Question

【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words.（在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給）

Life in the 22nd century will be different from that in the 21st century. It is because many c【1】will happen.

The population is growing fast.There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before. People will work f 【2】hours than they did in the 21st century. They will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Besides, more land will be used for b 【3】new towns and houses. There will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more e【4】 . Maybe no one will eat it every day, i【5】they eat more vegetables and fruit. In this way, people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different, too．Robots will do d【6】and hard jobs. For example, they can put out fires when there is a big fire. Because of this, many people will have no work to do. This will be a problem．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】changes

【2】fewer

【3】building

【4】expensive

【5】instead

【6】dangerous

【解析】

這篇短文主要設(shè)想了22世紀(jì)人們的生活。從人口，生命長(zhǎng)短，教育，工作，旅行，土地使用和飲食等方面。

【1】句意：它是因?yàn)樵S多變化將會(huì)發(fā)生。

many+可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)。change名詞，改變，變化。根據(jù)句意，故填changes。

【2】句意：人們的工作時(shí)間將少于21世紀(jì)。

根據(jù)下文They will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling.可知上文是說(shuō)工作時(shí)間更少。than they did in the 21th century.可知這里用比較級(jí)，few修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，比較級(jí)是fewer，意思是“更少的”。根據(jù)句意，故填fewer。

【3】句意：此外，更多的土地將用于建設(shè)新的城鎮(zhèn)和房屋。

根據(jù)new towns and houses可知這里是建造新城鎮(zhèn)。build動(dòng)詞，建造，for+doing ，這里用動(dòng)名詞。根據(jù)句意，故填building。

【4】句意：牛和羊的活動(dòng)空間會(huì)變小，所以肉會(huì)更貴。

根據(jù)上文There will be less room for cows and sheep可知下文是說(shuō)肉將會(huì)更貴。expensive形容詞，意思是“貴的”，根據(jù)句意，填expensive。

【5】句意：也許沒(méi)有人會(huì)每天吃牛羊肉，相反，他們會(huì)吃更多的蔬菜和水果。

根據(jù)下文they eat more vegetables and fruit.可知，這里是說(shuō)反而用instead，根據(jù)句意，

填instead。

【6】句意：機(jī)器人會(huì)做危險(xiǎn)和艱苦的工作。

根據(jù)下文For example, they can put out fires when there is a big fire. 例如，當(dāng)發(fā)生大火時(shí)，他們可以把火撲滅。上文是說(shuō)危險(xiǎn)的工作。dangerous形容詞，意思是“危險(xiǎn)的”，根據(jù)句意，故填dangerous。