Module 1 Life in the Future
跟踪导练（一）
阅读理解
Life will probably be very different in 2050. First of all， it seems that TV channels will have vanished by 2050. Instead， people will choose a program from a “menu” and a computer will send the program directly to the television. By 2050， music， films， programs， newspapers and books will come to us in the similar way.
In many places， agriculture is developing quickly and people are growing fruit and vegetables for export. This uses a lot of water. Therefore， there could be serious shortages of water. Some scientists predict that water could be the cause of wars if we don’t act now.
In the future， cars will run on new， clean energy and they will go very fast. Cars will have computers to control the speed 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 your destination. Also， by 2050， space planes will fly people from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.
Some big companies now prefer to use robots that do not ask for pay rises or go on strike， and work 24 hours a day. They are also easy to control. And they never argue with people. They can be easily used in a variety of places—factories， schools， offices， hospitals， shops and homes.
Scientists have discovered how to control genes （基因）. Scientists have already produced clones （克隆） of animals. By 2050， scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look and how they behave. Scientists will be able to do these things， but should they？
1. What does the underlined word “vanished” in Paragraph 1 probably mean？
A. Settled. B. Spread. C. Disappeared. D. Dropped.
2. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us about robots？
A. They can work in different places. B. They have much to be improved.
C. They work for humans for free. D. They have many advantages.
3. What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph？
A. He is interested in how to control genes.
B. He is looking forward to using cloning technology.
C. He probably disagrees with the idea of human cloning.
D. He thinks scientists have much difficulty in controlling genes.
4. What can be the best title of the text？
A. High-tech Cars B. Life in the Future
C. Is Cloning Really Good？ D. Are You Ready for the Future？
阅读七选五
A Japanese company has been working on how to organize holidays to the moon for severalyears now.1
Trying to make the holiday possible will not be an easy task， and the Japanese company plans to make it in stages.2 A transport system like the space shuttle （航天飞机） used by NASA at the moment is likely to be developed for this purpose.
The next stage is to build a big hotel orbiting 500 km above the earth. The hotel will orbit the earth once every four or five hours， which will offer visitors some fascinating views of the earth.3 While this may not seem very exciting at first， think about new sports that can be designed for people to play in zero gravity.
The final stage in the plan is the construction of a hotel on the surface of the moon itself. As solar energy would be used to provide power， it would be important to build the hotel near one of the poles of the moon in order to gather as much solar energy as possible.4 It’s also important to find a flat part to build a long runway for the space shuttle to land on. Meanwhile， the company has already developed ways to make cement （水泥） on the moon 5 The company plans to produce water from oxygen elements， which can be found in moon rocks and hydrogen.
A. This plan seems easy to carry out.
B. Next， the hotel will have a wide range of sporting activities.
C. Tourists who want to travel into space can stay at a big hotel.
D. The first thing to do is to organize trips around the earth for a few hours.
E. There would probably be holidays to a moon hotel within the next ten years.
F. There is plenty of sand， but the big problem will come with producing water.
G. This is because a lunar day， which is 14 earth days long， is followed by 14 days of darkness.
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跟踪导练（二）
完形填空
What will man be like in the future？ We can only make a 1 ， of course， but we can be sure that he will be 2 from what he is today， for man is slowly 3 all the time.
Let us take an example. Man， even 500 years ago， was 4 than he is today. Now， on average， men are about three inches taller.500 years is a relatively short period of 5 ， so we may guess that man will 6 to grow taller.
Again in modern world we use our 7 a great deal. Even so， we still 8 only about 20% of the brain's capacity （容量）. As time goes on， we shall have to use our brains more and more—and 9 we shall need even larger ones！ This is likely to 10 a physical change， too. The head in 11 ， the forehead， will grow larger.