Question

【题目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）

Life in the 22nd century will be different from that in the 21st century. It is because many c【1】will happen.

The population is growing fast.There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. People will work f 【2】hours than they did in the 21st century. They will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Besides, more land will be used for b 【3】new towns and houses. There will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more e【4】 . Maybe no one will eat it every day, i【5】they eat more vegetables and fruit. In this way, people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different, too．Robots will do d【6】and hard jobs. For example, they can put out fires when there is a big fire. Because of this, many people will have no work to do. This will be a problem．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】changes

【2】fewer

【3】building

【4】expensive

【5】instead

【6】dangerous

【解析】

这篇短文主要设想了22世纪人们的生活。从人口，生命长短，教育，工作，旅行，土地使用和饮食等方面。

【1】句意：它是因为许多变化将会发生。

many+可数名词复数。change名词，改变，变化。根据句意，故填changes。

【2】句意：人们的工作时间将少于21世纪。

根据下文They will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling.可知上文是说工作时间更少。than they did in the 21th century.可知这里用比较级，few修饰可数名词复数，比较级是fewer，意思是“更少的”。根据句意，故填fewer。

【3】句意：此外，更多的土地将用于建设新的城镇和房屋。

根据new towns and houses可知这里是建造新城镇。build动词，建造，for+doing ，这里用动名词。根据句意，故填building。

【4】句意：牛和羊的活动空间会变小，所以肉会更贵。

根据上文There will be less room for cows and sheep可知下文是说肉将会更贵。expensive形容词，意思是“贵的”，根据句意，填expensive。

【5】句意：也许没有人会每天吃牛羊肉，相反，他们会吃更多的蔬菜和水果。

根据下文they eat more vegetables and fruit.可知，这里是说反而用instead，根据句意，

填instead。

【6】句意：机器人会做危险和艰苦的工作。

根据下文For example, they can put out fires when there is a big fire. 例如，当发生大火时，他们可以把火扑灭。上文是说危险的工作。dangerous形容词，意思是“危险的”，根据句意，故填dangerous。