have visited the moon and other planets.

D．A spaceship can fly at about 40,000 kilometers an hour.