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【題目】完成表格:閱讀下面短文,根據(jù)其內(nèi)容,完成表格中所缺的信息。

What will life be like in 50 years? A group of experts from the UK have painted us a picture-a report on life in the future. By 2069, according to the report, the digital revolution(電子革命) will have greatly changed the world. It will be like what the Industrial Revolution did 250 years ago. What impossible things will become possible? Let's take a look.

Underwater highways

They will be built under the sea. People will travel in pods(吊艙) through underwater tubes (管道). It will take less than an hour to travel between the UK and mainland Europe.

Flying taxis and buses

To stop traffic jams, people might take flying taxis and buses .For long-distance travel, they might take super-fast rockets.Travel time between London and New York could be just 30 minutes.

Space hotels

Don't know where to go during the holiday? Outer space might be a good place. People will have fun in space hotels. These hotels will be built near the moon or the planets of our solar system.

Self-cleaning homes

Future homes might clean themselves while you're at school or work, or while you sleep. It could be as easy as pressing a button.

Insect-burgers昆蟲漢堡

Insects will become our main food: They are rich in protein(蛋白質(zhì)) . People can make them into burgers and biscuits. People can breed more insects in their kitchens.

Underground skyscrapers

You could call them“earth-scrapers”. They are underground buildings . During an earthquake, these buildings would not fall over like normal skyscrapers.

Topic: 【1】50 years from now
Underwater highways	●A way for people to travel underwater through tubes. ●It will take less than an hour to travel between the UK and mainland Europe
Flying taxis and buses	●They can get rid of 【2】 ●People can use super-fast rockets if they need to travel a long way.
Space hotels	●People may go to outer space to stay in space hotels. ●These hotels will be built near the moon or the planets in our solar system.
Self-cleaning homes	●You only need to press a button to tell your home to 【3】
Insect-burgers	●Insects are rich in protein. ●We can male insects into foods【4】burgers and biscuits. ●In our kitchens, we can breed more insects.
Underground skyscrapers	●These buildings are deep 【5】 ●Earthquakes will not destroy them.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】life

【2】traffic jams

【3】clean itself

【4】like

【5】in the earth

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要敘述了未來50年后人們生活的改變。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中What will life be like in 50 years? 50年后生活將是什么樣可知，本文的話題為“從現(xiàn)在開始50年后的生活”，故答案為life。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中To stop traffic jams, people might take flying taxis and buses .為了阻止交通擁擠，人們可能乘坐能飛的出租車和公共汽車可知，乘坐能飛的出租車和公共汽車是為了擺脫交通擁擠，故答案為traffic jams。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Future homes might clean themselves while you're at school or work, or while you sleep. It could be as easy as pressing a button.當(dāng)你去上學(xué)或工作，或睡覺時(shí)，未來的家可以自我清理，就像按下按鈕一樣簡單可知，你僅僅需要按下按鈕來告訴你的房子清理它自己，故答案為clean itself。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中People can make them into burgers and biscuits.人們可以將它們制成漢堡和餅干可知，我們可以把雄性昆蟲制成像漢堡和餅干之類的食物，故答案為like。

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中They are underground buildings .它們是地下建筑可知，這些建筑物在地下深處，故答案為in the earth。