Life in the twenty-first century
The World Future Society is a group of people from more than 80 countries who are interested in how modern technology is making our world better, and who write reports about how it will change our lives.                                                                                                                                            The things that we will be able to do in the twenty-first century (since the year 2000) should help us live better lives in many ways, at home and at work, in our own country and around the world. Here are just some of them, put into five groups.
People
People may live for up to 120 years and use new technology to help when people go blind, deaf and have other problems. The number of people over a hundred years old could go from 135,000 today to 2.2 million people by 2050. By 2015 people think that 100 million workers will be able to work from home for a company in a different country by using the Internet.
Money
Worldwide e-business will become even more successful with online shops that sell special products for each person, which will be brought to their house the next day.
Environment
The technology for making energy from wind and the Sun is growing very quickly. In the future wind and Sun energy could become much cheaper and many more countries could use it. This would be very useful in poor countries. The air in big cities would also become much cleaner and healthier as a result.
Society and culture
The Internet will help to create more worldwide friendships. Families may spend more time together as people will be able to do 24-hour online banking and shopping.
Technology      
The new science of “nanotechnology” (very small robots or machines) will make all sorts of products smaller and lighter. Very, very small machines could take away rubbish, make things in factories, and help inside the human body by taking away fat. By 2012 people will be able to wear these small machines that look like watches, which will give them lots of information about their body and keep them healthy.
【小题1】What does the World Future Society do?

American Schools
American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms(学期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.
High school students take only four or five subjects(学科) each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class.  After class they do many interesting things.
After high school, many students go to college(大学). They can go to a small one or a large one. They usually have to give a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.

1. 1.

   How long is each term?

   1. A.
      Two months.
   2. B.
      Three months.
   3. C.
      Four months.
   4. D.
      Five months.
2. 2.

   How old are the students when they graduate(毕业) from high school?

   1. A.
      Five years old
   2. B.
      Seven or eight years old.
   3. C.
      Seventeen or eighteen years old.
   4. D.
      Twenty years old.
3. 3.

   How many subjects do the high school students have each term?

   1. A.
      Three or four.
   2. B.
      Five or six.
   3. C.
      Six or seven.
   4. D.
      Four or five.
4. 4.

   What do many college students do after class in America?

   1. A.
      Many of them read books after class.
   2. B.
      Many of them go to work to get money for their studies.
   3. C.
      Many of them go to parties.
   4. D.
      Many of them go out with their friends.

Although English people don’t care about what they eat, they care about the places   【小题1】they eat. Rich families usually have a nice dining room.
English people like to eat out. The rich go to big   【小题2】 . The poor go to small ones or fast-food restaurants. There are also a lot of   【小题3】 restaurants, such as Italian, Chinese, Indian,
 【小题4】 and so on. A good restaurant is usually big and clean. Waiters and waitresses wear
 【小题5】  and are friendly and 【小题6】 . When you are eating, you might hear gentle 【小题7】 . Small restaurants or fast-food restaurants are noisier but clean and pleasant, too.
In summer, English people like eating 【小题8】 . People bring baskets of sandwiches and sit on the   【小题9】 in the park, enjoying the sun. Some English kids’ favorite food is pizza, and most kids hate vegetables. Some of them like   【小题10】  the most famous English food, fish and chips.