牛津版（深圳·广州）英语八年级下册Unit 8 Life in the future单元测试

— Maybe you can help her ______ the sadness.

-- I decided______ for my hometown in the future.

-- _____ my father ______ my mother are doctors and they work in the same hospital.

-- Yes. I got all wet when I reached home.

-- Yes. But now the people here are trying hard to make the air become better and _____.

-- And will you continue________ the software from it?

-- I'm sorry. I was having dinner with my friends _______ you were looking for me.

-- Really? But she _________ newspapers when I came to your house.

-- No. His father drove him _______ school.

-- _______ It can become dry quickly.

    What do you want to be in the future? Maybe different people have different 1. Let's have a look at how the students at Green High School 2 of their future jobs.

    Linda is good at 3, so she wants to be a math teacher. She studies math every day. She likes math every day. She likes kids very much. So it's the best 4 for her to be a teacher. She thinks it's very 5. Maria is good-looking, and her favorite 6 is Jackie Chan. She wants to 7 with him as an actress. She takes acting 8 three times a week. She also takes part in the acting club at school. What about Andy? He is very strong and 9. He wants to be a 10 and catch thieves. Although it's a little dangerous, he thinks it's very exciting.

    It's March, 2050. Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and turn on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They get used to reading the Times over the years. The only difference is that they changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.

    After breakfast, as they watch the screen, Mary orders the household robot to make coffee for them. Frank is a computer engineer, working for several companies. He goes into the study to take part in a video conference with his partners around the world.

    Mary takes a quick look at the shopping channels at home before beginning the video phone to talk to her assistant. She also has a job and she is doing medical researches.

    Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own work station at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Louise is studying Chinese at present. Chinese has become an important language in the world.

    According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130 years old. Her wish is to work for a few decades (十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.

What Will Life Be Like in 2050

    Life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields, from entertainment to technology.

    TV channels will disappear in 2050. People will choose a program from a "menu" and a computer will send the program directly to the television.

    Water will become one of our most serious problems. Today in many places, agriculture is developing and people are growing fruits and vegetables to export(出口). This needs a lot of water. Need for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there will be serious shortages(短缺).

In transportation, computers will control the speed of the cars and there won't be any accidents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to where you want to go. Besides, space planes will take people halfway around the world in two hours. Nowadays, the United States Shuttle can go into space and land on Earth again. By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.

    In the field of technology, robots will replace people in many fields. Today many factories have already used robots. Big companies prefer robots because they do not ask for pay rises or go on strikes, and they work 24 hours a day. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere — in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.

A: Hi, Millie

B: I'm reading a report about our life in the near future.  

A:

B: It says we have to move to another planet in the future.

A: Why?

B:  It will not be a good place for people to live after a few years.

A:

B:  We should plant more trees.

A: I agree. What else?

A:

A: Yes. We can do it by taking a shorter shower.

B: You're right,