【正文】 ed for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there will be serious shortages（短缺）. In transportation, puters will control the speed of the ears and there won39。t be any accidents. Today, many cars have puters that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the puter 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 panies 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.（1）TV channels will in 2050. A.disappearB.appearC.be more expensiveD.be cheaper（2）How many times will water use increase between now and ______. A.Five times.B.Eight times.C.Ten times.D.Eleven times.（3）What will NOT happen to cars in 2050? A.There will be no accidents.B.Computers will control the speed of cars.C.Computers will tell drivers where exactly they are.D.Computers will control the cars and drive the cars to where you want to go.（4）Big panies prefer robots NOT because ____________. A.they will replace peopleB.they can work a long timeC.they won39。t plainD.they do not go on strikes【答案】 （1）A（2）C（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】大意：文章主要討論了2050年的生活。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段TV channels will disappear in 2050. 可知，2050年電視頻道會(huì)消失。故選A。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段 Need for water will increase ten times between now .可知，用水量會(huì)增加十倍。故選C。 （3）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段 Today, many cars have puters that tell drivers exactly where they are. 可知，現(xiàn)在的汽車(chē)就會(huì)告訴主人他們準(zhǔn)確的位置，不需要等到2050年。故選C。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段 Big panies prefer robots because they do not ask for pay rises or go on strikes, and they work 24 hours a ，大公司更喜歡機(jī)器人是因?yàn)樗麄儾粫?huì)要求漲工資、罷工，并且它們可以一天工作24個(gè)小時(shí)，而不是因?yàn)樗麄兛梢匀〈祟?lèi)。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解，首先快速瀏覽、分析問(wèn)題，抓住關(guān)鍵詞；其次帶著問(wèn)題通讀全文，了解文章大意，找到依據(jù)，確定答案；最后再檢查一遍，確保答案正確。15．閱讀下面的材料，然后從各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)最佳答案。 In every country, there are thousands of people who want to help out. Many join organizations run （管理） by their governments, for example, the Peace Corps in the United States and Voluntary Service Overseas in Britain. Since the powerful （猛烈的） earthquake took place in Sichuan, more than 200 thousand volunteers across China have been helping there! They do all kinds of work or e up with ways to help improve life. Some offer their professional skills for free. Others have no qualifications （資歷）, but they love to work hard to help. One of the most famous volunteers in the world was Mother Teresa. She could be the best volunteer because she gave her life to helping the poorest people of Calcutta. She helped the homeless, cared for the sick, gave out food, and became the mother of those without families. Now more and more teenagers actively look for volunteering opportunities, too. They volunteer because they think it will be fun or they will learn something. They also like the idea of being helpful to others, even if it is just handing out books for the teacher. As they get older, these reasons are still the same, but there are other important reasons for volunteering such as learning onthejob, getting work experience, and improving their social life. All volunteers bring joy to the people they help in so many ways. They might read books to the blind, fix up broken homes, find ways to get water for villages, Could you be a volunteer? What kind of volunteer work could you do? There is someone in the world who needs you.（1）The Peace Corps is ________ in the United States. A.a cityB.an organizationC.a volunteerD.a school（2）The underlined word those in the passage means ________. A.the homelessB.the sickC.the poorD.the kids（3）What is NOT the reason for teenagers to be volunteers according to the passage? A.They want to make more friends.B.They want to be helpful.C.It helps them get work experience.D.It can improve their social life.（4）What is the main idea of this passage? A.The world needs volunteers.B.Mother Teresa was a great volunteer.C.Volunteers do all kinds of work.D.There are different ways of volunteering.【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）A（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了在每個(gè)國(guó)家，有成千上萬(wàn)的人需要幫助，世界需要志愿者。現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多的青少年積極尋找志愿服務(wù)機(jī)會(huì)。他們做志愿者，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為這會(huì)很有趣，或者他們會(huì)學(xué)到一些東西。 （1）推理題。根據(jù)第一段前兩句In every country, there are thousands of people who want to help out. Many join organizations run （管理） by their governments, for example, the Peace Corps in the United States and Voluntary Service Overseas in ，the Peace Corps是美國(guó)的一個(gè)組織機(jī)構(gòu)。故選B。 （2）詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)本句the mother of those without ，照顧病人，分發(fā)食物，成為那些沒(méi)有家人孩子的母親，可知those指代“無(wú)家可歸的孩子”。故選D。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句but there are other important reasons for volunteering such as learning onthejob, getting work experience, and improving their social ，文中未提到“想交更多的朋友”這一原因，故選A。 （4）主旨題。根據(jù)文章大意可知，本文主要講述了世界上有很多人需要幫助，現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多青年參與志愿活動(dòng)，所以“The world needs ”最符合文意。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題、推斷題，詞義猜測(cè)題和主旨題四種?？碱}型，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案；推斷題需要聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出需要的信息，詞義猜測(cè)題需要根據(jù)上下文提煉相關(guān)信息鎖定詞意，主旨題需要通讀全文，了解大意之后找出中心思想。16．閱讀理解 You may feel intere