单选题 Tom and Fred were talking about the year 2050. "What will (41) be like in the year 2050?" asked Tom.
"I don't know," said Fred. "What do you think?" "Well, no one knows. But it is (42) to guess," said Torn. "In the year 2050 everybody will (43) a pocket(袖珍) computer. The computer will give people the (44) to all their problems. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, (45) . And we'll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Perhaps we'll be able to (46) them at the same time. Machines will do (47) of the work, and people will have more (48) . Perhaps they will work only two or three days a week They will be able to fly to the moon by space ship and spend their holidays there."
"I'm very (49) to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon. And I hope I'll be able to live (50) ," said Fred. "Won't that be interesting? Just like a fish./

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查上下文理解。our home我们的家)the world世界;a factory工厂。由下文的描述与展望可知这里应指“世界将来会是个什么样子”,故选[B] 。其余两项与文意无关。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查形容词。pleased感到高兴的(它指人,应用人作主语);nouse没用(其后不跟不定式,而跟动词的-ing形式);interesting有趣的(它用物作主语,其后能跟不定式,符合题意)。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】carry(随身)携带,bring带来(它含有方向义,指从远处带到说话处来);give给(其后应跟双宾语)。由上下文可知这里强调的是电脑小、可随身携带,因此用carry。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查名词辨义。news新闻;ways道路,方式;answers答案。由空格后的介词to及problems (问题)可知应选[C] 。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查副词用法。again指“再(一次),又(一次)”;also指“还,也”,它不用在句末,也不能用逗号与其他部分隔开;too指“还,也”,用在句末且用逗号和其他部分隔开,符合题意。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查动词辨义与上下文理解。call叫,打电话,拜访)see看到;look看。由上下文可知这里指的是在打电话的同时还能看到对方,强调的是结果,因此用see。注意look是不及物动词,不能直接跟宾语。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查限定词与上下文理解。首先,work为不可数名词,不能用many和every修饰,其次,由上下文特别是后文中的have more holidays及work only two or three days a week可知机器应当是代替人做大部分工作,人们才会有更多的假期,因此选most。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查上下文理解。参见上题分析。机器代替人做了大部分工作,人们就会有更多的假期(holidays)而不是更多工作(work)或职业(jobs)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查形容词与上下文理解。sorry抱歉的,内疚的;glad高兴的;sure确信的。它们都可作表语,但由文意可知此处应选glad才符合上下文逻辑。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查上下文理解。由短文最后一句的补充说明(Just like a fish)及常识可知此处指(像鱼一样)在海里生活,选in the sea。其余两项都不是鱼能生存的地方。