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Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.
There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead, they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different, too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
【文章大意】这篇短文主要向人们描述了未来的生活, 其中详细地介绍了未来生活与现在生活的不同之处, 以及所面临的问题。
21. Every family will have at least a ______in the future.
A. robot B. cow C. TV set D. computer
【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段中and there will be at least one in every home. 描述, 可知每家至少有一台电脑。故选D。
22. In the future people don’t have to ______.
A. work long hours B. work fast
C. walk on foot D. eat meat
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段中People will work fewer hours than they do now 描述, 可知在未来人们工作的时间会更少。故选A。
23. One big problem in the future is that ______.
A. many people don’t have to work
B. many people will not be able to find work
C. people have to work fast
D. all the work will be done by robots
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据最后一段中many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem. 可知在将来的一个问题可能就是人们找不到工作。故选B。
