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 （人口） 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 （至少） one in every room．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 travel．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 fruit 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．

（   ）1．In the future there will be _______．

A． much more fruit                          B． more people

C． less vegetables                              D． less people

  （   ） 2．Every family will have at least a _____________ in the future．

          A． robot            B． cow         C． TV set                D． computer

（   ） 3．In the future people don’t have to __________________

          A． work long hours   B． work fast    C． walk on foot         D． eat meat

（   ） 4．People may not eat _________ as much as they do today．

          A． fruit             B． fish         C． meat                D． rice

（   ） 5．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

Reading comprehension.

　　Last Sunday the elephant keeper at London Zoo, Jim Robson, was killed by one of the elephants he loved. This was terrible, and it could be a big problem for the future of London Zoo and maybe for all of Britain's city zoos.

　　London Zoo said that it would move its three elephants to a wild animal park outside London, its director-general, Michael Dixon, said,“We are sorry that the elephants are leaving; there have been elephants at London Zoo since 1831.”

　　One British newspaper said that though many small animals were very interesting, most people wanted to see big animals--and most of all elephants.

　　London Zoo is not only losing its elephants. The tigers will also leave soon and most of the bears have already gone. Outside the elephant house at London Zoo, a woman called Mary said she hoped the zoo could keep big animals.“This is the only way the young people can see animals without traveling to other countries,”she said.

　　Zoos are not very good places for animals, but they can help to well keep them. Children can also learn a lot about the animals when they visit zoos.

　　Another visitor, a man called Alan, was very angry.“If we send them back to the wild they will die. If you take away big animals, people will stop visiting London Zoo. It can survive at the moment, but it won't survive（繼續(xù)生存）in the future.”

　　However, May Rosevear, director of the Federation（聯(lián)合會(huì)）of Zoos, believes that city zoos can survive without keeping large animals.

Choose the best answer:

(1) London Zoo has kept elephants ________.

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A．since last Sunday	B．for about one hundred years
C．for nearly two hundred years	D．ever since it was built

(2) Zoos are important because ________.

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A．they can make a lot of money

B．there are many animals living in them

C．there are some big animals there

D．they can keep animals and help children learn about them

(3) The underlined word“it”in the passage refers to ________.

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A．the elephant	B．London Zoo
C．The bear	D．The wild animal park

(4) London Zoo might face a big problem because ________.

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A．the elephants in the zoo will be killed

B．the elephant may also kill other people

C．it may have fewer visitors in the future

D．no one would like to be an elephant keeper any more

(5) Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The writer hopes that big animals except elephants should be kept in London Zoo.

B．London Zoo and the public have different ideas about where to keep the big animals.

C．Some animals in the park are still dangerous to visitors.

D．Some people think that the big animals will die if they are sent to the wild animal park.

Your junior high school years are coming to an end．After the big exam，most of you will go on to study in a senior（高級(jí)）high school．What are you expecting from senior high? Let's hear some Teens readers talk about it．

Zhou Zhijie，15，from Shanghai：

I have heard that although Senior 3 is a hard year，Senior I and Senior 2 are less stressful．I hope there'll be time then to enjoy sports．There will be plenty to see：the Tennis Masters Cup will be held in Shanghai，and of course there is the 2008 Beijing Olympics．I am going to do something for it and I'm sure Hl really enjoy it．

Jin Xin，16，from Harbin，Heilongjiang：

I really enjoy science．I visit many science exhibitions．I am interested in UFOs too．I'm crazy about making model planes，although I'm not very good at it because I don’t really have enough scientific knowledge．I'll be learning more science in senior high．In a word，sometime in the future I'm going to build an excellent model plane!

Wang Yaling，15，from Xiamen，F(xiàn)ujian：

I hope I can be taller in senior high schoo1．I am only 155 cm．Many people grow faster in senior high and I hope I will too．I want to be 162 cm．But I'm not so sure about that，since most girls in my family don't grow any taller than 160cm．I hope I'm different．

Zhang Fang，15，from Puyang，Henan：

I expect that I'll make more friends in senior high．I study in a middle school in the country．Most of my classmates live nearby．In senior high，Hl meet different people from different areas．I hope I can learn new things from them．

1．It seems that              has a special interest in sports．

A．Zhou Zhijie           B．Jin Xin                    C．Wang Yaling           D．Zhang Fang

2．Jin Xin believes that it needs             to make an excellent model plane．

A．a(chǎn) quite long time                                      B．a(chǎn) lot of scientific knowledge

C．knowledge of UFOs                                   D．help from senior high teachers

3．Wang Yaling and Zhang Fang                 ．

A．a(chǎn)re from one city                                     B．have a similar dream

C．a(chǎn)re the same age                                        D．have a similar problem

4．The underlined word “stressful” in the first talk probably means “making one feel          ”．

A．busy and nervous                                    B．free and easy

C．unsuccessful and sad                                 D．safe and happy

5．Tile students in the passage are talking about                 ．

A．their hobbies        B．their experiences      C．their schools           D．their wishes