Ⅵ.阅读理解 (20分)

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Mr Green made a robot.He could say only one sentence —“There is no doubt (疑问) about it.”The robot always repeated the same words when you spoke to him.

One day，Mr Green needed lots of money and he took the robot to the market to sell him.“Who will buy my robot?He is very smart，” he shouted，“Twenty thousand dollars for my robot!”

A man was surprised that he was asking for so much money.Instead of asking Mr Green why he wanted so much money，he decided to speak to the robot.“Are you worth (值) twenty thousand dollars?”  he asked the robot.“There is no double about it，”  answered the robot.

The man liked the robot's answer so much that he bought him and carried him home.But very soon he found that the robot could say nothing else.He was sorry he bought the robot.He stood in front of the robot and said，“How foolish (愚蠢的) I was to throw so much money away!”

“There is no doubt about it，” said the robot.

36.How many sentences could the robot say?

A.Only one sentence.     B.One word.

C.Ten sentences.      D.Hundreds of sentences.

37.Why did Mr Green sell the robot?

A.The robot was bad.     B.Mr Green didn't like it.

C.Mr Green needed much money.   D.The robot was old.

38.When the man heard Mr G reen's words，he thought ______.

A.the robot was unusual     B.Mr Green needed lots of money

C.the robot was cheap     D.Mr Green didn't want to sell the robot

39.The man was sorry that ______.

A.he met Mr Green      B.he went to the market

C.he spoke to the robot     D.he bought the robot

40.At the end of the story，the man probably felt the robot was ______.

A.sorry for him       B.afraid of him

C.laughing at him      D.trying to surprise him

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Life in the 2020s will be different from it is now，because many changes will take place.What will the changes be?

The population is growing fast.There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer.

Computers will be much s maller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every home.And computer study will be one of the most important subjects in school.

People will work fewer hours，and have more free time f or sports，TV and  traveling.Traveling will be much cheaper and easier.And many people will go to other countries for holiday.

There will be changes in our food，too.Because more and more people know the importance of healthy diet，maybe no one will eat meat.They will eat more vegetables and fruit.S o people will be healthier.Work in the future will be different，too.Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots.Because of this，many people won't have enough work to do.This will be a problem.

41.In the 2020s，there will be ______.

A.more trees    B.more people    C.few countries   D.more work to do

42.In the future，people will not have to ______.

A.travel     B.study     C.work long    D.eat meat

43.Every family will have at least one ______ in the 2020s.

A.computer    B.house     C.TV      D.robot

44.Traveling will be ______ in the 2020s.

A.less interesting        B.more difficult

C.more expensive        D.much cheaper and easier

45.People in the 2020s may not have as much ______ as we do now.

A.fruit    B.milk     C.bread     D.meat

Ⅶ.任务型阅读 (10分)

根据短文内容完成以下任务：

Here is a page from a magazine called Future.Read the following information about things that may happen in ten years.

48.Cars will run on solar power (太阳能) and will be much cleaner. They will be much safer.For exampl e，if you are too close to another car or if you are driving dangerously，your car will slow down or stop by itself.

New cities will have to be built in the sea.Some of them will have two levels (层) .People will live on the upper level;the lower level will be used for traffic，shops and factories.

Biotechnology (生物技术) will make food better and healthier.Plants without insects or illnesses (病虫害) will be developed.49.The taste of fruit and vegetables will be better and food will be kept longer.

Many new ways to cure (治愈) illnesses will be found.People will use products of genetic engineering (基因工程产品) to cure more illnesses.However，some new illnesses will appear.

(一) 根据短文内容简要回答问题。

46.What will be made better and healthier by biotechnology?

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47.Where will new cities have to be built in the future?

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(二) 将短文中画线的英语句子译成汉语。

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